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By Rachel Burchfield

“The 1990s was an extraordinary time to be modeling,” supermodel Claudia Schiffer says in her new book, Captivate!, a celebration of fashion photography from the 1990s released on January 25. Schiffer, discovered in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1987, was present on the global stage for the entire decade, and, in addition to cementing her place in the supermodel phenomenon, became an enthusiastic appreciator of fashion photography. Captivate!—which was first an exhibition in Dusseldorf curated by Schiffer—takes readers backstage at runway shows, on the sets of editorial campaigns, and leaves us wondering: Will we ever experience an era like the 1990s in fashion again? Below, we caught up with the model to discuss that very question, as well as how the industry has changed and which modern fashion photographers she’s inspired by.