Renowned creative director Grace Coddington recently modeled Merit’s newest lipstick shade, Ginger, along with its orange-red hue, Vermillion, photographed by seminal fashion photographer Craig ...

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.

Coddington has defied conventional notions of hair beauty for more than 50 years—first, as a model, and later as one of the most influential (and recognizable) fashion editors in the world.

Coddington herself was a model in 1960s London. She was raised in Anglesey, a remote Welsh island, where her parents ran a hotel. At 18, she left home for London, where she won a Vogue model contest.

Coddington, who sat in the show audience, elected to not bring her feline inspiration to the show, because: “They’re not very sociable. They don’t really like other cats,” she said.

In the season’s streamlined dresses and roomy car coats, model Karen Elson is off to the races. Photographs by Craig McDean Styled by Grace Coddington Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 ...