There is no need for a sculpture in a home that has a cat.
Grace Coddington - stylist extraordinaire with Bart
I draw my inspiration from everything I see about me.
grace has won an important award
she has worked hard through adversity
bringing artistic intelligence to her shoots
a welsh girl
who did not have hols
vogue magazine
her only escape
an eccentric lady in her 70s
still has a job at vogue
legend in her own lifetime
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lives with her hairdresser didier in new york
in a gorgeous brownstone in the village
entertaining friends
with their beloved brood of coddington cats
some of whom have departed
grace the beautiful model
cat attached
before her serious car accident
grace coddington
was a top model
she - a car passenger
went hurtling through
a windscreen
modelling career -finito
misfortune was to dog her again
seven months pregnant
a drunken football crowd
overturned her car
motherhood -finito
forever
creator of
stylish work
detailed elegance
combined with artistry
and all this
with only one good eye
lechyd da !
Certainly informative! I opened a new tab to read further about Ms. Coddington, prompted by your piece.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tribute! The pictures too are exquisite.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing life story! A uniquely gifted woman who survived much. I had not heard of her, and admire greatly the life she made for herself. Wowzers! Thanks for this interesting post.
ReplyDeleteImpressive! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYou share a bio, detail-filled, with just a few photos and well-chosen words. This is fabulous editing! Love the style.
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