Coddington associates with childhood (“I’ve come from a trail of roses,” she said) and now can see her through to old age. It smells primarily of roses, a scent Ms. The perfume, Grace by Grace Coddington, is the first such effort, though it was actually begun before Ms. In short order, she signed with the new agency Great Bowery, whose stated mission is to create and pursue hitherto unexplored opportunities for the fashion and art stars it represents. So long was her tenure, and so certain her reign, that it came as a shock when she announced in January that she was stepping down from her full-time position to become creative director at large, a role that will allow her to do several Vogue shoots a year but also pursue outside projects. Coddington has spent more than 25 years at the magazine, styling its most lavish shoots. Coddington is well known to those in the fashion industry - and indeed many outside of it, thanks to a fabulously upstaging turn in the 2009 documentary “The September Issue” and the memoir, “Grace,” that followed it - as one of the driving forces of Vogue. His owner, Grace Coddington, the longtime creative director of Vogue, shrugged and settled down in a chair to discuss her new project: her first perfume, which sat on the table like a rosy pepper mill, its long flaçon topped with a stopper modeled on the head of a cat. Blanket, a longhaired Persian the color of steel wool, gave up his spot on the dining room table when a reporter came knocking, and made himself scarce.
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