Amazing Grace

Grace Coddington (the Cod), became creative director of American Vogue in 1995 but, first made a splash on the pages of Vogue as a model. In 1959, she won Vogue's 'Young Idea' model contest. She constantly reinvented her image by changing her distinctive red hair from a chunky Vidal Sassoon bob to a halo of frizzy curls. She went on to become one of the magazine's most influential fashion editors. 'She was a Merlin, who could magic the best from a given set of circumstances,' said Barry Lategan, with whom she produced many pictures for in the 70's.

(images by David Bailey, Michael Williams, John French. Scanned from Unseen Vogue, Birth of Cool)