Grace: Now

The legendary Vogue editor and international style icon presents a sumptuous compilation of her most memorable fashion imagery from the past decade

Grace Coddington is a fashion legend. Known for both her extraordinary talent and fierce dedication to her work, Coddington has produced some of the industry’s most indelible images and cultural moments.

Grace: Now is the third volume in Coddington’s career-spanning series of fashion portfolios. Dedicated to her latest chapter as an independent creative, the book features collaborations with thirteen influential photographers – from Annie Leibovitz and Craig McDean to Steven Klein and Peter Lindbergh – produced over the past decade for the world’s leading fashion publications, including American Vogue, British Vogue, W,and Document.

This captivating volume includes more than 200 stunning editorial images paired with Coddington’s colorful behind-the-scenes commentary. Both monograph and memoir, Grace: Now also includes Coddington’s sketches, adding a personal and whimsical counterpart to the high-fashion photography. Beautifully designed, with a slipcased hardcover presented in a transparent acetate jacket, Grace: Now is a spectacular celebration of a true creative visionary.

Text contributions by: Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful, Sara Moonves, William Norwich, Sofia Coppola, Karen Elson, Elle Fanning, Nicolas Ghesquière, Mia Goth, Maya Hawke, Julianne Moore, Marc Jacobs, Katy Perry, Joan Smalls, Rianne Van Rompaey

Photographers: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott (Mert & Marcus), Arthur Elgort, Jamie Hawkesworth, Steven Klein, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin (Inez & Vinoodh), Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Craig McDean, Steven Meisel, Rafael Pavarotti, Paolo Roversi, Karim Sadli, David Sims

Review

‘There’s a luxury in revisiting the elaborately staged, multipage shoots in a time of social media overload. As Coddington herself put it: “I keep making books because the internet forgets.”’– Globe & Mail

‘And its pages are studded with her own charming illustrations, which have become justly celebrated. Like all her books, it is sure to become a collector’s item.’ – Editors @ Large Substack

‘A must for the most ardent fashion lovers in your life.’ – Vogue

‘From photo shoots with Helmut Newton to birthday antics with Anna Wintour, the legendary fashion editor shares the stories behind her remarkable career.’ – W Magazine

About the Author

After a successful modeling career, Grace Coddington became a fashion editor under Beatrix Miller at British Vogue in 1968, where she worked for nearly twenty years. In 1987 Coddington moved to New York to become the design director at Calvin Klein. In 1988 she joined Anna Wintour at American Vogue, where she was the magazine’s creative director until 2016, when she went freelance.

She is the author of the Phaidon titles Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue (2015/2018) and Grace: The American Vogue Years (2016/2026), Marc Jacobs Illustrated (2019), and Grace: Now (2026), as well as Grace: A Memoir (Random House, 2012), The Catwalk Cats with her partner Didier Malige (Steidl, 2006), and is the muse for the three-book GingerNutz series, created by her close and frequent collaborator, the late Michael Roberts. She has also collaborated with Louis Vuitton on two capsule collections (2019/2025) and with Astier de Villatte (2024), featuring her signature cat illustrations.

She lives in New York City and Long Island, New York, with Malige and their three cats, Blondie, Jimi, and Blanket.