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| The Bourgeoisie US Vogue - September 2011 Photographer - Steven Meisel Source - models.com |
Showing posts with label Grace Coddington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grace Coddington. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Dream Team
American Vogue ups the ante for its September issue with an incredible cast of models assembled for a Steven Meisel editorial. Veterans Caroline Trentini, Coco Rocha, Raquel Zimmermann and Jourdan Dunn mash it up with relative newcomers Fei Fei Sun, Mirte Maas, Arizona Muse and Daria Strokous. The spread entitled "Playing to Type" features the Meisel's favourite faces in a myriad of looks based on five distinct personalities; the Romantics, the Modernists, the Artisans, the Bourgeoisie and the Subversives. With styling by Grace Coddington and hair and make-up courtesy of Guido Palau and Pat McGrath, it's no wonder this editorial delivers on every level.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Winning Streak
Dutch model Lara Stone weaves an intoxicating web of seduction and intrigue in an editorial for the July issue of US Vogue. Peter Lindbergh captures Stone, Frida Gustavsson and actor Alexander Skarsgard in a torrid love triangle set amidst a back drop of glamorous 1940s film noir chic encapsulated by looks from the Fall collections. Styled by Grace Coddington in ensembles from Balenciaga, Miu Miu, Rochas and Yves Saint Laurent, Stone combines an air of innocence and seduction in her leading role as femme fatale.
Stone is fast becoming a firm favourite at US Vogue, having also been featured in multiple editorials for the April and May 2011 editions photographed by Mario Testino, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, Patrick Demarchelier and Steven Klein respectively. As a model, Stone is just beginning to show her extensive range and versatility. Stone exhibits a worldliness, elegance and refinement that is helping to define her as more of a character model. It is this rare quality that makes Stone memorable and that will enable her to reach true iconic status.
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| US Vogue - July 2011 Photographer - Peter Lindbergh Source - thefashionspot.com |
Monday, April 18, 2011
Amazing Grace
Fashion's finest turned out at New York's Indochine restaurant in celebration of American Vogue's creative director Grace Coddington's 70th Birthday. Shalom Harlow, Naomi Campbell, Stella Tenant, Liya Kebede, Caroline Trentini, Isabeli Fontana and Karlie Kloss amongst others paid tribute to Coddington in an evening that was marked by genuine warmth, emotion and camaraderie. Photographer Bruce Weber and Marc Jacobs made heartfelt tributes whilst model Karen Elson serenaded Coddington with a moving rendition of Amazing Grace after recalling how Coddington took her (Elson) into her office as a scraggly seventeen-year-old red head during her early modelling days.
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| Grace Coddington British Vogue - August 1962 Photographer - Unknown |
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| Grace Coddington's 50th Birthday at Indochine in 1991 |
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| Grace Coddington & Shalom Harlow Photographer - Hannah Thomson |
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| Grace Coddington & Karen Elson |
Coddington herself began working as a model for Vogue at the age of seventeen when she won the young model division of a Vogue modelling competition. After a few years of modelling, Coddington began working for British Vogue as a stylist. Coddington spent nineteen years at British Vogue as the Photo Editor before moving onto American Vogue in 1988 joining forces with Anna Wintour in the role of creative director.
As one of the world's most influential fashion editors, Coddington's brilliance lies in her ability to transform photographic spreads into narratives. In an interview with Time Magazine, Coddington surmises, "I like fairy tales, and I like dreaming. I try to weave the reality into the dream. When readers pick up Vogue, I want them to smile. Everything should be a little tongue in cheek, a little dare to-go-there." Editor in Chief of American Vogue Anna Wintour, perhaps sums it up best, "I think of Grace as the heart and soul of the magazine. She is a beacon of excellence."
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| Pat McGrath, Karen Elson, Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful &Naomi Campbell Photographer - Hannah Thomson |
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| Olivier Theyskens, Hedi Slimane & Stella Tenant Photographer - Hannah Thomson |
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| Karen Elson & Stefano Pilati Photographer - Hannah Thomson |
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| Karlie Kloss & Grace Coddington Photographer - Hannah Thomson |
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| Caroline Trentini, Liya Kebede & Isabeli Fontana Photographer - Hannah Thomson All images courtesy of vogue.com |