Tatjana Patitz

At 57 years old, Tatjana Patitz has this physical status:

Tatjana Patitz (born 25 May 1966) is a German model and actress who achieved international prominence in the 1980s and 1990s representing fashion designers on runways and in magazines such as Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and Vogue.

Patitz is one of the "big five" supermodels who appeared in the 1990 music video "Freedom! '90" by George Michael, and is associated with the editorial, advertising, and fine-art works of photographers Herb Ritts and Peter Lindbergh.In his 2015 book Models of Influence: 50 Women Who Reset The Course of Fashion, Nigel Barker reflected on Patitz's modeling career during the height of the supermodel era in the 1980s and 1990s, writing that Patitz possessed an exoticism and broad emotional range that set her apart from her peers.

In her 2012 memoir, creative director of Vogue Grace Coddington regarded Patitz as one of the original supermodels and a must in photographs and on the catwalk.

Harper's Bazaar wrote, "Indeed, Patitz's features almost confuse.

Like Garbo or the Mona Lisa, the inexplicable gifts of line and luminescence defy definition." Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour stated that Patitz had always been one of her favorite models.

Patitz's work bridged the eras of the exhibitionist 1980s and the minimalist 1990s in an enduring way, as Barker concluded, "The most lasting images of her are when she was really looking like herself."Today, Patitz is an avid horsewoman who continues her lifelong passion for animals and the environment by campaigning for ecological causes and animal rights.

Her self-described eclectic and bohemian design aesthetic for residential architecture and home design in her adoptive home state of California has been recognized internationally.

Early life

Patitz was born in Hamburg, Germany and raised in Skanör, Sweden. Her father is German and his job as a travel journalist allowed his family to travel and live in different countries. Patitz's mother is Estonian and was a dancer who performed at the world famous Le Lido in Paris. Patitz's parents met at a wine tasting in a bodega in Spain where her mother was a student traveling with a modern dance company, and has said that her parents' romance is a case of two people falling in love and spending the rest of their lives together. Patitz learned to ride horses at the age of seven. During the summers, she found respite at her family's summer vacation home in Mallorca, where she participated in horse camps. About her love of horses, Patitz has said, "I have been riding since I was a small child. For me, it means freedom, connectedness, and dedication. Horses transform stress and worry for me. They are genuine and spiritual. They make me happy and relaxed, especially if I feel pressured or tense."

Personal life

In a 2019 interview for Mercedes-AMG's 63Magazine, Patitz stated, "My son is my source of happiness in life. My friends, my animals, and nature give me balance and satisfaction – the feeling of being connected...I would like to send an empathetic person with a big heart out into the world. Jonah should always have the self-belief to be himself and to embody and articulate his own attitude and opinions....Having compassion and care for everything that exists. For our planet, animals, nature, and people." Patitz, who is a vegetarian, also shared her philosophy about growing older in the beauty, fashion and entertainment industries: "I am proud of my wrinkles. I worked for each one and they belong to me. Growing older is beautiful. You become wiser and more mature. For me, giving away or changing that gift is not an option...Beauty means being a good person and being there for others. In my opinion, beauty is not only about looks, but everything that makes up a person."

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Career

Patitz, a 17-year-old girl from the United States, was a finalist in Elite Model Look's "Look of the Year" competition, and based on a Polaroid, she was named third by Elite Model Management founder John Casablancas in 1983. Patitz landed a job and began to live in Paris to begin as a model. Although not immediately successful, Patitz spent regularly and at the end of that year, she modelled for the British Vogue's cover, her first major cover.

She began working with photographer Peter Lindbergh in the year 2000, where she formed a 30-year partnership that contributed to the introduction of the supermodel era. "I admire Tatjana because she always stays herself," Lindbergh wrote in his book "10 Women." She's super sweet but at the same time she's extremely intelligent and knows how to act for what she believes, and being with her makes life together greatly enriching. It's impossible not to admire her and over the years not to be just a little bit in love with her."

Patitz' success in Europe, which included an editorial for master photographer Horst P. Horst's September issue, led her to New York where she worked with American Vogue and others like Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Steven Meisel, Denis Piel, Sheila Metzner, and Wayne Maser. Elle and Francesco Scavullo at Cosmopolitan also worked with Gilles Bensimon.

"Colored Contact Lenses," by Irving Penn, showing Patitz wearing contact lenses over closed eyelids. The photograph will later be included in "On The Edge: Images from 100 Years of Vogue," as one of the era's most popular photographs.

In 1986, she appeared on two covers of Vogue's Italian edition and then continued to be included in editorials in the American and British editions of Vogue. Patitz appeared in Calvin Klein's "The Most Unforgettable Women in the World" campaign by Bruce Weber in 1987, and in 1987 for Revlon's "The Most Unforgiveable Women in the World" campaign photographed by Richard Avedon. Patitz was also photographed for her first cover of American Vogue (May 1987), which is considered one of the 1980s' most definitive covers. As early as 1987, Vogue began featuring Patitz' name on the pages of fashion journalists, familiarizing readers not only with her appearance but also with her personality. "What immediately strikes me about her is her extraordinary compassion and her film talent," photographer Antoine Verglas wrote.

Patitz was on the cover of Tiffany's magazine's special issue with ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who was named the year's model discovery of the year for her gleaming and radiant appearances.

Patitz worked with photographer Herb Ritts, based in Los Angeles, for whom she shared another important and lasting collaboration in fashion, fine art, and commercial work, like a muse playing any role, sprite, surfer girl, plainswoman, movie actress. "Her features are a bit off; she's not a traditional, commercial beauty," Ritts said of Patitz; but I'm certainly not bored." Her looks are full of life, energy, and tenacity. Patitz is the subject of Tatjana Veiled Head (Tight View), Joshua Tree 1988, one of Ritt's most celebrated creations.

Patitz's career flourished, she was credited with the promotion of feminine beauty ideals. Patitz and a select group of female-minded, business-minded, high-profile fashion models emerged, becoming known as the first supermodels. During this period, Peter Lindbergh photographed Patitz with other models joking on the beach. The photograph, "White Cotton Shirts," is regarded as a classic fashion photograph and was accompanied by an essay that singled out Patitz for her "uncosmetic womanliness, which is new and relevant in the 1980s."

Patitz's creative team shared their impressions of her: "Tatjana: Million Dollar Beauty" in 1988 Vogue article "Tatjana: A Beautiful Image": "Thorough, delicate, exciting": "In another 1988 Vogue article titled "Tatjana: She is what comes through." "It's a strange blend of lazy sensibility and moments of intense emotion," said John Casablancas, president of Elite Model Management. "It's impossible to get a bad picture of Tatjana." "She's very photogenic, which is extremely rare," added photographer Patrick Demarchelier. "While some models have one look, she has many."

With each passing year, her versatility was exemplified by her ever-changing hair color and style, from short-haired brunette to tawny mane to long and blond. In British Vogue's April 1989 issue titled "Earthly Powers," hair stylist Didier Malige cut and restyled Patitz' foot-long blonde hair into a cropped shag just over her shoulders. The danger paid off, according to some industry insiders as a big mistake. "I cried for two months after I cut my hair," Patitz told Esquire magazine. "We can't believe she cut her hair," one woman said. However, Patitz' new look in British and French versions of Vogue won her the title.

Patitz was the pinnacle of the year in July and August, when he was honoured with consecutive covers of American Vogue. Being on Vogue's cover two months in a row was a rare feat for a model of the day and an innovation for the newly redesigned Vogue, which was under the tutelage of new editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's leadership. This was the pinnacle of Patitz' career, also known as "the period of Tatjana" in the fashion industry - a whirlwind time when she appeared to walk away with the name of supermodel herself. Patitz was the first German supermodel, according to the British magazine, and the Elite agency announced that her success led to the establishment of a branch in Germany."

At this point, Patitz, who operated 40 flights in a single month alone, was in such demand. Patitz began to focus on other creative pursuits, such as writing, acting, and meditation in an effort to lead a healthier and more balanced lifestyle. She moved to California and made Los Angeles her homebase. Patitz, who had always been looking for creative and spiritual development, was given the opportunity to explore other aspects of her life.

Patitz was photographed by her peers in two group portraits that would become defining photographs of the forthcoming supermodel era of the 1990s: Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood, 1990 by Herb Ritts; and Peter Lindbergh's review of British Vogue's January 1990 issue. The international press began to recognize supermodels as the day's icons, noting that female ideals were no longer dictated by fashion editors or representative of male fantasies, but rather a snapshot of what women stand now and what they aspire to.

Patitz was featured on both American and British Vogue's January covers. Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington all appeared on the British Vogue front page, assisting each woman in achieving global fame. Each woman, in her early 20s and now million-dollar-per-year earners, was remarkably individual, adhering less to a formula, and united by a sense of maturity, according to the accompanying essay.

In his music video for the song "Freedom" by British Vogue magazine covers, singer George Michael inspired actor George Michael to cast Patitz, Crawford, Evangelista, Turlington, and Campbell. David Fincher's '90' was a film directed by David Fincher.' Michael did not appear in the video; rather, each woman would lip-synch the song in Michael's place. Although Patitz and her co-stars were already top designers in the fashion business, they received critical praise for their beauty and charisma outside of it. On MTV, the music video went from a strong rotation to pop culture, music, and fashion in the 1990s, while remaining influential and iconic in the decades to come. Crawford, Campbell, Turlington, Evangelista, and Patitz were dubbed "the big five" by the media.

Patitz, who was born in Los Angeles, began to direct her acting career as well as studying acting. Peggy Sirota, Ellen Von Unwerth, Pamela Hanson, and Sheila Metzner, as well as younger photographers such as Mario Sorrenti and Juergen Teller, worked with Ritts, Lindbergh and Maser, but was sought after by the industry's top female photographers, including Peggy Sirota, Ellen von Unwerth, Pamela Hanson and Sheila Metzner and Sheila Metzner. Phillip Dixon and Matthew Rolston, both based in Los Angeles, photographed Patitz for Harper's Bazaar. "I look for more than beauty," Rolston said of Patitz: "I look for more than beauty." There must be a memorable quality. Tatjana has it better than anyone else. She stays in your thoughts. There's a depth to her work as well as an emotional quality that is truly amazing. She is extremely sweet, charming, and feminine. She's really open and her top priorities are natural things: animals, the sea, and the planet. That's why it's so fascinating about her. She isn't what she seems.

Patitz worked in advertising campaigns and runways for top fashion houses such as Chanel, Versace, Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino, Valentino (fashion designer), Karl Lagerfeld, Helmut Lang (fashion brand), Jean Paul Gaultier, and Vivienne Westwood as the decade progressed. In the period of defining ad campaigns shot by Nick Knight, Patitz was the long-serving representative of Jil Sander's minimalist style for a generation of fashion enthusiasts.

Patitz added a photo with the supermodels of the twentieth century, as well as the centennial issue of American Vogue (April 1992), which was shot by Patrick Demarchelier. Patitz had obtained exclusive cosmetics service with Germaine Monteil makeup and perfumes in 1992. Susan Wells, Harper's Bazaar, Monteil's Vice President of Marketing Worldwide, noted that the cosmetics company looked for a woman with a globally recognised name and beauty who had an appealing face that women could relate to in a personal interview. Patitz was dubbed one of the top ten supermodels in the country this year, epitomizing modern beauty and grace, as well as transforming monolithic ideals of perfection.

Patitz appeared in more than 200 magazine publications around the world, including seven covers of American Vogue and thirteen covers of British Vogue. The French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Australian editions of Vogue also included Patitz on their front pages and in editorials shot by photographers such as Max Vainnson, Sante D'Orazio, Mikael Jannson, Arthur Elgort, Walter Chin, and Javier Vallhonrat. Vogue and Elle's international editions have also featured Patitz for her signature home design and decor style, as well as a cover story for Elle Decor UK's April 1997 issue.

Patitz began the new millennium by working with top photographers at top fashion magazines such as Vogue Italia's 2000 editorial titled "Magnetic" by Paolo Roversi. In the May/June 2000 issue of V (American magazine), Patitz was photographed by Inez and Vinoodh in a series of portraits with fellow supermodels Christy Turlington, Stephanie Seymour, and Iman. Patitz also attended Qu Ying, the Chinese supermodel and actress, at an exhibition in Beijing for Longines, a brand Patitz will represent throughout the decade. She has also appeared on Harper's Bazaar's Chinese website.

In 2001, she became the Jil Sander No. 1. As well as being the cover star of Elle UK and the September issue of Italian Elle, 4 fragrance campaigns was included in the July issue. For the Spring/Summer 2003 Kookai campaign, Peter Lindbergh, Patitz' most frequent collaborator, photographed her.

In 2004, Patitz gave birth to her son, Jonah, who would go on to assist his mother on several editorial shoots, including "The Great Escape" for American Vogue's August 2012 issue and "Family Matters" in the December 2019 issue. Patitz appeared in the Fall/Winter campaign for Jigsaw shot by Juergen Teller and Sand Copenhagen. For the September 2006 issue of W Magazine, Teller would feature Patitz in his portfolio on fashion's original cover models. The collection of portraits is notable for the inclusion of fashion icons from various eras and decades, including Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Paulina Porizkova, and Shalom Harlow. Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford, and Christy Turlington are among Patitz' contemporaries.

Patitz continued to campaign for animal rights by filming a PSA for Orangutan Outreach and requesting the protection of orangutans in Borneo, Indonesia's rain forests.

Cosmetics brands and designers such as L'Oréal and Uniqlo Patitz returned to Helmut Lang's runway for the Fall/Winter 2000 exhibition, one of the most memorable fashion shows of all time, according to Vogue.

Patitz' interior design style was honored in the magazine Livingetc in July 2008 for using reclaimed wood and stone found in scouring salvage yards, from limestone kitchen floors to wooden ceiling beams and staircase. "I needed nature around me," Jonah, five-year-old boy, four horses, four dogs, and two cats were found on her ranch with her five-year-old son Jonah.

Patitz marked the end of the decade by returning to the runway in 2009 for designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who closed his Fall/Winter collection for Hermes at the end.

Although remaining in the pages and on the front pages of Vogue, Marie Claire and Elle's 2010s, Patitz's focus was on topics related to representation, HIV education, LGBTQ rights, ageism, and gender parody. Patitz's career and work were investigated in articles by a new generation of respected writers, including Chloe Malle and Janelle Okwodu, who praised Patitz for her enduring presence of women in projecting various types of women.

When Karl Lagerfeld staged his "Coco on the Lido" cruise collection on the Venice Lido boardwalk, he cast Patitz as an Edwardian mother to poetically reimagine Coco Chanel's favorite locations. Lagerfeld escorted Patitz for the final at the end of the show.

Patitz, a global brand Shiseido's spokesmodel, made international headlines in 2011 and now in her 40s. "I believe in aging gracefully because it honors me as a woman," Patitz wrote in Sarah Brokaw's book Fortytude in 2014. It comes from feeling confident about yourself (and we all have them) and being at peace with yourself."

Patitz was included in a black and white collection with Lauren Hutton, Stephanie Seymour, and Daria Werbowy, which celebrated timeless elegance and beauty in a year of timeless elegance and beauty. Inez and Vinoodh's photography of the editorial was praised in the media by such publications as W Magazine.

For its February 2013 issue, Numéro China featured Patitz on its front page. Woman was the simple yet powerful headline, as was followed by a 20-page editorial photograph by Philip Dixon. In a special issue of Vogue Italia titled Women of Today that placed Patitz among her colleagues, such as Anjelica Houston, Julia Ormond, and Karen Alexander, the age-defying characteristics of femininity, strength of character, and enterprising talent were celebrated for the next year.

Patitz appeared in an international advertising campaign for L'Oreal Age Perfect, which celebrated three generations of timeless women.

Patitz was reunited with Peter Lindbergh for a new group editorial commissioned by editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani for Vogue Italia's 2015 September issue. The pictorial celebrated Lindbergh's most popular subjects, the 1990s supermodels, with the title "In Love With..." "This series of photos...feels more significant in the refusal to follow the beauty trade's methods," writer Suzy Menkes in French Vogue said, "This series of photographs...seems more prominent in the refusal to follow the beauty trade's methods: postproduction, a computerized smoothing, hair tidied, wrinkles erased." Peter Lindbergh's trademark is his refusal to bow to shining perfection – the essence of each individual's unvarnished soul, regardless of how familiar or well-known the photographer is. Lindbergh's "The Reunion," a short film, was also produced and made news around the world for Lindbergh's celebration of maturing beauty. "It should be the responsibility of photographers today to protect women and others from the terror of youth and perfection"'s continued growth in images and recognition. "You don't want to see the plastic-fantastic faces of any celebrities today," Patitz said in an interview about the emergence of branding trends in the advertising industry. That's not a role model for teenage girls; it is not a role model for an older woman."

Patitz's career with Vogue publications such as "Who Is Tatjana Patitz, The Most Mysterious Of The Original Supers?" is her fifth decade in style. "Is the Fashion Fix You Need After Months of Lockdown" and Harper's "The 21 Top Supermodels That Dominated Fashion in the 1990s" that were released during the global pandemic of 2020. The 30th anniversary of George Michael's "Freedom" book was also celebrated this year. "90" is regarded by Spin Magazine as the 15th most popular music video of all time and the 11th best music video of all time.

She has never stopped working and remains in demand on magazines and advertisements, including Etro, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Chanel, as one of the "original Supermodels."

Patitz, Claudia Schiffer, and Nadja Auermann were the only three Germans to hold the title of supermodel in 2021, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a national daily and company journal in Germany.

In L'Officiel, a 2021 article on the supermodel period of the 1990s was praised by Patitz for having the most glamorous face of the decade.

Marie Claire magazine named Patitz as one of the best runway designers of the 1990s. Patitz was also named a catwalk queen of the 1990s by Vanity Fair (magazine). Patitz's first show for Azzedine Alaia in 1984 was in Paris, according to Elle magazine. Since then, Patitz has been seen in numerous seminal fashion collections, including Helmet Lang's Fall 1994 latex and lace collection, as well as Lang's March 1998 exhibit, which was the first fashion show to be seen online and on the internet. In the 1980s and 2000s, Patitz was closely associated with Azzedine Alaia and his models' cabine in the 1980s, but she was also linked to Helmut Lang in the 1990s and 2000s. "Hermès flies high with the return of nineties supermodel Tatjana Patitz to the runway," Vogue said in March 2009, as a tribute to aviatrix Amelia Earhart Patitz. Patitz then appeared in Chanel's 2010 Resort Collection as the picture-hatted Edwardian mother in Death in Venice, walking the finale with designer Karl Lagerfeld. Patitz was a mainstay in Lagerfeld's fashion shows, including Chanel, Chloe, Fendi, as well as his own collections. Patitz appeared in "Aristondies," Etro's Fall 2019/2020 collection, a collection that made news for bringing together A-list supermodels like Farida Khelfa and Alek Wek. "Twenty-eight years after appearing on one of Vogue's most influential covers alongside superstars like Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, 52-year-old Tatjana Patitz returned to the runway for Etro's fall/winter 2019 show during Milan Fashion Week," W Magazine noted.

She appeared in the Duran Duran music video for "Skin Trade" in 1987, which charted on Billboard's Hot 100. In 1988, she appeared in "Tell Me" by Nick Kamen. Patitz appeared in George Michael's "Freedom!" Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and Naomi Campbell of 1990's "90" music video, one of the best videos of all time by Spin (magazine), Parade, and Billboard (magazine). She appeared in the Korn music video for the song "Make Me Bad," a top ten hit on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2000.

Patitz has appeared in international television commercials for Cartier, Revlon, Levi (jeans), DuPont Luxura, Pantene, Dockers, Ralph Lauren, and Tarsem Singh's legendary Vauxhall Corsa commercial starring supermodels Campbell, Turlington, Evangelista, and Kate Moss.

In Rising Sun (1993), she made her first major film appearance as a murder victim. Following this, Patitz appeared on television shows such as "The Single Guy" and "The Larry Sanders Show" as a result of this. Her most notable role was in the 1999 thriller Restraining Order.

Michael J. Sullivan and John Kerry appeared alongside him. Fox was photographed by Bryan Adams in New York City in the summer of 2010.

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