Grace: A Memoir
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House
- 出版时间 2012年11月
- ISBN 9780812993356
- 定价 249.20
内容简介
Beautiful.Willful.Charming.Blunt.GraceCoddington’sextraordinarytalentandfiercededicationtoherworkascreativedirectorofVoguehavemadeheraninternationalicon.Knownthroughmuchofhercareeronlytothosebehindthescenes,shemighthaveremainedfashion’sbest-keptsecretwereitnotforTheSeptemberIssue,theacclaimed2009documentarythatturnedpublicity-averseGraceintoasudden,reluctantcelebrity.Grace’spalpableengagementwithherworkbroughtarareinsightintothepassionthatproducesmanyofthemagazine’smostmemorableshoots.
Withthewitty,forthrightvoicethathasendearedhertohercolleaguesandpeersformorethanfortyyears,Gracenowcreativelydirectsthereaderthroughthestoriednarrativeofherlifesofar.Evokingthetimewhenmodelshadtototetheirownbagsandpropstoshoots,Gracedescribesherearlycareerasamodel,workingwithsuchworld-classphotographersasDavidBaileyandNormanParkinson,beforeshesteppedbehindthecameratobecomeafashioneditoratBritishVogueinthelate1960s.Hereshebegancreatingthefantasy“travelogues”thatwouldbecomehertrademark.In1988shejoinedAmericanVogue,whereherbreathtakinglyromanticandimaginativefashionfeatures,asamplingofwhichappearinthisbook,havebecomeinstantclassics.
DelightfullyunderscoredbyGrace’spen-and-inkillustrations,Gracewillintroducereaderstothecolorfuldesigners,hairstylists,makeupartists,photographers,models,andcelebritieswithwhomGracehascreatedhersignatureimages.Gracerevealsherprivateworldwithequalcandor—thecaraccidentthatalmostderailedhermodelingcareer,hertwomarriages,theuntimelydeathofhersister,Rosemary,herfriendshipwithHarper’sBazaareditor-in-chiefLizTilberis,andherthirty-yearromancewithDidierMalige.Finally,GracedescribesherabidingrelationshipwithAnnaWintour,andtheevolvingmasterybywhichshehascometodefinetheheightoffashion.
NAMEDONEOFTHEBESTBOOKSOFTHEYEARBYFINANCIALTIMES
“IfWintouristhePope...CoddingtonisMichelangelo,tryingtopaintafreshversionoftheSistineChapeltwelvetimesayear.”—Time
Withthewitty,forthrightvoicethathasendearedhertohercolleaguesandpeersformorethanfortyyears,Gracenowcreativelydirectsthereaderthroughthestoriednarrativeofherlifesofar.Evokingthetimewhenmodelshadtototetheirownbagsandpropstoshoots,Gracedescribesherearlycareerasamodel,workingwithsuchworld-classphotographersasDavidBaileyandNormanParkinson,beforeshesteppedbehindthecameratobecomeafashioneditoratBritishVogueinthelate1960s.Hereshebegancreatingthefantasy“travelogues”thatwouldbecomehertrademark.In1988shejoinedAmericanVogue,whereherbreathtakinglyromanticandimaginativefashionfeatures,asamplingofwhichappearinthisbook,havebecomeinstantclassics.
DelightfullyunderscoredbyGrace’spen-and-inkillustrations,Gracewillintroducereaderstothecolorfuldesigners,hairstylists,makeupartists,photographers,models,andcelebritieswithwhomGracehascreatedhersignatureimages.Gracerevealsherprivateworldwithequalcandor—thecaraccidentthatalmostderailedhermodelingcareer,hertwomarriages,theuntimelydeathofhersister,Rosemary,herfriendshipwithHarper’sBazaareditor-in-chiefLizTilberis,andherthirty-yearromancewithDidierMalige.Finally,GracedescribesherabidingrelationshipwithAnnaWintour,andtheevolvingmasterybywhichshehascometodefinetheheightoffashion.
NAMEDONEOFTHEBESTBOOKSOFTHEYEARBYFINANCIALTIMES
“IfWintouristhePope...CoddingtonisMichelangelo,tryingtopaintafreshversionoftheSistineChapeltwelvetimesayear.”—Time
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