One of many unique supermodels from the Eighties, Tatjana Patitz, has tragically handed away.
The German mannequin’s demise was confirmed to DailyMail.com by her rep, although the time and explanation for her demise remains to be presently unknown. She was solely 56 years previous.
The Hamburg native was an enormous affect of the 80s and 90s, starring alongside her fellow supermodels Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and Cindy Crawford on the 1990 difficulty of British Vogue. The quilt grew to become one of the vital iconic and well-recognized trend shoots of all time, with Tatjana occurring a month later to cowl American Vogue on her personal.
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Most likely one among her most well-known items of labor is when she starred alongside those self same supermodels in George Michael‘s music video for Freedom! in 1990 as nicely. Relive the magical second (beneath):
It was an particularly huge deal for her. In 2016 she revealed to The New York Instances George was one among her “first teenage crushes” — and though she didn’t get to fulfill him face-to-face throughout her sooner or later video shoot, engaged on one thing with the singer was a minimum of a dream come true. She stated of filming the video on the time:
“I used to be in my very own zone. I needed to form of slide up and down the wall for a part of the day. The texture of the set was so run-down, this huge, loft form of vibe. There was one other setup with me laying on a chaise lounge with a black smoking jacket. I believe I could have had a bustier on. And I used to be smoking, even. Folks nonetheless smoked in movies then and even in movies.”
Tatjana had graced the quilt of Vogue SIX occasions earlier than the group picture. In her 30-year profession, she labored on many timeless campaigns with Chanel, Calvin Klein, and Versace. She was additionally identified for her work with iconic trend photographer Herb Ritts.
The mannequin leaves behind one son, 19-year-old Jonah Patitz, whom she described as her “supply of happiness” in 2020. Her iconic, decades-long profession will certainly go down in historical past and she or he will probably be remembered by her tens of millions of followers as “the European image of stylish” as journalist and Chief Content material Officer of American Vogue Anna Wintour as soon as stated.
Our hearts exit to Tatjana’s household, pals, and family members. Could she relaxation in peace.
[Image via WENN.com/YouTube/George Michael]
