Full of Grace

After watching the documentary, "The September Issue", I have a new hero and her name is Grace Coddington. Born in Wales on April 14, 1941, Grace's fascination with fashion began in her teens. She won a Vogue modeling contest and thus began her long illustrious career. She modeled alongside the likes of Angelica Huston and Manolo Blahnik in swinging sixties London. At the age of 26, she was in a car accident that not only disfigured her eye but, changed the course of her life. At 28, she became a junior editor for British Vogue. After 19 years there, she moved to NYC to work for Calvin Klein. In 1988, on the same fateful day as Anna Wintour, she joined American Vogue where she remains as Creative Director today. Her keen sense of color and styling is iconic!