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With her fiery locks and artistic vision, it’s no surprise that Grace Coddington is recognized as an iconic figure at American Vogue.  However, Business of Fashion reports that the 74-year-old longtime creative director and stylist has now officially stepped down from her famous gig.

Coddington, who has held her title at the fashion publication for 28 years, will now be the magazine’s creative director at large instead. According to Business of Fashion, the Welsh-born former model will still maintain an office at Vogue’s New York City headquarters and will be contributing to the magazine with four annual editorial spreads.

This breaking change marks new territory for Coddington, who has worked alongside Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour since Wintour assumed her role in 1988.

As Coddington is no longer a full-time creative director, she is now set to take on other initiatives and commercial work. In fact, the legendary creative talent will be launching a new fragrance with Japanese fashion house Comme des Garçons. She will be now be represented by Great Bowery, an agency which was founded last year by CEO Matthew Moneypenny.

In an interview with Business of Fashion, Coddington described her decision to step away from her role and to join forces with the agency.

“I suddenly realised that I needed some help from outside,” she said. “I didn’t want to be pigeonholed into just styling a shoot, I wanted to do something beyond. I approached them and they were willing to help me on all sorts of aspects. They’re thinking up ideas for me, which is fun.”