Editing Claudia Schiffer (section)

=== Modelling ===
[[File:Claudia Schiffer Césars 1993.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Schiffer in 1993]]
Schiffer originally aspired to become a lawyer and used to work in her father's law firm.<ref name="lofficiel1"/><ref name="msn">"[http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=297914&mp=b Claudia Schiffer: Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111022546/http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=297914&mp=b |date=11 November 2007}}". ''MSN''. Retrieved 12 June 2007.</ref> In October 1987, at age 17, she was scouted in a nightclub in [[Düsseldorf]]<ref name="lofficiel1" /><ref name="ocala">{{cite news|last1=Watson|first1=Ingrid|title=Schiffer Loves Being A Model|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSkxAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&article_id=4259,3172480|access-date=22 October 2021 |work=Ocala Star-Banner|date=14 November 1990|archive-date=25 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125142238/https://books.google.com/books?id=OSkxAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&article_id=4259,3172480#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wmagazine">{{cite news |last1=Sayej|first1=Nadja|title=To This Day, Claudia Schiffer Still Follows Karl Lagerfeld's Advice |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/claudia-schiffer-book-exhibition-interview|access-date=22 October 2021|work=W Magazine |date=16 September 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022004847/https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/claudia-schiffer-book-exhibition-interview |url-status=live}}</ref> by Michel Levaton,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michel Levaton|url=http://www.ajpn.org/personne-Michel-Levaton-13072.html|access-date=2023-07-02|website=Anonymes, Justes et Persécutés durant la période nazie|language=fr |quote=Michel Levaton, le fondateur de l’agence de mannequin Metropolitan models est décédé le 9 juin 2019|archive-date=3 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603144124/http://www.ajpn.org/personne-Michel-Levaton-13072.html|url-status=live }}</ref> the founder and CEO of the French modeling agency ''Metropolitan Models'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Société METROPOLITAN MODELS |url=https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/337929277|access-date=2023-07-02 |website=annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr|language=fr|quote=La société METROPOLITAN MODELS a été créée le 26 mai 1986 |archive-date=2 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702100743/https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/337929277|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-25|title=Metropolitan Models|url=http://www.metropolitanmodels.com/history/|access-date=2023-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925011646/http://www.metropolitanmodels.com/history/|archive-date=25 September 2011 |quote=Founded in 1986 by Michel Levaton [...] 1987: METROPOLITAN launches new model Claudia Schiffer on the international fashion scene.}}</ref> and was later signed to the agency as a model.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lomrantz Lester|first1=Tracey |title=Claudia Schiffer Turned Down an Offer to Have Hermés Name a Bag After Her|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/claudia-schiffer-turned-down-a|access-date=22 October 2021|work=Glamour|date=30 January 2013|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022004848/https://www.glamour.com/story/claudia-schiffer-turned-down-a|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="AnOther">{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Sabrina|title=50 Questions with Claudia Schiffer (on Her 50th Birthday) |url=https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12758/50-questions-with-claudia-schiffer-interview-2020-50th-birthday|access-date=22 October 2021|work=AnOther Magazine|date=26 August 2020|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022011333/https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12758/50-questions-with-claudia-schiffer-interview-2020-50th-birthday|url-status=live}}</ref> After leaving high school, Schiffer flew to Paris for a trial photo shoot, and subsequently appeared on the cover of ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]''.<ref name="ocala"/><ref name="five">{{cite news|title=Five Minutes With Claudia Schiffer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4laAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA25&article_id=4297,1673554|access-date=22 October 2021|work=New Straits Times|date=5 May 1996|archive-date=25 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125142117/https://books.google.com/books?id=b4laAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA25&article_id=4297,1673554#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1989, Schiffer starred in campaigns for [[Guess?]].<ref name="msn"/><ref name="ocala"/><ref name="lofficiel2">{{cite news |last1=Lee|first1=Sophie|title=Relive the '90s Supermodel Era with Young Photos of Claudia Schiffer - Karl Lagerfeld |url=https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/young-claudia-schiffer-90s-supermodel-karl-lagerfeld|access-date=22 October 2021 |work=L'Officiel USA|date=25 August 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022004848/https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/young-claudia-schiffer-90s-supermodel-karl-lagerfeld|url-status=live}}</ref> Early on in her career, Schiffer was said to resemble Brigitte Bardot.<ref name="lofficiel1" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=McLaughlin|first1=Patricia|title=Bardot Look Returns, Suggesting Abdication Of Adulthood For Infancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ0gAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&article_id=2821,1613003|access-date=22 October 2021|work=Sun Journal|date=11 July 1990|archive-date=25 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125142238/https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ0gAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&article_id=2821,1613003#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Robesonian">{{cite news |last1=Lynch|first1=Lorrie|title=Who's News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2i9VAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11&article_id=2997,1529967|access-date=23 October 2021|work=The Robesonian|date=4 December 1992 |archive-date=25 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125142143/https://books.google.com/books?id=2i9VAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11&article_id=2997,1529967#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> After several other magazine appearances including the cover of [[Vogue (British magazine)|British ''Vogue'']], shot by [[Herb Ritts]],<ref name="Vogue cover">"[http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2009/10/28/style-file---claudia-schiffer/gallery#/image/3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910022439/http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2009/10/28/style-file---claudia-schiffer/gallery#/image/3|date=10 September 2012}}". ''Vogue cover''. Retrieved 6 March 2012.</ref> Schiffer was selected by [[Karl Lagerfeld]] to become the new face of [[Chanel]],<ref name="Wmagazine"/><ref name="five"/><ref name="lofficiel2"/> where she walked in her first fashion show in January 1990.<ref name="AnOther"/>

In 1992, Schiffer signed an exclusive global contract ith [[Revlon]], for an estimated $6 million a year for 10 years; this agreement made heer the highest-paid model in history.<ref name="nytimes.com">Nathaniel C. Nash (17 February 1996), [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/17/business/claudia-inc-a-model-seeking-a-life-after-30-keeps-an-eye-on-the-balance-sheet.html Claudia Inc.: A Model Seeking a Life After 30 Keeps an Eye on the Balance Sheet] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

In addition to ''Elle'' and ''Vogue'', Schiffer has appeared on the covers of numerous other magazines including ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', and was the first model to be featured on the covers of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', and ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Craven|first1=Jo|title=Claudia Schiffer Biography |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/claudia-schiffer-biography|access-date=22 October 2021|work=British Vogue |date=11 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002060532/http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/claudia-schiffer-biography|archive-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> She was one of 10 models on ''Vogue''{{'}}s 100th anniversary cover in 1992.<ref name="lofficiel2" /><ref name="AnOther"/> In May 1997, Schiffer was featured on the cover and in the pictorial of ''[[Playboy]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Playboy-Magazine-Claudia-Schiffer-Cover/dp/B000HJOATQ|title=Playboy Magazine, May 1997 w/ Claudia Schiffer on the Cover|date=January 1997|publisher=Playboy Press|access-date=9 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016140914/http://www.amazon.com/Playboy-Magazine-Claudia-Schiffer-Cover/dp/B000HJOATQ|url-status=live}}</ref> She has appeared on a total of more than 1,000 magazine covers.<ref name="lofficiel1"/><ref name="Wmagazine"/>

Schiffer has walked in fashion shows for various fashion houses, including [[Gianni Versace S.p.A.|Versace]], [[Karl Lagerfeld]], [[Chloé]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Christian Dior]], [[Fendi]], [[Michael Kors]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Ralph Lauren]], [[Balmain (fashion house)|Balmain]], [[Louis Vuitton]], [[Prada]], [[Anna Sui]], [[Oscar de la Renta]], [[Jil Sander]], [[Donna Karan]], [[Helmut Lang (fashion brand)|Helmut Lang]], [[Thierry Mugler]], [[Chanel]] and [[Valentino SpA|Valentino]]. In 1992, she was earning a runway fee of $20,000 per show.<ref name="Robesonian" />

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for [[Chanel]], [[Versace]], [[Balmain (fashion house)|Balmain]], [[Giorgio Armani]], [[Karl Lagerfeld]], [[Dom Pérignon]],<ref>"[http://www.fabsugar.com/Fab-Ad-Dom-Perignon-Oenotheque-808009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108143623/http://www.fabsugar.com/Fab-Ad-Dom-Perignon-Oenotheque-808009|date=8 January 2014}}". ''Fab Sugar''. Retrieved 13 June 2007.</ref> [[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 (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Marc Jacobs]], [[Guess?]], [[Salvatore Ferragamo]], [[Neiman Marcus]], [[Gap Inc.|Gap]], [[Dillard's]], [[Saks Fifth Avenue]], [[Revlon]], [[Intergaz]] and [[Pepsi]]. In 1994, she starred in a campaign for [[Valentino (fashion house)|Valentino]], photographed by [[Arthur Elgort]] in Rome, which was inspired by the film ''[[La Dolce Vita]]''.<ref name="AnOther" /><ref>{{cite news |title=La Schiffer En La Fuente De Trevi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgJDAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&article_id=4201,6326079 |access-date=22 October 2021 |work=La Opinion |trans-title=Schiffer In The Trevi Fountain|date=24 October 1994|language=Spanish|archive-date=25 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125142143/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgJDAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&article_id=4201,6326079#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1997, Schiffer signed an exclusive worldwide contract with [[L'Oréal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=L'Oreal Gets Schiffer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DN8tAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&article_id=2204,3808861|access-date=23 October 2021|work=The Nation|date=26 July 1997|archive-date=25 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125142234/https://books.google.com/books?id=DN8tAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&article_id=2204,3808861#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Schiffer still holds a contract with [[L'Oréal]] and is one of their longest standing ambassadors.

As well as endorsing luxury brands, Schiffer has appeared as the face of high street retailers including [[Mango (clothing)|Mango]] and [[Accessorize]], and had her ears pierced for the first time specially for the 2006 Autumn/Winter Accessorize campaign.<ref>[http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2009/10/28/style-file---claudia-schiffer/gallery/2#/image/18 Style File: Claudia Schiffer (image #18).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730084432/http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2009/10/28/style-file---claudia-schiffer/gallery/2#/image/18|date=30 July 2012}} ''Vogue''. Retrieved 31 March 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Claudia_Schiffer Claudia Schiffer] ''Vogue''. Retrieved 31 March 2012. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805072703/http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Claudia_Schiffer|date=5 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="fmd">[http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Claudia_Schiffer Claudia Schiffer Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624071715/http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Claudia_Schiffer |date=24 June 2008}} in the [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/ FMD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202131259/http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/|date=2 February 2011}} [[database]]. Retrieved 10 June 2008.</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Designed+to+delight/1/2091.html Designed to delight] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323185922/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Designed+to+delight/1/2091.html |date=23 March 2012}} ''India Today'', 26 November 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2012.</ref> From her appearances in a 1998 [[Citroën]] advertisement she allegedly earned £3 million.

In 2012, Schiffer posed for [[Guess?]] again, marking the brand's 30th anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/claudia-schiffer-guess-campaign_n_1384621.html| work=HuffPost|first=Ellie|last=Krupnick|title=PHOTOS: Claudia Schiffer Returns To Guess For 30th Anniversary|date=28 March 2012|access-date=17 April 2012|archive-date=15 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915031110/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/claudia-schiffer-guess-campaign_n_1384621.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She made her runway return in September 2023, closing out [[Versace]]'s Spring 2024 show at [[Milan Fashion Week]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Jackson|first=Hannah|date=22 September 2023|title=Claudia Schiffer Makes Her Return to the Runway With Versace|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/claudia-schiffer-return-to-the-runway-versace-spring-2024|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=23 September 2023|archive-date=23 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923015455/https://www.vogue.com/article/claudia-schiffer-return-to-the-runway-versace-spring-2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Flam|first=Charna|date=22 September 2023|title=Claudia Schiffer Shuts Down the Versace Runway with Her Iconic '90s Strut|url=https://people.com/claudia-schiffer-shuts-down-the-versace-runway-with-her-iconic-90s-strut-7973818|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=23 September 2023|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924003434/https://people.com/claudia-schiffer-shuts-down-the-versace-runway-with-her-iconic-90s-strut-7973818|url-status=live}}</ref>