Grace Coddington in 1961, with a Vidal Sassoon haircut

Some people criticize the perfect images the fashion industry creates, but I think you have to look beyond the picture. I’m still not comfortable with the amount of Photoshop that gets used — it goes against the grain. I guess you have to move with the times, but what you see and what you get are two different things now. Photoshop is a lie, they carve away a waist or a breast, and I think it’s sad — you miss the happy accident. it’s a shame that everything has to be so perfect, just because it can be. Maybe it’s because I’m not a blonde beauty that I like people who are a bit different, I don’t mind if they have a scar or are a little bit fat. People don’t come in the same mould and I find that interesting.

I think I’ve survived so long in this industry because I genuinely love what I do. When people call me the most influential stylist in the world, I think it’s bullshit. I’m not. I have a good time and am really privileged to do the things that I do — I wouldn’t be doing it if I thought any differently.I’m a Vogue girl, and once you’re a Vogue girl, you’re always a Vogue girl.

Grace Coddington quoted in Dazed & Confused - September 2009, pg. 89

xoxo, c. hotpoint, who thinks we are all pretty, for reals.