Claudia Schiffer, a Top ’90s Supermodel, Is Curating a Show of ’90s Fashion Photography for a Dusseldorf Museum

The 1990s were a golden age for
the fashion industry. The boundary-breaking decade saw the birth of
the supermodel as well as countless quintessential looks—from neon
clothing to grunge—which are seeing a revival among zoomers today.
So who better to curate an exhibition about the period than German
fashion icon Claudia Schiffer?

The supermodel is putting
together the show “Fashion Photography From the 1990s—curated by
Claudia Schiffer” at the northern German museum Kunstpalast
Düsseldorf, running March 4 through June 13, 2021.

Schiffer was a major player in
fashion, and has graced more than 1,000 magazine covers in her
30-year career. In her exhibition, the model plans to take visitors
on a personal journey through some 120 exhibits that will hone in
on different aspects, people, and places, that were pivotal to the
industry during that rollicking period.

The show will include iconic
fashion photography from legends Juergen Teller, Karl Lagerfeld,
and Ellen von Unwerth, among others, alongside moving image, music,
and memorabilia. It will also feature some unseen material from
Schiffer’s own private archive that will let viewers behind the
scenes of some of the most famous fashion shows and afterparties of
the decade.

“It was an intense and amazing
time that had not been seen before, when shoots lasted for days and
fashion was front-page news for weeks,” Schiffer says in a
statement. “Myself, and the other supermodels lived and breathed it
and for the first time we realized together, we had the power to
make change.”

Indeed, the decade saw models
become empowered to break industry glass ceilings and be regarded
as businesswomen, which paved the way for a new generation of
increasingly savvy contemporary stars.

The Kunstpalast’s general
director Felix Krämer says that the museum is “delighted” to be
working with Schiffer on the exhibition. “With this show, Germany’s
most successful model—whose career began in Düsseldorf—will reflect
in a very personal way an era that set standards to this day.”
(Schiffer was discovered in 1987 by a modeling agent at a local
nightclub, Checker’s.)

Further highlights will include
glamorous shots by Arthur Elgort, which will be shown alongside the
more edgy work of Corinne Day and the sculptural style of Herb
Ritts. The exhibition will also delve into the variety of fashion
media from billboards to polaroids to framed prints.

“Fashion Photography From
the 1990s—curated by Claudia Schiffer” runs March 4 through June
13, 2021 at Kunstpalast Düsseldorf.

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