Born 1966 in Hamburg, German model Tatjana Patitz achieved international prominence in the 1980s and 1990s representing fashion designers on runways and in magazines such as Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue. She was one of the five supermodels who appeared in the 1990 music video “Freedom! ’90” by George Michael, and was associated with the editorial, advertising, and fine-art works of photographers Herb Ritts and Peter Lindbergh.
Patitz was an avid horsewoman who continued her lifelong passion for animals and the environment by campaigning for ecological causes and animal rights. Her self-described eclectic and bohemian design aesthetic for residential architecture and home design in her adoptive home state of California was recognized internationally.
Patitz’s first major film appearance was as a murder victim in Rising Sun (1993). Following this, she had appearances on television series such as The Single Guy and The Larry Sanders Show. Her largest role was in the 1999 thriller Restraining Order.
Patitz died in 2023 of metastatic breast cancer, in Santa Barbara, California, at age 56. Take a look at these stunning photos to see fashion styles of Tatjana Patitz in the 1980s and 1990s.
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