July 27, 20186 yr On 4/9/2018 at 12:53 AM, valeadicto said: Victoria's Secret 4th Annual Pre-Valentines Day Show 1998 February 3 - The Plaza Hotel New York I found this picture in HQ: Never understood why VS didn't cast Valeria to walk more of their annual shows - I think she was perfect for them!
July 27, 20186 yr VS passed from Valeria since 1995, her presence in the 1998 show was a special one in february, if I'm not wrong there was another show that year and she was uninvited. She worked for the brand only for catalogs and they used to put just a few pictures of her, not so many. My theory is she got very small boobies. VS is known for its WONDER BRA, so I bet the breasts were the problem.
July 28, 20186 yr You're probably right about VS. Valeria never had a big chest, but I think she had a great bum - it's a shame they covered it in the show. Also, makes me think, how she has done almost every thing supermodels did, but with the pinch of salt. She did VS, but only once and never was invited to do more. I know Claudia also did VS once, but she's got a Fantasy Bra and she never was an official Angel. Also SI - Valeria has got the cover, but had to share it with Tyra, who's already had a coveted spot. I think Valeria deserved a solo cover as well. And why on Earth she has never had a VOGUE Italia cover? Italian designers seemed to like her, as she walked for the most of them - Blumarine, Dolce & Gabbana, Armani, Valentino, Laura Biagiotti, etc. I think Valeria was a bit unappreciated in a fashion world and it was such a shame, as I consider her really gorgeous and beautiful and I think she deserved more. Anyway, thank you for the new pics! The Roberto Cavalli one is absolutely amazing!
July 28, 20186 yr @ArianaVSCouture I agree. for example GUESS, She had to share the campaign first with Ingrid Seynhaeve and the next with Laetitia. Again, Laetitia acquiered a solo campaign the next season, I mean... why??? The same with SI, The spot on Tyra with that shared first appearence, but next year Tyra all alone on the 97 cover, valeria just inside. Valeria appeared on the argentinian version of IS 1997 magazine but just in her country, not worldwide. The only one who gave Valeria a mainstream spotlight was Gianni (not Donatella)after Guess and the first versace show (versus sprng 95 in october of 94) Gianni made Valeria a house-hold model, catalogs, adverts, runway, special events, etc. Giorgio Armani used to said "I don't like supermodels on my shows" but i don't know if that was a compliment or the opposite ahah, because he worked with Valeria on his shows since 96 to 98. There are some theories about that you said (pinch of salt) 1) she wanted to be payed high fees? 2) her look was very similar to Claudia, Daniela, Karen, Kirsty, Meghan that her strategy was not to appear a lot so the industry wouldn't be bored or hasted about her? 3) colleague with enough "power" to don't let her to get many jobs? 4) she was very "saint" like try not to do smoking pictures, nude pictures, lesbian style pictures and stufff so photographers or editors were not so interested on that image/style of her? why on earth Valeria didn't get a contract with Revlon (sh's got an angel face) or CoverGirl? why VOGUE Italia and US never ever let her to grace a cover or at least a supplement cover? even worst, she didn't grace the Argentinian edition of Vogue, that's cruel, I mean REALLY cruel! just the Brazilian edition to a model like Valeria? I think to be so look a like with Claudia was not good for her at all. It was like ohhh we've got Claudia, why work with her look alike? What I really appreaciate bout Valeria is she used to have a soft-light walk on the catwalk, sophisticated, ellegant, sexy at a fair point, she sells the clothes not her image/persona. she was left out of work with big couture designers like Saint Laurent, Westwood, Chanel (because of Claudia) Givenchy, Galliano, Jacobs, Lacroix. Her career was 90 per cent ready to wear, 10 per cent couture. Gianfranco Ferré stopped working with her arguing that she was quite muscular and wide hips. (don't forget she was a swimmer all her childhood and adolescence) I know this sounds pretty gossip ahahah but there were really tense moments from Claudia to Valeria. Valeria always (or at the beggining at least) felt like a compliment to be compared with supermodel Nº1 Claudia. But not Claudia. She got tired of being questioned about Valeria, to hear things like "your younger sister", "your clone", "your twin", "you could be replaced by her". And I bet she felt jelous or threatened at some point. Claudia took matters into her own hands. Harper's Bazaar's editor asked Peter Lindbergh to made an editorial joining Valeria and Claudia. At first Claudia accepted to make the photo shoot. But... When the day arrived and she was face to face with Valeria, she started to change her mood... They and Peter made a few shots and suddenly Claudia left the scene. When she came back... The photographer and his assistant asked Valeria to leave the photoshoot session with some silly excuses. Well, that's all... we've got what we wanted, we will continuo with Claudia alone. They called a taxi cab to take Valeria's to the hotel. That was in Miami. at night Valeria's recieved a thanks/apologies letter and a bouquete of flowers (strange, isn't it?) The editorial was going to be called "Lazy Day TWINS" and ended to called "Lazy-Days". Just published one picture of Valeria (the one that Claudia and she are playing ping pong) and the rest plenty of Claudia. Valeria didn't say a thing about that day till a few years ago, but the press and us gossip magazines spread the rumour that day. Claudia asked the photographer to dismissed Valeria or she wouldn't continue the photo session. Claudia was asked if she knew Valeria and she said "I don't know any Valeria, sorry there are so many blonde new models, I don't know who she is" and Valeria said to the argentinian press that she worked with Claudia and she was very kind but she lies, and the proof will be the harper's magazine that would come the next month. Another stressfull situation was when FENDI sisters wanted to work with Valeria, the designer was Karl Lagerfeld and the sisters his assistants. Karl tried everything to convince them not to include Valeria on the show. But the Fendi sisters wanted Valeria so she walked for the show, sharing the catwalk with Claudia. Valeria said there was several times that she was rejected from shows surprisingly just a few hours before the show. Shows that Claudia was included, curiosly. But at the end, Valeria gained so much fame that Claudia had to calm down, because they crossed each other permanently. I bet the problems with Claudia lasted 1 year and a half, not more.
July 28, 20186 yr @valeadicto, I don't think Valeria wanted high fees during her modelling days. I saw a programme on Youtube and it said that actually some designers prefered her over Claudia, because she didn't demand as much money as Claudia did and was more available. I agree about the pics - most of her photoshoots are innocent and don't include nudity or provocative images, but that was the beauty of her. And Armani kinda didn't follow his own words, as almost all supermodels - Claudia, Linda, Karen, Stephanie, Christy, Niki etc. have walked his shows. Can't believe Ferre said that about her figure - she always was athletic and healthy looking, I love the bodies like her and that's why I never liked Kate Moss as a model. But big applause to Gianni for giving Valeria all the attention she deserved. The man was a genius, he is still deeply missed in a fashion world. But that I love about Valeria is how she still looks amazingly gorgeous and breathtaking, even after 4 kids. I wish she would make a comeback into modelling word and do an appearance on a runway once again. I miss her grace and soft beauty...
July 28, 20186 yr Link with a video with some fashion shows moments https://static3.mediasetplay.mediaset.it/player/index.html?appKey=5ad3966b1de1c4000d5cec48&programGuid=F308459101020C28&id=814364&hidesocial=true&related=true&playrelated=true&autoplay=true&purl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideo.virgilio.it%2F
July 28, 20186 yr @ArianaVSCouture I know the fashion industry it is cruel often, talking bout Ferre. I read something about Paco Rabanne, saying he didn't work with Claudia because "she is a cow with those huge boobs" or "she is a dutch cow" something like that. I preffer healthy/fitness/athletich bodies too! I don't like skinny or unhealthy bodies. That's why I love Helena, Daniela Pestova, Naomi, Doutzen Kroes. Valeria has 4 kids with natural birth bot Caesarean. She cares her body but she has other priorities in her life, an that's valuable. I would like to see her again doing fashion shows, she is breathtakin' on the catwalk 😍
July 29, 20186 yr 50 years of italian fashion Fausto Sarli - Spring Summer 1996 - Rome Claudia Schiffer - Amber Valletta
July 29, 20186 yr Wow, thank you for the story about the photoshoot, @valeadicto. In my opinion that was really unprofessional of Claudia to dismiss Valeria from the editorial. Same goes for Ferre and his sayings, which surprises me as he adored Estelle Lefebure and she was quite a curvy girl. You have also answered my burning question about the Fendi runway, as I was quite curious about how Valeria managed to walk the show of the label where Karl Lagerfeld was a creative designer and we all know who was his muse. Gianni Versace and Rocco Barocco probably were the only designers, who weren't afraid to include both Claudia and Valeria on their runways. I have read that Paco Rabanne didn't want Claudia in his shows, because of her walk. The designer told a Tunisian newspaper that Schiffer is a beautiful woman but does not know how to walk the runway. "To be a good model you have to know how to walk, and that Claudia does not know how to do," said Rabanne. And I think he was right - Claudia never had a fierce runway walk as compared to Naomi or Linda( neither did Stephanie Seymour, but that's different topic), but Valeria had the grace and presence. Maybe that annoyed Claudia as well. And Valeria was always nice about her, she took a comparison to Claudia as a compliment. She always was a sweet and innocent girl, who didn't need a famous boyfriend ( aka Claudia + David Copperfield, Stephanie + Axel R or Helena + Michael Hutchence), she never needed a 10 000 dollars to wake up from bed in a morning, she didn't use drugs or alcohol or wasn't photographed without her underwear. And that's why I fell in love with her in the 90's and that's why I still love her to bits. She is an absolutely professional, gorgeous woman, dedicated to her family and kids and she does a lot of support and charity work. I would like to see her one day, shooting the campaign for the famous brand or another editorial ( VOGUE Argentina, take a hint! ), but I'll understand if she doesn't want to do this. She does much more for the other people and I'll always love her for that!
August 1, 20186 yr @ArianaVSCouture Well, also Les Copains (fall 96), Valentino (fall 96) and Gianfranco Ferré (fall 96) have included Valeria and Claudia on the same show. And it is true she never was involved into celebrity/rockstars boyfriends, splits relationship scandals, drugs, alcohol or violent behaviours. She always said from the beggining "I am not an interesting person for the media, I'm quite boring, I'm with the same guy for years and probably we will get married soon. He is not famous. I don't talk bad things about my colleagues. The only thing they talked about was a self-made created by the media about my war between Claudia and I, and that's false, I don't hate her, I never had a real fight with her, it is all a media fantasy, they always compared both of us". Valeria worked for kids with handicapped kids/youngs since 13 years old (Special Olympics) and she studied at college for years as she worked too. She didn't graduated but she continue to work with those kids and helping in charity. As a visible woman she used that "power" to made some voices to be heared. That's a really good thing. She rejected to appeare on the James Bond movie as a sex symbol, she rejected to appeared on the Playboy cover, and stuff like that. She said NO to a lot of things and work offers. So it is not easy to gain more popularity or get more and more jobs if you say No, No, No, and No to a lot of things that you considered unappropiate. She ended to do the same things she always said in the early years interviews, like I'm not going to do nude pictures, I'm not going to do cigarrettes adverts, I'm not going to promote anorexia, I'm going to have 4 kids, I'm going to work with needed people. She is and she was consistent, what she said is what she has done.
August 3, 20186 yr scanned by @versustito13 TV y Novelas (Chile) - Año 3 - Nº 9 - 1996, April 22 to May 5 - 1 Claudia Schiffer
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