Grace Coddington started her career as a model. She now directs photo spreads for American Vogue. In every field, there are people whose behind-the-scenes work ripples out; whose vision helps ...

Below, Grace Coddington explains, in her own words, what continues to motivate her. I’m not modern. Now is not the moment for people who are very particular and very precise.

Highly recognisable – thanks to a shock of orange hair against porcelain skin – Grace Coddington has been central to the fashion industry since the 1960s, first as a model, then as an editor.

Narrator of StyleI t’s a busy day on the 12th floor of the Conde Nast building in Times Square in New York City, where Vogue creative director Grace Coddington is preparing a four-day fashion ...

Random House. 333 pp. $35 Vogue creative director Grace Coddington offers a fresh and down-to-Earth perspective on a world known for its glamour and celebrity: the fashion industry.