Claudia Schiffer was the ultimate ’90s fashion girl. After being the haunting face of Guess? In 1989, this model achieved “super” status almost overnight. Throughout the 90s, the German supermodel covered countless international shows. trend(and was also the first model to grace the cover of a magazine) time When vanity fair); signed L’Oréal’s longest-running beauty deal to date.and tapped of The face of Chanel (by Karl Lagerfeld himself!).

Off the runway, Claudia was also a leading girl, donning some of the most iconic catwalk looks from the most famous ’90s maisons. Chanel’s iconic black-and-white camellia separates. , safety pin dresses (bondage gowns and diamante minis) at Versace, and androgynous suits at Gucci. Here, we take a look back at some of Super’s most iconic outfits for the occasion of Claudia’s birthday.

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Best Friends Animal Sanctuary Benefit, 1994

Before rising to international supermodel stardom, Claudia Schiffer worked to become a lawyer. Luckily for her fashion industry, however, the future psychic left high school in Paris when she was scouted at a club in Düsseldorf in 1987. Two years later, as fate would have it, Claudia became the face of her Guess? The supermodel is attending an animal shelter in a slightly collegiate outfit of her pleated tartan her checked skirt, mock her neck sweater, and riding her boots.

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at the 1994 Academy Awards

The ’90s was the era of supermodels and the era of celebrity magicians. Claudia met David He Copperfield at a gala in Berlin in 1993. That’s when the American magician invited him on stage to participate in a series of magic acts and illusions. Less than a year later, the couple got engaged. During their five-year engagement, Claudia often assisted David in stage illusions, such as being guillotined and cut in half. Here, the duo attends the Red Her carpet at the Academy Awards, and Claudia wears his Versace ultra 90s safety pin his one of her dress.

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Versace Haute Couture AW94 Afterparty, 1994

In the 90s, Claudia was a Versace favorite. During this decade, the supermodel has served as the face of some of the brand’s most iconic Richard His Avedon lens campaigns and has walked the runway in some of the brand’s most iconic designs. (talk about bondage his gown and Diamante’s mini dress). Here, Claudia attends a Versace afterparty, wearing Versace’s icy pink.

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at the 1995 Academy Awards

In 1995, Claudia returned to the Academy Awards and now has two silver screen credits.The year before, the supermodel had filmed a cameo appearance richie rich (as an aerobics instructor) and in the fashion industry for Robert Altman Porter ready-to-wear (As herself, of course!). Once again, Claudia wore Versace. This time, it’s a gorgeous Old Hollywood gown fit for a newly minted model-turned-actress.

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At the 1995 VH1 Fashion and Music Awards

Less than three years after signing with her first agency, Claudia was approached by Karl Lagerfeld to become the face of Chanel. Super walked the Maison’s first runway (and the first ever) in January 1990. Throughout her decade, she was a Lagerfeld favorite and a Maison staple on the runway and in front of the camera. When on the red carpet. Here at the VH1 Fashion and Music Awards, Super takes charge of the house with a sexy set of sequins.

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At the MET Gala in 1995

Of course, Claudia chose to wear Chanel for fashion’s biggest night.At the 1995 Met Gala—simply ‘haute couture’ themed—Super accessorized with a Chanel camellia and her magician view. She wore one of the Maison’s meticulously crafted gowns.

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At the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards

Claudia was the ultimate fashion girl of the 90’s. On both the runway and the red carpet, the Maison’s most iconic blue-tipped looks from Versace, Chanel, Tom Ford’s Gucci and more have been collected in a super rack. Here, Claudia wears the latter’s iconic velvet her suit from her AW95 collection for the VH1 Fashion Awards. What else can I say: iconic!

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