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Supermodel Claudia Schiffer falls for fashion maestro Karl Lagerfeld during New York photoshoot

Updated 16:59pm on 27 Mar 2008

She may be a 37-year-old mother of two but supermodel Claudia Schiffer yesterday showed why she still cuts it in the fashion world.

She looked stunning in elaborate spats and a beret during a photoshoot in New York's Central Park with Chanel maestro Karl Lagerfeld.

But it all seemed to go horribly wrong when the German stumbled to the ground.

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Model down! Claudia Schiffer hits the ground during Chanel shoot in New York's Central Park

Rise and shine: aides help the supermodel to her feet

But with stylists and assistants rushing to help her, perhaps it was all just an elaborate part of the shoot.

It appears to be the latest trend in fashion photography - or maybe just a big in-joke.

Earlier this month Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker looked as though she had slipped at the top of a flight of stairs during a glamorous shoot for Vogue with famed snapper Annie Leibovitz.

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Chic: Claudia turns on her magic for the camera

Spappy: Karl Largerfield, holding a camera on left, makes it work

But if Claudia did slip, she kept her composure and was soon lying seductively along a curb near Central Park's lake wearing spat-style boots, leggings, skirt and a beret atop her famous blonde locks.

The German-born star was also photographed by Lagerfeld in a skirt suit and matching hat.

Lagerfeld is most famous for designing for labels such as Chlo�, Fendi and Chanel and launching his own clothing brand.

But in recent years he has branched out into photography, producing Visionaire 23: The Emperor's New Clothes, a series of nude pictures of South African model David Miller and he also personally photographed Mariah Carey for the cover of V magazine in 2005.

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Dark side: Claudia Schiffer abandoned her blonde locks for a 20s style wig on a photoshoot in New York with designer Lagerfeld last week

He personally chose Claudia to be the face of Chanel and launched her career as one of the world's first supermodels.

And the project to reunite the duo has created a buzz for the label's new campaign.

Earlier this week, the supermodel dressed in a Twenties-themed outfit complete with a bobbed brunette wig for a shoot with Lagerfeld in New York's rejuvenated district, Harlem.

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