Grace Coddington: a memoir.

‘Grace Coddington, is a fashion icon.
Now 70, she “has been the Creative Director of American Vogue magazine for the past 20 years.
She is an unwilling celebrity who captured the hearts of everyone when she was revealed as the creative force behind the throne at Vogue in “The September issue”.
Her memoir, Grace,  published in 2012 was acquired after an intense auction among every major publisher.
Having grown up on a backwater island in Wales, she came to London just in time to be discovered as a dazzling model by the famous Norman Parkinson, then went on to shape the pages at Vogue for 19 years where she worked as Creative Director with many luminaries including the young Wintour. Lured by Calvin Klein to run his New York operation she then jumped back to American Vogue when Wintour returned to America in 2003. She has been there ever since.’
‘Her book, reported the Observer, was sold to Random House for a cool (and rumored) $1.2 million. “I’m not telling secret stories,” Grace tells the New York Post’s Cindy Adams. “Not writing ugly bad things to get back at anyone. This book’s not gossipy. It’s more a record. I’ve kept a diary since I was a tiny kid trying to find my way, and going through all my written records reminds me of shoots and jogs my memory.” says Huffingtonpost.com
A must read for any fashionista.

$19 Publisher: Random House; First Edition edition (November 20, 2012) amazon.com