Claudia Schiffer

There can be no denial that she has a presence and one can forgive her anything else that might not be perfect(as her walk, maybe the only imperfection she has). Again, you are totally right. And you are a very, very, very lucky guy to have met her so many times and have selfies with her...i could have never done that, cause i saw her only twice during Paris fashion week and she was surrounded by bodyguards and paparazi, so i could only snap a few images with my camera, which i posted here a few months ago. She is iconic and there is no doubt in it. Her images are wow almost all the time. Her Guess campaign is maybe the best Guess campaign ever! I wish i had started collecting her years ago and not just recently, but i am slowly gathering more and more...maybe in 20 years my collection will be decent😉

On 9/22/2023 at 2:41 PM, Sheila said:

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Looks like all the Supers have returned.

Vanity Fair Italy, October 2023:

Claudia with Christy, Naomi, Stephanie, Cindy, Carla, Kristen, Shalom, Iman, Eva, Helena, Kirsten, Carolyn, Amber, Pat, Twiggy, Lauren Hutton, Paulina, Mila, Elisabetta Dessy and Penelope Tree 

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Claudia for Turkish Rapsodi Magazine, March 1990. Found on the web.

I said shameful because there’s now people who think that the only supermodels to ever exist were the 4 in the documentary. I’ve seen many people saying “Claudia wasn’t included because she was just a guess model and Barbie wannabe”…and stuff like that. Which is so not true and unfair to many other big models of the time.  The documentary was nice but overall to me it felt more like a Freedom 90 model reunion. Not an actual supermodel documentary. It’s caused a lot of people to totally diss Claudia which is indeed shameful as technically she had an even bigger audience than the Trinity. (Outside of fashion). 

10 hours ago, michelabella said:

I said shameful because there’s now people who think that the only supermodels to ever exist were the 4 in the documentary. I’ve seen many people saying “Claudia wasn’t included because she was just a guess model and Barbie wannabe”…and stuff like that. Which is so not true and unfair to many other big models of the time.  The documentary was nice but overall to me it felt more like a Freedom 90 model reunion. Not an actual supermodel documentary. It’s caused a lot of people to totally diss Claudia which is indeed shameful as technically she had an even bigger audience than the Trinity. (Outside of fashion). 

Well said. Claudia was way bigger than any of her 'big five' colleauges, by a long way... so Vogue's treatment of her was and still is shameful.

Stefano

29 minutes ago, StefanoP57 said:

Well said. Claudia was way bigger than any of her 'big five' colleauges, by a long way... so Vogue's treatment of her was and still is shameful.

 

Stefano

All True. It's painful to see history being re-written by some 'Gen Z journalists', who weren't even born when Claudia was at the height of her career. 

All big models deserve recognition, but no matter what we think or what we say or what our preferences are, i do not think models should be leveled at all. They were all a part of the same business and they had similar jobs working for the same clients and magazines. I do not know why you are kinda angry at this new documentary. I guess the name of it should have been different. As i said previously, i suppose the fact that these big 4 names are of top models who come from countries who dictate the whole world and it must play a role in the choice. But that music video and the January Vogue UK cover play a role, too. And of course nobody can deny the importance of these Iconic 4.

2 hours ago, harelsharon said:

 

All True. It's painful to see history being re-written by some 'Gen Z journalists', who weren't even born when Claudia was at the height of her career. 

Between 1990 and 1996 as a pro journalist (not in the fashion business) I stayed often in Milano and Paris for professional reasons and I couldn't notice that everything there was 'Claudia'.

Magazine covers with her face were the norm, and much more relevant than today's Vogue decisions. She was the face of fashion and the other 4 were way beyond in popular recognition. So much that the leading Ford stylists (J Mays for example) used her as a paradigm of beauty.

Gen Z journos know nothing of the vibe that Caludia evoked in those two fashion capital cities and unable/unwilling to read, for the example, the Guinness Book of Records. Probably the wholesome, no-drugs, no-alcohol style of Claudia do not sit well with a generation used to glorify 'bad girls'.

This said, I love the other legendary models as well. 

Cheers

Stefano

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Vogue Italia Archivio (Vogue Italia July/August 1990)

Claudia Schiffer by MichalCzech83 on DeviantArt

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my scan (Elle US February 1995)

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20 minutes ago, Ingrib said:

Wonderful pics, I do remembr when we all did contact test prints for all the shots in a 35mm or 6x6 (Hasselblad 500ELM) roll and then tried to figure out what deserved to be printed in a better format... awesome! Thanks Stefano

Does anyone have more from this session?