Tatjana Patitz, probably the most well-known supermodels on this planet within the ’80s and ’90s, is being remembered by her friends, together with Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, after her loss of life at age 56.
Patitz’s agent of three many years, Corinne Nicolas, introduced the information on Wednesday. She known as the German-born, Sweden-raised catwalker and vogue journal cowl woman — who was among the many iconic group of fashions in in George Michael’s “Freedom! 90” video — as “an distinctive magnificence” and “an distinctive human being.”
Nicolas stated the reason for loss of life was sickness, however didn’t present additional particulars.
Patitz, who died within the Santa Barbara, Calif., space, was survived by a 19-year-old son, Jonah. Mom and son not too long ago appeared on the crimson carpet collectively, on Oct. 5, at an occasion in Germany.
The information instantly drew reactions on social media from these inside that close-knit group of the unique supermodels who dominated the trade in that period.
Crawford, sharing an previous modeling picture of them, recalled being “infants” within the trade who “grew up collectively” as they navigated shoots and exhibits. “I discovered her soft-spoken, delicate, type, inquisitive and, who might ever neglect these piercing eyes,” wrote the 56-year-old. She despatched “condolences to her household — particularly the son she adored.”
Campbell, 52, recalled assembly Patitz when she was 16. She stated it was the primary time she visited L.A. and that Patitz drove her round in her crimson Volkswagen convertible. She known as her late buddy an “earth angel” who was “type, beneficiant, shy” and liked animals “generally greater than folks.” She stated she had “goddess power that we had been all drawn to.”
Claudia Schiffer, 52, known as her a “true member of the supermodel gang.” She stated she was all the time a “pleasure” to work alongside as somebody who was “grounded but all the time elevated.”
Christy Turlington Burns, 54, stated Patitz “embodied, to me, European sophistication and elegance” once they met in 1985. She stated they turned quick mates as younger fashions in France as younger fashions as they drank mini bar champagne, ate Toblerone sweets and smoked cigarettes. She stated she discovered a lot from her buddy, who was “all the time a imaginative and prescient” and “glamorous, subtle and heat, as soon as she allow you to in. I might have watched her smoke cigarettes and converse in any of the numerous languages she was fluent in all day. Who wanted to work? I used to be studying how a global lady behaved and moved on this planet in actual time.”
Paulina Porizkova, 57, recalled them working collectively, however not attending to know one another till 30 years later once they chatted all night time, spilling their most intimate secrets and techniques. She stated she “acquired to know this stunning lady, get a way of her fragility and her full coronary heart. Her love for animals, her horses and canine, nature and artwork (sure, she painted) and most of all of the love for her little son. It was an in-depth dive into our souls from which I walked away full of real affection, tenderness and respect for her.”
Stephanie Seymour, 54, wrote, “There’s no phrase that describes Tatjana greater than ethereal.”
Helena Christensen, 54, remembered her buddy as “a divine spirit.” She stated she was “grateful we stored in contact until the tip” and would treasure their textual content messages speaking about nature. “I hope you’re using on a horse in countless meadows with that smile in your face and the wind blowing in your hair,” Christensen wrote.
Listed below are some extra tributes from Milla Jovovich, Elaine Irwin, Shalom Harlow, Niki Taylor and Frederique van der Wal:
Shalom Harlow wrote in her Instagram tales that Patitz’s “deep, penetrating gaze” will all the time be along with her.
