Born 1941 on the island of Anglesey in Wales, Grace Coddington is a Welsh former model and former creative director at large of American Vogue magazine. She is known for the creation of large, complex and dramatic photoshoots. A Guardian profile wrote that she “has produced some of fashion’s most memorable imagery. Her pictures might be jolly and decadent or moody and mysterious.”
In 1959 at the age of 18, there was a Vogue model competition, and someone submitted her pictures. Coddington ended up winning the Young Model section and was featured in the October issue in a photograph by Norman Parkinson. She then began her modeling career for Vogue.
At the age of 26, Coddington was in car accident that left her with head injuries and a removed eyelid, which was later reconstructed through plastic surgery. Two years after the accident, she was interviewed by British Vogue’s Editor, Beatrix Miller, and was employed as a Junior Editor. After nineteen years as Photo Editor with British Vogue, she moved to New York to work for Calvin Klein. In July 1988, she joined Anna Wintour at American Vogue, where she worked as the magazine’s creative director until 2016.
In 2018 Coddington also partnered with Louis Vuitton on a capsule collection, featuring many designs incorporating her cats.
Take a look at these fabulous photos to see portrait of a young Grace Coddington as a model in the 1960s.
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| Grace Coddington, 1960 |
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| Grace Coddington wearing a Vidal Sassoon hairdo, photo by Terence Donovan, London, February 1961 |
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| Grace Coddington, photo by Peter Akehurst, 1961 |
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| Grace Coddington in gray sweater emboldened by ribbing and green and black stripes by Vaia Continentals, emerald suède skirt by Elma Sportswear, photo by David Hurn, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1962 |
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| Grace Coddington, photo by Georges Garcin, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1962 |
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| Grace Coddington, photo by Peter Rand, used for cover of Vogue UK, September 1962 |
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| Grace Coddington in classic jacket and dress in sage, nutria edges the sleeves and makes the hat by Hardy Amies, earrings from Paris House, photo by Michael Williams, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in fashion photo by Helmut Newton for British Vogue, 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in narrow white coat with half-belt and single-breasted gold buttons by Elmoor, black felt hat by Alan Couldridge, photo by Terence Donovan, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in orchid pink silk tunic fastened with narrow frogs by Jaeger, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, July 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in silk top made from scarfs by Louis Fèraud, silk pants by Oriane of Capri, ring from Adrian Mann, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in three-piece plaid jersey suit with short-sleeved wool sweater and reverse in plain matching colors by Tricosa, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in trouser suit in brown and blue tweed 'tooth by Cojana, boots by Charles Jourdan, hat by Herbert Johnson, photo by Michael Williams, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in vivacious short silk white crêpe dress with swinging pleats and deep fringing of chalk-white beads at waist and hem by Christian Dior-London, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in white crêpe sheath, sashed in leaf-green veiled in shimmering moondaisies by Yves Saint Laurent, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington, 1964 |
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| Lichfield, Buckinghamshire, 1964 |
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| Grace Coddington in coat by Harvey Gould, photo by David Bailey, Vogue, September 1966 |
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| Grace Coddington, 1966 |
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| Grace Coddington, photo by Eric Swayne for Italian Vogue, 1966 |
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| Grace Coddington in black jersey minidress by Daniel Hechter, photo by F.C. Gundlach for 'Brigitte', Hamburg, 1967 |
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| Grace Coddington in knit sweater and miniskirt by Chiwitt, photo by F.C. Gundlach for 'Brigitte', Hamburg, 1967 |
