Listen to full audiobooks for free on :#adhttps://amzn.to/499CVn8Title: Grace: A MemoirAuthor: Grace CoddingtonNarrator: Grace CoddingtonFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8 hrs and 39 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 11-20-12Publisher: Random House AudioGenres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity BiosSummary:Audie Award Finalist, Narration by the Author or Authors, 2014Beautiful. Willful. Charming. Blunt. Grace Coddingtons extraordinary talent and fierce dedication to her work as creative director of Vogue have made her an international icon. Known through much of her career only to those behind the scenes, she might have remained fashions best-kept secret were it not for The September Issue, the acclaimed 2009 documentary that turned publicity-averse Grace into a sudden, reluctant celebrity. Graces palpable engagement with her work brought a rare insight into the passion that produces many of the magazines most memorable shoots.With the witty, forthright voice that has endeared her to her colleagues and peers for more than 40 years, Grace now creatively directs the reader through the storied narrative of her life so far. Evoking the time when models had to tote their own bags and props to shoots, Grace describes her early career as a model, working with such world-class photographers as David Bailey and Norman Parkinson, before she stepped behind the camera to become a fashion editor at British Vogue in the late 1960s. Here she began creating the fantasy "travelogues" that would become her trademark. In 1988 she joined American Vogue, where her breathtakingly romantic and imaginative fashion features, a sampling of which appear in this book, have become instant classics.Delightfully underscored by Graces pen-and-ink illustrations, Grace will introduce readers to the colorful designers, hairstylists, makeup artists, photographers, models, and celebrities with whom Grace has created her signature images. Grace reveals her private world with equal candor - the car accident that almost derailed her modeling career, her two marriages, the untimely death of her sister, Rosemary, her friendship with Harpers Bazaar editor-in-chief Liz Tilberis, and her 30-year romance with Didier Malige. Finally, Grace describes her abiding relationship with Anna Wintour, and the evolving mastery by which she has come to define the height of fashion.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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