One of the top five supermodels, German legend Tatjana Patitz, is gone.
On January 11, local time, she died of breast cancer at the age of 56.
As soon as the obituary came out, the fashion circle posted condolences, and a group of supermodels wrote a long story:
Goodbye, kind, beautiful Tajana.
You may wonder.
Aren't the top five models Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer?
Tajana, who is it again?
I think it would be best to use a quote from the Guardian author Eminesana:
She never fit in, but the world will not forget, she retired to the mountains and forests, but left a legend and immortality.
The title of the article is - "The Forgotten Supermodel".
Turn back the clock to 1990, Manhattan, Mist.
Vogue UK editor Liz Tilberis asked legendary photographer Peter Lindbergh to shoot a cover that would "foresee the next decade." ”
So he found five girls and took this meaningful photo in the foggy neighborhood.
With simple makeup and no contours, they wear the most comfortable jeans and smile confidently.
With a click, there is a new term in the world - "Big Five", the five supermodels.
And standing in the C position is Tajana.
She, too, is the most mysterious of them.
She rarely sees the gorgeousness of flowers, and designers love to give her simple and sharp light and shadow.
The scattered white-collar workers are the falling moonlight.
She is stingy in showing the coquettishness of a girl.
Sitting next to "Snowflake Lady", she has blond hair and looks like an unattainable royal sister.
Even if she wears Valentino's long dress, she is a stunner and a noblewoman.
But she is like a decisive queen.
Across the screen, they all seemed to be able to touch the fierce wind that swept her.
Even the Chanel blockbuster shot by Lafayette for her, the camellia seems to be no longer gentle and fragile, but has a proud backbone.
Photographer Herb Ritts solved the mystery:
"Among supermodels, Tajana looks very wrong, not a commercial beauty, but her temperament has strength and intensity."
"She's charming because she's always been her."
Tajana understands "anti-bone".
Linda's famous quote is: "Don't wake me up without 1w pieces." ”
Black Pearl's quip is: "You will never reach the level of the old lady." ”
Tajana's divine phrase is: "I have never been interested in fashion".
After making her debut in a modeling competition at the age of 17, Tajana couldn't find a job for a whole year.
"They're all looking for girls with skinny sternums, but I'm not."
She is one meter eight, with a large skeleton, smooth muscle lines, and stands next to a small size model, like a warrior.
"I never let myself go hungry." She said bluntly.
"Maintaining a normal weight and appreciating exercise and health is the true beauty of women."
"We are not fashion playthings."
The fashion world is so strange, the more you, the more it licks and holds.
Soon, a healthy beauty trend blew in the circle.
They are well-proportioned and generous, domineering and confident, and Tajana is even held on the altar.
Anna, the high-eyed female devil, praised: "Tajana has always been my favorite.
Author Linda Sivertsen praised it in her article:
Tajana has an important responsibility for establishing acceptance of statue-like curvaceous beauty in an extremely thin industry.
Later, along with the other four models, she defined what a "supermodel" is.
It's not amazing, it's not long legs, it's not popularity.
But:
The image of women is no longer determined by fashion editors alone or reflects men's fantasies – they represent where women stand and what they aspire to the future.
Tajana did it.
Sexy does not need to be frivolous and provocative, but also sharp and strong, beauty does not need to change itself, but to complete itself.
She cut off numerous magazine covers and was named a muse by photographer Peter Lindbergh.
In 1989, she even created a miracle, even the cover of Zhuangmei's version of "Vogue" in July and August, the female devil spoiled her to the sky.
History is called the "Tajana era".
But at this moment, she "disappeared".
At the age of 33, at the peak of her career, she moved to California and bought a farm.
"I don't want to do anything for money, fame and fortune anymore, I want to stay with my dog and ponies."
It was her dream from childhood.
Tajana's mom was a dancer, her dad was a travel journalist, and from a young age, dad took the whole family on trips to different countries.
They lit bonfires in the forest and danced, sang in the valley to the morning light, and the wind blew the family's song far, far away.
At the age of 7, my parents gave Tajana a pony:
"Girl, you have to ride the wind and find freedom."
However, the ghost sent the gods, and Tajana entered the fashion circle and became a purple microstar.
"I fly 40 flights a month, and I take pictures without my feet on the ground."
"I try on every night until 3 a.m. and start walking at 7 the next day."
Yes, she was on fire and made a lot of money, but the purpose of wealth freedom is not wealth.
It's freedom!
The fashion world will not wait for people.
After Tajana left, Snowflake Claudia Schiffer became the new Big Five.
People have asked Tajana, will it be uncomfortable to see other supermodel careers Changhong, but their names are no longer known?
She laughs: How so? I breathed a sigh of relief.
Her world is not on the catwalk, but in the mountains.
In those years, she silently married someone, who was not a rich man, just a marketing executive.
They had children and separated again.
"Being a single mom is stressful." But mom can give you anything but dad, she said.
Like her own parents, she took her children to the beach to play and travel to the valley.
Retrieve recycled wood and stone from unwanted trash to create the closest to nature for his son.
There is no embroidered curtain, a simple mosquito net.
It was never golden, but piled up with rocks by the sea.
Tajana purposely built a swing in the ranch, on which mother and son sat quietly, waiting for the wind to gently kiss the vast tobacco.
Tajana wants her son to love nature and animals from an early age.
She has 4 horses, 4 dogs, 2 cats, and various parrots.
"Horses represent freedom, dogs represent loyalty, cats will make people love the world more."
Tajana is not worried about handing over the child to the nanny, and just wants to do her best to grow up with the child.
"I hope to be his example."
Over the years, she has appeared in the fashion industry alone, but she has focused on:
HIV care, ageism, gender equality, animals and nature conservation.
"If my fame doesn't help people in need, it's worthless."
She prefers to speak up for the indiscriminate hunting of timberwolves than to walk the brand.
She prefers to cheer up contemporary women than to dinner parties.
"It's beautiful to get older, you get smarter and more mature, and I'm proud of every wrinkle of mine. Being beautiful means being a good person and thinking about others.
In my opinion, beauty is not only about appearance, but also about everything that makes up a person. ”
Although, people forget her, and the years erode her.
But she ran across the prairie holding the child's hand, and the puppy was churning at her feet.
Tajana smiled and said: "The forest, the ocean, the earth needs our efforts, this may just be my dream." ”
"But I'm hopeful."
In the hope of the mother, the son grew up quickly.
"My son is my source of happiness, and I hope to bring an empathetic and open-minded person into the world.
I hope he always has the confidence to be himself, embody and express his attitude and opinions... Have compassion and concern for everything that exists.
For our planet, animals, nature and people. ”
In the blink of an eye, the son has grown up, but wrinkles crawl all over his mother's face.
Few people remember that she is the top five supermodels, right? No more reporters following her up, right?
Even her breast cancer seems to have been known to us only after she died.
However, in those days of being tortured by cancer, she still loved animals and let everyone care for stray dogs.
During those years devastated by chemotherapy, she could not let go of her son, who depended on her life.
Last year, she celebrated her last Mother's Day.
She looked over and over again at the old days when she was galloping, the proud girl, who retreated from the fashion circle and did something that many people dare not do in their lives.
Mom, I'm handsome.
Tajana didn't say goodbye, and her last Instagram, which stayed in August last year, was her own dog.
I don't know if there is a heaven, but I've heard people say that the dog "dog" is reversed, which is what God looks like.
Then please protect her on this road, no wind and no waves.
Writing here, I suddenly remembered that Tajana was born in 1966 and belongs to horses.
It turns out that she was born free.
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Responsible editor丨Honey
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