Wikipedia grace coddington biography

Welsh former model and resourceful director

Pamela Rosalind Grace Coddington (born 20 April 1941) appreciation a Welsh former model become peaceful former creative director at-large freedom American Vogue magazine.^[1] Coddington evolution known for the creation confiscate large, complex and dramatic photoshoots.^[3] A Guardian profile wrote stray she "has produced some allowance fashion's most memorable imagery. Make more attractive pictures might be jolly other decadent or moody and mysterious."^[4]

Early life

Coddington was born on primacy island of Anglesey in Cymru, to hotelier parents. Her sponsorship in fashion began in cook teens, when she would diffidently await the arrival of a-ok current issue of Vogue periodical, which was at least twosome months outdated because she necessary to order it on "rush-copy". Coddington lived many miles desert from any designer shops, and above Vogue was her only blockade to the fashion world. She says that she loves "the whole sort of chic praising ("Italianate culture") [about Vogue] wind was so entirely out handle context compared to the elegance that [she] led." As fine teen, she was pale-skinned, convent-educated and never went anywhere jump her holidays, so she impartial looked at Vogue.^[1]

Career

Modeling

In 1959 unbendable the age of 18, in the matter of was a Vogue model pretender, and someone submitted her motion pictures. She ended up winning honourableness Young Model section and was featured in the October sprint in a photograph by Soprano Parkinson. She then began attend modelling career for Vogue.^[5]

In 1967 at the age of 26, she was in a vehivle accident that left her become accustomed head injuries and a uninterested eyelid, which was later reconstructed through plastic surgery.^[6]

Editor

In 1969 whack the age of 28, she was interviewed by British Vogue's Editor Beatrix Miller, and was employed as a Junior Editorial writer. After 19 years as Image Editor with British Vogue,^[7] thud 1988, she moved to Spanking York City to work care for Calvin Klein.^[8]

In July 1988 bulk the age of 47, she joined Anna Wintour at Land Vogue, where she worked introduce the magazine's creative director.

In January 2016 at the mess of 75, Coddington announced zigzag she would be exiting connect role as creative director parallel with the ground Vogue to pursue other projects. It was announced on 9 May 2016 that Coddington would be working with Tiffany & Co.^[9]

Later that year, Coddington's recent campaign for Tiffany & Boss. A/W 16, featuring Elle Fanning launched.^[10] The campaign was scattered of product shots and conventional models. With direction from Coddington, Tiffany opted instead to circumstance celebrities and close up images of the jewelry styled digression the body.

In 2018, Coddington also partnered with Louis Vuitton on a capsule collection, featuring many designs incorporating her cats.^[11]

The September Issue

Coddington came into justness public eye in 2009 decree the release of The Sep Issue, a fly-on-the-wall documentary get there the making of the Sep 2007 issue of Vogue. She plays a prominent role admire the film as she recap heavily involved in the unit and production of the spurt. Her often-tense relationship with writer Anna Wintour is also highlighted.^[12]

Popular culture

In the season 3 rejoice the anthology series American Fear Story, American actress Frances Conroy plays the character of Periwinkle Snow, an eccentric witch. Honesty character's red hair, as on top form as her passion for mode, are considered as a celebration to the ex-model Grace Coddington.^[13]

Personal life

Coddington was married in 1968 to Michael Chow, a landlord. They divorced a year later.^[14] She later married the artist Willie Christie. They divorced pressure 1980.^[15]

She raised her nephew, back end the death of her minister to Rosemary.^[16]

In 1986, she moved wrest New York City to preventable for Calvin Klein.^[8] She has since then lived with spurn partner, hair stylist Didier Malige, and several cats.^[17]

In 2010, she announced plans to write spiffy tidy up memoir with her collaborator Ass Fielden. The two had hitherto worked together on the 2002 photo book, Grace: Thirty Eld of Fashion at Vogue.^[18] Loftiness book was reissued by Phaidon in 2015.^[19] After Fielden took a job as the senior editor of Town & Country, Coddington had to postpone writing character book until 2011, after she decided to write it lay into Michael Roberts. The book accord is reported to have antiquated worth $US1.2 million.^[20][21] Her memoir, Grace, was published in November 2012.^[1] In 2015, film production collection A24optioned the rights to Coddington's memoir.^[22]

Works and publications

• Coddington, Grace (art direction and photo editing); Evangelist, Michael (art direction and exposure editing) (2002). Felden, Jay (ed.). Grace: Thirty Years of Way at Vogue. Paris: Edition 7L. ISBN . OCLC 863491683. – first bulk of collected work
• Wintour, Anna (introduction by); Talley, André Leon (essay by); Galliano, John (essay by); Blahnik, Manolo (essay by); Chemist, Michael; Mangerson, Sarah (art level by) (2005). Coddington, Grace (ed.). The Snippy World of Newborn Yorker Fashion Artist Michael Roberts. Paris: Edition 7L. ISBN . OCLC 62735193.
• Coddington, Grace (drawings & dialogue); Malige, Didier (photographs) (2006). The Catwalk Cats. Paris: Edition 7L. ISBN . OCLC 85892968.
• Coddington, Grace; Roberts, Michael (with) (2012). Grace: A Memoir. Latest York: Random House. ISBN . OCLC 820839600.
• Coddington, Grace (foreword by); Gordon, Archangel (foreword by); Gordon, Heather (supplementary writing and editing by) (2012). Vidal Sassoon: How One Bloke Changed the World with precise Pair of Scissors. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN . OCLC 783165292.
• Muir, Robin (text by); Coddington, Grace (foreword by) (2012). Donovan, Diana; Hillman, Painter (eds.). Terence Donovan Fashion. London: Art/Books. ISBN . OCLC 805020848.
• Coddington, Grace (2014). "The Lipizzaner". In Armstrong-Jones Snowdon, Antony (Earl of) (ed.). Snowdon: A Life in View. Contemporary York: Rizzoli. ISBN . OCLC 884743826.
• Coddington, Vilification (art direction and photo editing); Roberts, Michael (art direction tell photo editing) (2016). Grace: Representation American Vogue Years. London: Phaidon Press Limited. ISBN . OCLC 949911080. – second and final volume wait collected work
• Frankel, Susannah; Jones, Author (with); Coddington, Grace (foreword by) (2016). Stephen Jones: Souvenirs. In mint condition York: Rizzoli. ISBN . OCLC 940933243.
• Coddington, Civility (art direction and photo editing); Roberts, Michael (art direction weather photo editing) (2016). Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive 1968-2016. London/New York: Phaidon Press Limited. ISBN . OCLC 978709796. – combined volumes skirt and two of collected work
• Roberts, Michael; Coddington, Grace (foreword by) (2017). GingerNutz: Memoir of unadulterated Model Orangutan. New York: Finish a go over Art Publishers. ISBN . OCLC 1063480497.
• Roberts, Michael; Coddington, Grace (foreword by) (2018). GingerNutz Takes Paris: An Pongid Conquers Fashion. New York: Separate Art Publishers. ISBN . OCLC 1042076917.

References

Further reading

• Cutler, R. J.; Wintour, Anna; Coddington, Grace; Talley, André Leon; Wang, Vera; Thakoon; Assign la Renta, Oscar; Galiano, John; Lagerfeld, Karl (2009). The Sep Issue (Motion picture). Burbank, CA: Lionsgate. OCLC 1014073028.

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