Claudia Schiffer went down in history as the supermodel of the 90s, achieved international success as a Lagerfeld muse – and is still celebrated as a fashion role model to this day. The then 17-year-old was discovered by a photographer in the Düsseldorf disco “Checkers”, who invited her to Paris. After initial hesitation and consultation with her parents, she agreed to the trip and the first test shots were taken.
Claudia Schiffer: A career like in a picture book
Then everything happened in quick succession: The first major advertising deal with the jeans brand “Guess” was not long in coming. With the help of Karl Lagerfeld, she made her catwalk debut in 1988 and walked countless times for luxury brand Chanel. A year later, in 1989, Claudia Schiffer appeared on the cover of “Vogue” for the first time – and had made an international name for herself as Karl Lagerfeld’s muse.
She shaped the supermodel era of the 90s
In May 1990 she appeared for the first time in the German “Vogue” and was the most famous model from Germany for ten years next to Tatjana Patitz and Nadja Auermann. In the years that followed, Schiffer adorned more than 1,000 front pages of the world’s most well-known magazines.
Marriage to Matthew Vaughn
After an engagement to the magician David Copperfield and a short liaison with the English art dealer Tim Jeffries, she met Matthew Vaughn in London in 2001. On May 25, 2002, the muse of the late fashion czar Karl Lagerfeld walked down the aisle with the British film producer. And her marriage started the way she keeps it to this day: away from the public eye.
Claudia Schiffer lives in London with her husband and three children
Claudia ended her catwalk career in 2009 to focus on her family. She lives in a town house in Notting Hill, London, with her husband, their two daughters Clementine and Cosima and their eldest son Caspar. On Instagram, the model keeps sharing insights from his withdrawn life – including fashion inspiration.