Claudia Schiffer donned a traditional german costume

She might be the face of fashion house Chanel couture.

But Claudia Schiffer got back to her German roots at the start of Oktoberfest, as she donned a traditional 'dirndl' dress to enjoy the beer festival with her friends.

The German model was seen with her friends at the world's largest beer festival which started on the weekend.

And she certainly made an effort for the occasion, as she dressed in the typical tightly-laced dirndl dress, which many southern Germans wear as their 'Sunday best'.


Claudia looked like she was having fun as she and her girlfriends clinked beer tankards, and begun to look well- refreshed.

The model has steadily emerged back on the scene after taking time away to raise her son Caspar, who was born in 2003, and daughter Clementine, who she welcomed a year later.

Late last year she was reunited Chanel style maestro Karl Lagerfeld who plucked her from obscurity to be the face of brand more than 20 years ago.


The German born star famously declared last year that the new generation of models can no longer achieve the kind of global celebrity she, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford enjoyed in the 1990s.

She said at the time: "In order to become a supermodel one must be on all the covers all over the world at the same time so that people can recognise the girls.

"That is, for now, not possible, not least because the advertising industry is very much taken nowadays by popstars and actresses. Supermodels like we once were don't exist any more."
Claudia is married to Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels film producer Matthew Vaughn.

Oktoberfest runs until October 5th.