Claudia Schiffer (Hardback)

Model. Muse. Global fashion icon. Claudia Schiffer is legendary both in terms of accomplishments and longevity. From her discovery at age seventeen in a Dusseldorf discotheque to becoming Karl Lagerfeld s muse and the face of Chanel to landing multimillion-dollar beauty contracts, Schiffer s record-breaking successes catapulted her to international fame by the mid-1990s. Schiffer has graced the covers of Vogue, Elle, Harper s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and even the cover of Time. With a career spanning over three decades, she is still snaring magazine editorials and advertising campaigns today. This stunning book, curated by Schiffer herself, is a highly personal collection of her favourite fashion moments and a tour-de-force of beauty, tracing her work from ubermodel to muse to modern-day icon, as captured by the greatest photographers the fashion industry has known: Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, Steven Klein, Peter Lindbergh, Steven Meisel, Herb Ritts, Francesco Scavullo, Mario Testino, Ellen von Unwerth, and many more. Claudia Schiffer has appeared in fashion campaigns for Versace, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Dolce and Gabbana, and Valentino. Photographer Ellen von Unwerth is best known for her seductive imagery, including the world-famous GUESS? campaigns featuring Schiffer.