British fashion icon Grace Coddington has returned to modelling with a cast of fellow ‘leading ladies’ at age 72.
The former model and creative director of American Vogue stepped into the fashion world and fell into modelling at the age of 17.
But her catwalk career was cut short at the age of 26, she was in a horrific car accident where she lost an eyelid and had to facial reconstructive surgery.
She was famous for her fiery red hair, and more recently her role in the documentary The September Issue, which highlighted her creative role at Vogue, feisty attitude and relationship with Editor Anna Wintour.
Now, as one of the faces of department store Marks & Spencer’s latest fashion campaign, she has comfortably stepped back in front of the camera at 72.
Coddington joins silver siren Helen Mirren, and a cast of Britain’s “leading ladies” who have assembled to pose for photographer Annie Leibovitz to front the campaign.
In an interview about the shoot, 68-year-old Helen Mirren told the Times “as women pass the age of 45, it doesn’t mean they’re not interested in fashion any more. You don’t have to start looking like a granny.”
