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CLAUDIA SCHIFFER BOOK

Mr. Valentino had many muses over the course of his long career. But if he was forced to play favorites, Claudia Schiffer would undoubtedly rank as one.

Mr. Valentino had many muses over the course of his long career. But if he was forced to play favorites, Claudia Schiffer would undoubtedly rank as one. The German übermodel—"super" just won't do—made umpteen memorable appearances on the Valentino runway, starred in one of the house's most iconic ad campaigns, and has been at Mr. Valentino's side for many key public events—not to mention private occasions on the TM Blue. No doubt he and Mr. Giammetti will have a starring role in Schiffer's new memoir, Claudia Schiffer (Rizzoli), published in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the launch of Schiffer's storied career.

 

Schiffer was seventeen when she left her hometown of Dusseldorf, Germany to try her luck as a model in Paris. It didn't take long for the gamble to pay off, with such legendary photographers as Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier and Herb Ritts all seizing on her sex-bomb appeal—trés Brigitte Bardot, reimagined as an Amazon. Never mind that Schiffer was actually painfully shy, as she recently told Vanity Fair; she blossomed before the camera and on the runway. "Modelling was my therapy," she told Tim Blanks in an interview for the Business of Fashion. "I learned how to communicate." The public got the message, and by the time Schiffer starred in the Valentino Spring/Summer 1995 campaign shot by Arthur Elgort, which riffed on Fellini's La Dolce Vita, the part of glamorous, paparazzi-stalked star came naturally to her.

 

Schiffer has never stopped modeling. But her focus for the past several years has been on other pursuits—raising her three children with husband Matthew Vaughn, projects such as her new, Art Deco-inspired beauty line, and dabbling in movies and television. All three of those interests intertwined her co-creation of "The Beauty Bot," a character in the film Kingsman: The Golden Circle, which was directed by Vaughn. Not only does the makeover-giving robot use product from Schiffer's own line, but she also bears more than a passing resemblance to Schiffer herself.  Those cheekbones are easy to recognize, even in robot form: Schiffer's face is truly iconic.

 

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