grace a memoir (book)

68. Craig McDean, 2012

INFORMATION

BRITISH VOGUE

Norman Parkinson
1. Barbados 1973, Apollonia van Ravenstein
2. Barbados 1973, Apollonia van Ravenstein
3. Seychelles 1971, Apollonia van Ravenstein
4. Seychelles 1971, Apollonia van Ravenstein
© Norman Parkinson Limited/courtesy Norman Parkinson Archive

Guy Bourdin
5. Paris, 1972, Aija. Hair: Didier Malige
6. Normandie, 1975, Carrie Nygren, Kathy Quirk
6a. Normandie, 1975, Carrie Nygren, Kathy Quirk, with Grace Coddington
7. London, 1971, Sue Baloo. Hair: Oliver Bond
8. France 1977, Kathy Quirk, Audrey, Carrie Nygren. Hair: Valentin. Makeup: Heidi
Morawetz

Helmut Newton
9. France, 1974, Kathy Quirk with Julie Kavanagh. Hair: Bruce Libre
10. France, 1974, Kathy Quirk. Hair: Bruce Libre
11. France, 1973, Danielle Poe and models, with Grace Coddington. Hair: Jean Louis David
12. France, 1973, Danielle Poe and models, with Grace Coddington. Hair: Jean Louis David

Alex Chatelain
13. China, 1979, Esmé. Hair: Kerry Warn
14. China, 1979, Esmé. Hair: Kerry Warn

Barry Lategan
15. Venice, 1983, Elisabetta Ramella. Hair: Didier Malige
16. Venice, 1983, Elisabetta Ramella. Hair: Didier Malige

Bruce Weber
17. England, 1984, Victoria Lockwood. Hair: Didier Malige
18. England, 1984, Victoria Lockwood. Hair: Didier Malige
19. New Mexico, 1981, Jon Wiedemann, Sloane Condren. Hair: Howard Fugler
20. New Mexico, 1981, Jon Wiedemann, Sloane Condren. Hair: Howard Fugler
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Arthur Elgort
21. Scottland, 1991, Linda Evangelista. Hair: Didier Malige. Makeup: Sonia Kashuk
22. Long Island, 1995, Stella Tennant. Hair: Didier Malige. Makeup: Sonia Kashuk
23. California, 2001, Stella Tennant. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Gucci Westman
24. England, 1995, Donovan Leitch and Kirsty Hume. Hair: Didier Malige. Makeup: Mary
Greenwell

Steven Meisel
25. Paris, 1992, Linda Evangelista, Kristen McMenamy. Hair: Garren. Makeup: François Nars
26. USA, 1992, Kristen McMenamy, Nadja Auermann. Hair: Garren. Makeup: Denise Markey
27. Paris, 1993, Jean Paul Gaultier Group: Nadja Auermann, Daniel Baylock, Nadege, Amber
Valletta, Kristen McMenamy, Linda Evangelista, David Boals, Shalom Harlow, Naomi
Campbell, Jay Littlewood, Christy Turlington. Hair: Orlando Pita. Makeup: Denise Markey
28. New York, 2009, Models: Sasha Pivaverova, Karen Elson. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Pat
McGrath

Ellen von Unwerth
29. Morocco, 1992, Nadja Auermann. Hair: Oribe. Makeup: Laurie Starrett
30. Jamaica, 1994, Debbie Deitering with Rebecca Forteau. Hair: Peter Savic. Makeup:
Laurie Starrett
31. France, 1990, Christy Turlington with Stéphane Ferrara. Hair: Didier Malige. Makeup:
Laurie Starrett
32. USA, 1993, Christy Turlington, Jaime Rishar, Keith Martin. Hair: Peter Savic

Peter Lindbergh
33. Brooklyn, 1991, Helena Christensen, Stephanie Seymour, Karen Mulder, Naomi

Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford. Hair: Odile Gilbert. Makeup: Stephane Marais
34. Palmdale, 2011, Daria Werbowy with David Strathairn. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup:
Stephane Marais
35. Long Island, 2010, Natalia Vodianova with Ewan McGregor. Hair: Didier Malige.
Makeup: Stephane Marais
36. Los Angeles, 2011, Lara Stone with Alexander Skarsgård. Hair: Didier Malige. Makeup:
Stephane Marais

Annie Leibovitz

37. France, 2003, Natalia Vodianova with Stephen Jones and Christian Lacroix. Hair: Julien
d’Ys. Makeup: Gucci Westman
38. France, 2003, Natalia Vodianova with Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren. Hair: Julien
d’Ys. Makeup: Gucci Westman
39. USA, 2005, Keira Knightley with Brice Marden. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Gucci
Westman
40. USA, 2005, Keira Knightley with John Currin. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Gucci Westman
41. Paris, 2001, Stella Tennant, Jacquetta Wheeler, with Ben Stiller. Hair: Julien d’Ys.
Makeup: Stephane Marais
42. Paris, 1999, Kate Moss with Diddy. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Diane Kendal
43. New York, 2009, Lily Cole with Andrew Garfield, Lady Gaga. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup:
Gucci Westman
44. Nashville, 2010, Karen Elson with Mark Watrous, Jackson Smith, Rachelle Garniez,
Olivia Jean, and Marc Fellis. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Gucci Westman

Bruce Weber

45. USA, 1989, Naomi Campbell with Mike Tyson and Don King. Hair: Didier Malige.
Makeup: Francois Nars
46. USA, 1989, Naomi Campbell with Mike Tyson. Hair: Didier Malige. Makeup: Francois
Nars
47. USA 1990, B.B. King, Nadege. Hair: Didier Malige. Makeup: Bonnie Maller
48. Bellport, N.Y., 1991, Beverly Peele with Another Bad Creation. Hair: Didier Malige.
Makeup: Denise Markey

Mario Testino
49. Italy, 1998, Gisele Bündchen, Fernanda Tavares, Frankie Rayder. Hair: Marc Lopez.
Makeup: Kay Montano
50. Rio de Janeiro, 1997, Amber Valletta. Hair: Orlando Pita. Makeup: Tom Pecheux
51. New York, 2007, Daria Werbowy with George Condo. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup:
Stephane Marais
52. New York, 2009, Daria Werbowy with Jimmy Fallon. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Linda
Cantello

Steven Klein
53. New York, 2003, Liya Kebede, Natalia Vodianova, Elise Crombez, Eugenia Volodina.
Hair: Orlando Pita. Makeup: Polly Osmond
54. New York, 2003, Liya Kebede and Natalia Vodianova. Hair: Orlando Pita. Makeup: Polly
Osmond
55. New York, 2003, Natalia Vodianova with Justin Portman. Hair: Luigi Murenu. Makeup:
Gucci Westman
56. New York, 2003, Natalia Vodianova with her son Lucas. Hair: Luigi Murenu. Makeup:
Gucci Westman

Mert & Marcus
57. England, 2009, Natalia Vodianova. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Charlotte Tilbury
58. England, 2009, Natalia Vodianova. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Charlotte Tilbury
59. New Jersey, 2010, Lara Stone. Hair: Luigi Murenu. Makeup: Lucia Peroni
60. New Jersey, 2010, Lara Stone. Hair: Luigi Murenu. Makeup: Lucia Peroni

David Sims
61. Cornwall, 2010, Stella Tennant. Hair: Guido. Makeup: Diane Kendal
62. Cornwall, 2011, Arizona Muse with Jeremy Irvine. Hair: Guido. Makeup: Diane Kendal
63. Paris, 2007, Raquel Zimmermann. Hair: Guido. Makeup: Peter Philips
64. Jamaica, 2010, Daria Werbowy. Hair: Guido. Makeup: Diane Kendal

Craig McDean
65. New York, 2007, Raquel Zimmermann. Hair: Eugene Souleiman. Makeup: Peter Philips

66. Paris, 2002, Maggie Rizer. Hair: Luigi Murenu. Makeup: Diane Kendal
67. Toulon, 2012, Natalia Vodianova. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup: Stephane Marais
68. Toulon, 2012, Natalia Vodianova with Michael Fassbender. Hair: Julien d’Ys. Makeup:
Stephane Marais
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Still lifes of magazine spreads by Tim Hout

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Given that I’ve barely read two books in my life that aren’t picture
books, no one is more surprised than me that I have produced a
memoir. For that, I owe a debt to R. J. Cutler for getting anyone
intrigued enough in me to read it because of his film The September
Issue, and to my publishers, Susan Kamil and Clara Farmer, for the
leap of faith they made in commissioning it. After listening to me for
so many years, my former assistant Tina Chai convinced me that I
have had a life worth talking about, and pushed me to go forward. I
thank her for her friendship and encouragement—and also for being
my companion to all the movies that have given me so much
inspiration.

Huge thanks go to my lifelong friend Michael Roberts for taking on
this assignment and bringing my voice to life with his wicked wit, as
well as for jogging my memory on the things I had forgotten. It’s
tough to live so closely with someone over an extended period, but I
hope he will agree we had a hell of a laugh. To Eve MacSweeney for
her English ear and humor as she thoughtfully edited the book into
shape, and for keeping me calm in the final stages when I believed I
was losing my mind. To Anna Wintour for allowing me a free hand to
write about how our lives have been entwined through all our years
together at Vogue, and to Beatrix Miller for recognizing my passion so
early on and giving me my first chance to express it.

My assistants past and present will be my friends forever. To Anne
Christensen, a fellow redhead whom I always call my daughter. To
Jessica Diehl, who taught me to be tough, and Michal Saad, who
taught me to be positive. And to Stella Greenspan—without whom I
absolutely could not have done this project—for patiently typing in
all the corrections (remember, I don’t use a computer), advising me
when I went too far, and reading my stories a hundred times and still
laughing at them.

To Didier for suffering for three years while I was working on the
manuscript reading it over and over again—very slowly—instead of,

say, making dinner, and for being so complimentary when he finally
read it himself, despite the mention of all my ex-boyfriends and
husbands and the insults I directed at his people, the French.

To everyone in the Vogue art department: Martin Hoops for giving
up his weekends to work on layouts, the nimble scanners Daphne
Taranto and Amanda Camodeo, David Byars for stepping into the
breach, Desirée Rosario-Moodie for tracking down photographers and
getting permissions, and Julie Bramowitz for valiantly correcting my
muddled memory on the facts.

To my agents, Elyse Cheney and Natasha Fairweather, for taking
me on, guiding me, and backing me up, even when I stubbornly
declared I knew best about something I had never done before. To
Jay Fielden, who introduced me to Elyse and got the ball rolling.

Finally, thank you to everyone who has been part of my life. To all
the many designers, photographers, models, hairdressers, and makeup
artists, who are really the ones that create the pictures. And to my
partner in crime Phyllis Posnick, who has put up with me for the last
half century while I complained about everything, and who I failed to
mention in the book is one of my dearest friends.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Grace Coddington lives in New York City and Long Island with her
partner, Didier Malige, and their two cats, Bart and Pumpkin.

CONTRIBUTORS

DESIGN DIRECTORS

GRACE CODDINGTON AND MICHAEL ROBERTS

EDITOR

EVE MACSWEENEY

ART DIRECTOR

MARTIN HOOPS

ARCHIVAL RESEARCH

DESIRÉE ROSARIO-MOODIE

COORDINATOR

STELLA GREENSPAN

Also by Grace Coddington

Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue

The Catwalk Cats
(with Didier Malige)