One month ago (exactly), X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn SHUT DOWN E! News, after E! speculated with some unnamed sources that Vaughn was the father of January Jones’s bump. I mean, everybody had been speculating wildly about January and her bump, and most theories did seem to indicate that the father was not Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, or Kevin Bacon, which left Vaughn and Oliver Platt in the running (sorry, Mr. Platt!). Vaughn’s lawyers got E! News to pull a story online (which you can read here), and Vaughn and his wife Claudia Schiffer seemed to be pulling out the stops to ensure that they looked like a happily married couple with no hint of blonde-American-hussy-pregnancy dramz.

Claudia and Matthew have been getting pap’d regularly ever since, and I have to say… I don’t think Claudia looks good. She’s always been slender and lithe, but she looks tired, drawn and painfully thin in recent photos, and her appearance is adding to some more speculation that although she and Matthew are sticking by each other (they have three kids, for goodness sake), that they’re marriage is in trouble. Then I read this over the weekend:

When supermodel Claudia Schiffer was photographed looking a shadow of her former self recently, it seemed as though rumours of strife in her marriage to film director Matthew Vaughn were beginning to take their toll.

Matthew was forced to deny he is the father of Mad Men actress January Jones’s unborn baby. He directed the latest X-Men installment in which January, 33, appears. Now I hear Claudia, seen right in Cannes last month, has started working out with Madonna’s former fitness guru Tracy Anderson to get into perfect shape.

Friends say the 40-year-old, who denies her marriage is in trouble, is now feeling better than ever.

‘Claudia is working with Tracy to reinvent her look and she also plans to launch her own knitwear line in the autumn,’ says my mole. ‘Claudia wants to concentrate on herself for a while. She was shocked by the allegations, but her family and new fashion line are the most important things in her life now.’

[From The Mail]

Hm… she just “wants to concentrate on herself for a while”?? Sounds like somebody is pissed off at her husband for knocking up an American hussy, and somebody is using her husband’s affair to go off and do her own thing, and she’ll simply be using this incident as leverage in a future divorce proceeding. Maybe Claudia isn’t really that person, though. I have no idea what she’s really like, all I know is that when she married Vaughn, she really stepped away from the spotlight and she spends the bulk of her time raising their kids. I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve the time to do her own thing – she totally does (although the Tracy Anderson mention disturbs me). What I find interesting is the timing – this seems like a wife who is pissed off and looking to carve a niche for herself, to help her get on her feet after being devastated.

And seriously, if Vaughn isn’t the father, why hasn’t January Jones said anything?!? The photos of Jones are from her Malibu baby shower over the weekend.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

I didn’t think Claudia Schiffer was due for another month or so, but I was wrong. Claudia gave birth to her third child, and her second daughter on Friday. A name hasn’t been released yet for the little girl, but considering Claudia and husband Matthew Vaughn’s older kids are named Casper and Clementine, don’t you think they’re go with another “C” name? Cookie? Carla? Claudia Jr.?

CLAUDIA SCHIFFER has given birth to her third child – a baby girl.

The German beauty and her film director husband, MATTHEW VAUGHN, welcomed the tot at London’s Portland Hospital on Friday afternoon.

A statement from the couple reveals “mother and baby are doing well,” but does not disclose the infant’s name.

It reads: “Claudia Schiffer and Matthew Vaughn are proud to announce the birth of their baby daughter who was born on Friday May 14 in the early afternoon.”

The pair is also parents to son Caspar, seven, and daughter Clementine, five.

[From The Sun]

For her interview in German Vogue (in which she was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld, The Kaiser), Schiffer spoke about how much she loved being pregnant, saying “You can do whatever you want. You don’t feel guilty, because I used to feel guilty about having a day off… And, you know, something really strange happened to me. Before my pregnancies, I was someone who had to watch their weight. I had a personal trainer, I was working out, I would never eat anything sweet. Anyway, I got pregnant and when I was breastfeeding it just came off. I can eat whatever I want. If I don’t eat enough, I will lose weight.” Bitch. No, seriously, I’m really happy for her and for Matthew Vaughn, one of my favorite celebrity couples. Congratulations to the happy family.

Additional photos of Claudia’s German Vogue photo shoot by Karl Lagerfeld, courtesy of HuffPo.

I like Claudia Schiffer, I really do. I like how she transitioned from being one of the best supermodels of her day to being a London mother and wife, to director and producer Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Kick-Ass). Claudia is one of a kind, in my mind. So why do a cheap knock-off of Demi Moore’s famous Vanity Fair cover? Sure, Claudia looks amazing naked and pregnant. As did Demi. Is this the only way to pose a pregnant woman naked? Oh, and this was shot by Karl Lagerfeld too – how gauche, Karl. To completely jack something from Annie Leibovitz… Lagerfeld should be ashamed.

Proudly showing off her growing baby bump, supermodel Claudia Schiffer poses nude for the June cover of Vogue Germany. Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld shot the glowing mom in a pose that is nearly identical to Demi Moore’s infamous 1991 Vanity Fair cover in which the actress posed in the buff at seven-months pregnant.

Schiffer, 39, who announced her pregnancy in January, is expecting a baby girl with husband, director Matthew Vaughn, in May. The couple are already parents to Caspar, 7, and Clementine, 5.

The model has credited her new life as a wife and mom to helping change the workaholic lifestyle she once had.

“I used to work every single day and travel round the world. I worked weekends, I never took one second off,” she told the Daily Mail. “When I met my husband I said, ‘You know what, this is important. I’m not going to work weekends any more.’ And when I had kids, I became even more careful. Modeling work is fine because you can do one day here, two days there – you’re never long gone.”

After marrying Vaughn in 2002, Schiffer said she put her career on hold to immediately start a family. After having their first child, the couple decided to have another “as soon as possible.”

“I love being pregnant,” she admitted. “You can do whatever you want. You don’t feel guilty, because I used to feel guilty about having a day off.”

“And, you know, something really strange happened to me. Before my pregnancies, I was someone who had to watch their weight. I had a personal trainer, I was working out, I would never eat anything sweet,” she continued. “Anyway, I got pregnant and when I was breastfeeding it just came off. I can eat whatever I want. If I don’t eat enough, I will lose weight.”

[From The New York Daily News]

Do you think she’ll name this baby a “C” name too? For a boy, I bet Lagerfeld is angling for “Carl”. As far as her being happiest while she’s pregnant, well, that shows. She looks gorgeous, and she’s one of those lucky bitches that looks absolutely amazing during her pregnancies. Oh, and I think her husband is really sexy too – Vaughn comes from a very aristocratic background, and he ended up friends with Guy Ritchie. After that friendship blossomed, he ended up becoming a major film producer in England, and then a major English director when directorial debut (Layer Cake) was a massive critical and word-of-mouth hit. Maybe I’m over-selling him as “really sexy”. He’s more like “nerd hot”. Here he is with Claudia and Brad Pitt:

German Vogue cover courtesy of HuffPo.

Some of them never really went away, even when we wished they would (yes, Naomi, that means you), but others have been out of the limelight for years. Now, the supermodels who graced every magazine cover and ad campaign in the early 90s are making their triumphant return. Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and my favorite, Linda Evangelista, are all featured in fall fashion campaigns.

The veteran supermodels are back: two decades older but mysteriously unwrinkled, they are eclipsing rivals half their age this autumn.

An audit of the adverts in September’s Vogue shows that almost all of the best fashion houses are choosing the legendary models of the Eighties and Nineties to front their autumn/ winter campaigns.

Appearing in the magazine are Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer and Linda Evangelista: the same faces who put modelling on the map more than 20 years ago.

Today, 43-year-old Evangelista fronts the campaign for Italian label Prada. Her predecessor, Russian Sasha Pivovarova, 23, had appeared in six consecutive campaigns.

Chanel has also left young models by the wayside, enlisting Turlington – who also models in fashion house Escada’s autumn/winter campaign – to appear in an eyewear commercial.

Schiffer, 38 – barely recognisable in a dark brown wig – is the face of the mainline Chanel collection. Now a mother of two, she also appears in an advert for Italian shoe label Salvatore Ferragamo…

Recalling the heyday of the supermodel, Mr Pilati said: “They were 12 of the most amazing girls. Today there are beautiful girls more or less but they don’t have that attitude.”

The resurgence of the supermodel shows a change in direction for a fashion industry accustomed to using very thin and young girls to head big campaigns.

“It’s not surprising when you consider where the spending power lies,” says Simon Chambers, managing director of Storm Model Management, which represents Kate Moss.

“When it comes to fashion photography, these girls are the best there are. It’s not surprising clients come back to them.”

[From The Daily Mail]

I remember being obsessed with the George Michael music video, “Freedom,” which featured all of those supermodels- Cindy Crawford, Naomi, Christy, Linda and Tatjana Patitz, who had that Greta Garbo look going on. My friends and I used to strut around and pretend to be each of them. I even had the short blond Linda Evangelista haircut. Sigh. Good times. I’m glad to see these ladies return to Vogue. Most of today’s models are little more than glorified clothes hangers. These ladies had style, attitude, and each one had a unique look.

George Michael – Freedom 90 – Music Video via Noolmusic.com

Uma Thurman’s breast were on full display last night in a gauzy draped black Valentino dress that did little more than shield her from the wind. She chose the daring outfit for the Swarovski Fashion Rocks event, which she co-hosted. When you’re 37 and the roles aren’t coming in you’ve got to kick it up a notch and I think she pulled it off.

Also on the red carpet were Kate Moss in a a Swarovski studded flapper dress she designed herself for Top Shop. It is estimated to be worth $80k and will be auctioned off on eBay for The Princes Trust if Courtney Love didn’t manage to ruin it.

Lily Allen wore a questionable navy blue Chanel gown with an empire waist that didn’t flatter her newly slender figure, but she looked presentable.

Donatella Versace and Iggy Pop personified rock and rock meets fashion with their weathered faces and kick ass style.

Claudia Schiffer was matronly in a gold pencil skirt and poofy black top accented by a big gold belt.

Naomi Watts showed off her amazing post-baby physique in a gorgeous baby blue strapless gown.

Joss Stone shows the self-determination that has ruined her music career by pairing a plain bright pink Calvin Klein dress with white ankle heels.

Heather Graham was lovely but looked like she was trying too hard in a white sleeveless dress that was just a little too low cut. She should have used Uma’s strategy and picked something see through instead.

Thanks to WENN for these photos and The Daily Mail for some help figuring out the dress designers. I included a blow up of Kate Moss’ face because she just looks so trashy to me. Uma may be showing nip but she does it with grace.