Older Models

New magazine, old cover girl. That's what I like to see - and I'm not talking about Twiggy does Saga. The first issue of Ponystep is out with a selection of different cover stars, my favourite is Jerry Hall looking absolutely stunning in a YSL tuxedo against the bubblegum backdrop (though Christina over at Fashion's Most Wanted prefers Kylie!)



Inside there are some fabulous early photos from Jerry Hall: My Life in Pictures.




Hall talks about moving to Paris, aged 16, with her sister, how she shared a flat with Grace Jones, met Helmut Newton in a club and was working for him the next day, ' We did some pictures for Photo magazine. It was all leather clothes and I was cracking a bullwhip and I then said to him, "Is this a bit porno?" and he said, 'No darling, this is art!'

Sixties-model-turned-Vogue-legend, Grace Coddington also worked with Newton and she's on the cover of Intelligent Life. OK, this is volume number four, but to me that's relatively new-ish. Inside there's a feature written by Julie Kavanagh (Coddington's assistant in the seventies) which you can read here, photos are by David Sims.





Here's fashion editor, Coddington in the water, on a 1973 Helmut Newton shoot for Vogue.



And Jerry Hall on the beach in Cannes in 1975, with Lisa Taylor in Rudi Gernreich swimwear (shot by Helmut Newton):



Helmut Newton and Jerry Hall in 1983:



And I can't sign off without mentioning the hilarious interview with Janice Dickinson in Ponystep, during which ace journalist and That's Not My Age's menswear expert, Paul Tierney is mounted by a nearly-naked JD who at one point admits, 'I once stole an entire rack of Kenzo clothes. Jerry Hall took the boots, and I said "Watch this," and I just wheeled out the fucking rack.'

Vidal Sassoon

That's Not My Age can't wait till September when a new documentary, Vidal Sassoon, The Movie and an autobiography (aptly called Vidal: An Autobiography) are due to be released. I once asked my hairdresser, Mr Guy Healey, 44, why Vidal Sassoon, 82, was considered the best hairdresser, ever. After all, the free haircut I received at the Sassoon salon during my Manchester student days wasn't anything to write home about. In fact, it ended in tears. The moral of that little story is... you have to pay for a decent haircut. Anyhow, Guy told me that Sassoon revolutionized hairdressing, changed the rule book for everybody, 'Before it was about the finish. He made it about the cut.'



Back in the 1963, Sassoon created the five-point bob. An ultra-modern pixie cut worn by the fabulous Mary Quant. In his new autobiography Sassoon admits that he was so excited about cutting the fashion designer's hair that he accidentally nicked her ear! And that Quant's husband, Alexander Plunket Greene asked, 'Do you charge extra for that?'

In spite of the ear-cutting episode, Mr Sassoon went on to cut the amazing Grace Coddington's hair and become the world's most famous hair stylist:



Read more about Vidal Sassoon's autobiography here


Have you ever risked a free hair cut?

Photos
Vidal Sassoon: Tribeca Film Festival
Vidal and Mary Quant picture and quote: Daily Mail
Vidal and Grace Coddington: Little House of Style

Amazing Grace

We've always loved Grace Coddington's styling - it has wit and charm by the giant Hermes Birkin bagful - and now after seeing The September Issue, we simply love Grace. The 68 year-old creative director of American Vogue stands up to scary old Anna Wintour, creates amazing images and does it all with a sense of humour and no make-up. As Wintour says at the end of the film, 'Grace is a genius.'

Check out this brilliant September Issue interview (with Grace Coddington) on vogue.com

Photo: Greg Kessler