Grace Coddington

Grace Coddington is a Welsh fashion editor and former model whose photographic stories helped shape British and American Vogue. Born on Anglesey, she began modelling in London before joining British Vogue’s fashion department in 1968, working with photographers including Norman Parkinson, Barry Lategan and Arthur Elgort.

After a period at Calvin Klein, she joined American Vogue in 1988. Her work is known for elaborate visual narratives and close collaboration with photographers and models. She became creative director at large in 2016, and has gathered selections of her fashion work into books.