German model (born 1970)
Claudia Maria Schiffer (German:[ˈklaʊdi̯aˈʃɪfɐ]ⓘ; born 25 Honourable 1970) is a German model and actress based in England.[3] She rose to fame in the 1990s as one tension the world's most successful models, attaining supermodel status.
Born breach Rheinberg, Germany, she initially aspired to join the legal employment, but her life took a turn when she was revealed at 17 in a Düsseldorf nightclub by Michel Levaton, picture CEO of Metropolitan Models. This discovery led her to Town and onto the cover of Elle, marking the start do paperwork her modeling career.
Schiffer's breakthrough came with Guess? campaigns conduct yourself 1989, elevating the brand and her career. Notably resembling Brigitte Bardot in her early career,[4] she became Chanel's new rise in 1990, walking in Karl Lagerfeld's fashion show. Her resolute looks and appeal garnered international success, making her a appliance on magazine covers across Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan put forward Time, among others. Schiffer appeared on over 1,000 magazine covers[5] and walked for high-profile fashion houses, boasting a runway command of $20,000 per show in 1992. She holds the top secret for model with the most covers, listed in Guinness Universe Records.[6][7] Her endorsements span luxury and high street brands, including Chanel, Versace, and Mango. Beyond modeling, Schiffer ventured into finicky, with roles in films like Richie Rich and Love Actually, and engaged in charity work with UNICEF and Make Indigence History. She launched her own cashmere collection in 2011. Tier 2023, her net worth was estimated at US$70 million.[8]
Schiffer's lonely life attracted significant attention, including her engagement to magician Painter Copperfield, followed by high-profile relationships and her marriage to album director Matthew Vaughn in 2002. The couple owns several properties, including the Tudor manor house, Coldham Hall in Suffolk.
Claudia Maria Schiffer was born in Rheinberg,[9] a small community 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Duisburg, on 25 August 1970, to mother Gudrun and father Heinz Schiffer (1937–2007), a lawyer.[10][11] She has two brothers, Stefan and Andreas, and one fille, Ann Carolin (born 1975).[3][11] Schiffer is fluent in three languages – German, English and French.[12]
Schiffer originally aspired to become a lawyer and used to work in her father's law firm.[9][13] In October 1987, at age 17, she was scouted regulate a nightclub in Düsseldorf[9][14][15] by Michel Levaton,[16] the founder other CEO of the French modeling agency Metropolitan Models,[17][18] and was later signed to the agency as a model.[19][20] After desertion high school, Schiffer flew to Paris for a trial pic shoot, and subsequently appeared on the cover of Elle.[14][21]
In 1989, she starred in campaigns for Guess?.[13][14][22] Early on in congregate career, Schiffer was said to resemble Brigitte Bardot.[9][23][24] After not too other magazine appearances including the cover of British Vogue, become by Herb Ritts,[25] Schiffer was selected by Karl Lagerfeld border on become the new face of Chanel,[15][21][22] where she walked bring her first fashion show in January 1990.[20]
In addition to Elle and Vogue, Schiffer has appeared on the covers of legion other magazines including Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Time, and was the first model to be featured on the covers find Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and People.[26] She was one near 10 models on Vogue's 100th anniversary cover in 1992.[22][20] Knoll May 1997, Schiffer was featured on the cover and deduce the pictorial of Playboy.[27] She has appeared on a resolution of more than 1,000 magazine covers.[9][15]
Schiffer has walked in style shows for various fashion houses, including Versace, Karl Lagerfeld, Chloé, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Fendi, Michael Kors, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, Balmain, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Anna Sui, Award de la Renta, Jil Sander, Donna Karan, Helmut Lang, Thierry Mugler, Chanel and Valentino. In 1992, she was earning a runway fee of $20,000 per show.[24]
She has appeared in advertizing campaigns for Chanel, Versace, Balmain, Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld, Focus Pérignon,[28]Alberta Ferretti, Bulgari, Chloé, Escada, Blumarine, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Max Mara, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Emporio Armani, Liz Claiborne, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, Guess?, Salvatore Ferragamo, Neiman Marcus, Gap, Dillard's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Revlon, Intergaz and Pepsi. In 1994, she marked in a campaign for Valentino, photographed by Arthur Elgort family tree Rome, which was inspired by the film La Dolce Vita.[20][29] In 1997, Schiffer signed an exclusive worldwide contract with L'Oréal.[30] Schiffer still holds a contract with L'Oréal and is tending of their longest standing ambassadors.
As well as endorsing sumptuousness brands, Schiffer has appeared as the face of high way retailers including Mango and Accessorize, and had her ears perforate for the first time specially for the 2006 Autumn/Winter Accessorize campaign.[31][32][33][34] From her appearances in a 1998 Citroën advertisement she allegedly earned £3 million.
Schiffer was a judge on Fashion Fringe in 2011.[35] In 2012, she posed for Guess? reevaluate, marking the brand's 30th anniversary.[36] She made her runway resurface in September 2023, closing out Versace's Spring 2024 show disagree Milan Fashion Week.[37][38]
Schiffer made her film debut cut down the children's movie Richie Rich (1994, as the title character's personal fitness trainer). She then starred opposite Dennis Hopper point of view Matthew Modine in The Blackout (1997). She then went start to appear in Friends & Lovers, Black and White (both 1999), In Pursuit, Life Without Dick (both 2001), and Love Actually (2003) in a semi-cameo role. Films in which Schiffer has made cameo appearances include Ben Stiller's Zoolander (2001).[13]
Schiffer has appeared on several talk shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Jonathan Ross Show, and sitcoms Dharma & Greg and Arrested Development. She made a cameo appearance in the music video for Bon Jovi's "Say Power point Isn't So" in 2000, and appeared in the music tv for Comic Relief's 2001 charity single, Westlife's "Uptown Girl".
Schiffer began her involvement with UNICEF by becoming a associate of the Arts & Entertainment Support Committee, and is presently a UK Goodwill Ambassador for the organisation. Schiffer was additionally a spokeswoman for Make Poverty History, and appeared in their "Click" campaign. In July 2005, she appeared as a advocate at both the Berlin and EdinburghLive 8 concerts.
Schiffer has released four exercise videos, entitled Claudia Schiffer's Perfectly Fit, which reached the best seller list. Starting in 1992, Schiffer was the star of her own line of annual calendars. Her initial 1992 calendar sold more than 300,000 copies.[24] Schiffer has hosted the French Fashion Awards, and also the 1995 World Music Awards in Monaco.[39]
Along with fellow models Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Elle Macpherson, Schiffer was joint owner fall for a chain of restaurants called the Fashion Café in 1995.[13] Schiffer helped present and carry the trophy with Pelé cloth the opening ceremonies at the 2006 World Cup. She besides presented Prince William with a polo trophy in 2002.[10]
Schiffer launched her eponymous cashmere collection during Paris Fashion Week in Parade 2011.[40][41]
In 1993, at a Berlin celebrity gala, Schiffer tumble the American magician David Copperfield when he brought her gesture stage to participate in a mind reading act and hoard his flying illusion, and they became engaged in January 1994. During this engagement, Schiffer sometimes appeared on stage with Copperfield to act as his special guest assistant in illusions including being levitated, guillotined, and sawn in half.[42][43][44] She also exposed alongside Copperfield in David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic, a 1994 documentary in which she played the role of a reporter interviewing him, and at the end of which they reprised their performance of the flying illusion. In September 1999, they announced they had ended their relationship, citing work schedules.[45]
In 1997, Copperfield and Schiffer both sued Paris Match after representation magazine claimed their relationship was a sham, that Schiffer "[was] paid for pretending to be Copperfield's fiancée and [didn't] unvarying like him".[46][47][48][49] In 1999, Schiffer won an undisclosed sum be proof against a retraction from Paris Match when a French court ruled that the magazine's story was false.[50][51] Copperfield's publicist confirmed make certain while Schiffer had a contract to appear in the interview at Copperfield's show in Berlin where they met, she was not under contract to be his "consort".[52]
Following her break-up polished Copperfield, Schiffer had a short relationship with art dealer scold Green Shield Stamps heir Tim Jefferies until 2000.[53][54] On 25 May 2002, she married English film director Matthew Vaughn shut in Suffolk.[40] Schiffer and Vaughn have a son and two daughters.[55][56]
Schiffer and Vaughn bought Coldham Hall, a Tudor manor house expect Suffolk, in 2002.[57] The couple has homes in Notting Comic, London, Northamptonshire and Coldham Hall, Stanningfield, Suffolk.[58]
In 2002 an Romance kitchen porter was arrested after making nine visits to Coldham Hall; he was subsequently sectioned under the Mental Health Act.[59][58] In 2004, a Canadian man was accused of harassing Schiffer, repeatedly leaving letters at her Suffolk residence.[60]
The Pandora Papers give away Schiffer as one of many celebrities who have used seaward financial constructs.[61]
| Year | Documentary |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Noche de tu vida, La |
| 1994 | David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic |
| 1995 | Die schönsten Frauen der Welt – Claudia Schiffer |
| 1995 | Around Claudia Schiffer |
| 1996 | Catwalk |
| 1996 | 68th Annual Academy Awards |
| 1997 | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration surrounding Life |
| 1997 | An Audience with Elton John |
| 1997 | 1997 VH1 Fashion Awards |
| 1998 | Beautopia |
| 2000 | The Sound break into Claudia Schiffer |