Grace Coddington

Fashion Editor | Stylist | Model

Iceland, IS

Grace Coddington was born on the remote Welsh island of Anglesey, where her parents ran a hotel. At 18, Coddington left home for London where she won a Vogue model contest. She became a modeling sensation in the 1960s before joining Vogue British in 1968 as a junior fashion editor. In 1986, she moved to New York to become the creative director for Calvin Klein, but left two years later to work at Vogue. In 1995, she became the creative director for the magazine alongside Anna Wintour. Coddington is considered to be the world’s most influential fashion editor, and known for transforming photographic spreads into narratives. Her book, Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue, was published in 2003.