An influential creative director of American "Vogue" magazine traces her decades in the fashion industry, recounting her early years as a model under the tutelage of Norman Parkinson, unexpected rise to fame, and associations with numerous fashion luminaries.

Introduction -- On growing up -- On modeling -- On the fashionable life -- On British Vogue -- On taking pictures -- On beginnings and ends -- On cafe society -- States of grace -- On Ruce -- On Didier -- On Calvinism -- On Anna -- On American Vogue -- On the bigger picture -- On pushing ahead -- On Liz.