Tatjana Patitz, a top 1980s and 1990s supermodel, has died. She was 56 years old.
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Tatjana Patitz died in California this morning. “Breast cancer was the cause of death,” Patitz’s agent, Corinne Nicolas, told on Wednesday.
She further stated that the model is survived by her son, sister, and parents.
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The Model CoOp, the agency that represented her, also revealed her death on Instagram on Wednesday.
“Today, our beauty Tatjana Patitz passed away,” the agency captioned the second of three photos displaying Patitz on Vogue covers during her career.
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“As one of the original Supers and via her collaborations with Patrick Demarchelier, Herb Ritts, and Peter Lindbergh, Tatjana’s career in the fashion world stands out,” according to the post.
On Wednesday, model CoOp paid tribute to Patitz’s “iconic beauty,” adding, “Our sympathies to her family and friends.”
Model CoOp noted in the third article, “Today the fashion world has lost an icon,” then quoted Anna Wintour as adding Patitz “was always the European symbol of elegant, like Romy Schneider-meets-Monica Vitti.”
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Patitz was born in Hamburg, Germany, but grew up in the Swedish coastal town of Skanör. Patitz made her modeling debut there, winning third place in a 1983 contest, according to Vogue.
Though she didn’t work for a year after the competition, photographer Peter Lindbergh advanced Patitz’s career by featuring her in his renowned 1988 shot “White Shirts: Six Supermodels, Malibu.” Lindbergh photographed her again for the January 1990 supermodels cover of British Vogue.
After seeing the British Vogue issue, George Michael cast Patitz in his “Freedom ’90” music video.
Patitz walked the world’s top runways after her breakthrough.
Among her fashion credits are Perry Ellis, Valentino, Fendi, Donna Karan, and Chanel.
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Patitz was an animal and nature enthusiast in her spare time. She once told Kendall Conrad that she was “happiest in the ocean and the natural environment.”
“My animals are my family, and I treat them as such,” she went on to say. “I can’t imagine living without animals.”
“Needless to say, we are all crushed by her passing,” Nicolas said, referring to her commitment to both. She had a kind and generous heart and was a strong supporter of animal welfare. One of her major causes was the conservation of wild horses through the ‘Return to “Freedom- Wild Horse Conservation’ organization in Santa Barbara.
