--- title: 100 Years of German Beauty description: Video by The Cut showcases 100 years of German beauty canonical: https://time.com/3975657/100-years-german-beauty/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-28T19:52:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:12.839Z og:title: 100 Years of German Beauty og:description: Video by The Cut showcases 100 years of German beauty og:url: https://time.com/3975657/100-years-german-beauty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 100 Years of German Beauty twitter:description: Video by The Cut showcases 100 years of German beauty twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch 100 Years of German Beauty in Less Than 2 Minutes ## Video: Watch an Entire Fashion Show in 1 Minute [Watch (HLS stream): Watch an Entire Fashion Show in 1 Minute](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/co02vdBd.m3u8) (0:57)  _Published 2014-09-12. Watch a NYFW show in one minute from setup to takedown_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 28, 2015 7:52 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 28, 2015 7:52 PM UTC A video created by the Seattle-based production company Cut.com aims to showcase the evolution of style in Germany from the 1910s to the present. In a minute-and-a-half clip, model Brooke Williams dresses up like a woman from a 1953 East Germany propaganda poster and the German supermodel, Claudia Schiffer, who was especially popular in the 1990s. Previous episodes in this “100 years of beauty” series have highlighted different fashion trends in American, [Persian](http://time.com/3715165/iran-beauty-trends/), [Korean](http://time.com/3748107/korea-beauty-trends-100-years/), [Russian](http://time.com/3941689/100-years-russian-beauty/), Mexican, [Indian](http://time.com/3898609/100-years-india-beauty/), Italian, and [Filipino](http://time.com/3890302/philippines-100-years-of-beauty-trends-fashion-united-states/) cultures. ### See How the Apple Watch Might Look if Reimagined by Fashion's Top Designers  An artist's concept of an Apple Watch by Chanel. Finz Lo—Highsnobiety  An artist's concept of an Apple Watch by Alexander Wang. Finz Lo—Highsnobiety  An artist's concept of an Apple Watch by Maison Martin Margiela. Finz Lo—Highsnobiety  An artist's concept of an Apple Watch by Givenchy. Finz Lo—Highsnobiety  An artist's concept of an Apple Watch by Louis Vuitton. Finz Lo—Highsnobiety ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3975657/100-years-german-beauty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3975657/100-years-german-beauty/"},"headline":"Watch 100 Years of German Beauty in Less Than 2 Minutes","datePublished":"2015-07-28T19:52:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:12.839Z","description":"Featuring a tribute to the model Claudia Schiffer","url":"https://time.com/3975657/100-years-german-beauty/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3975657/100-years-german-beauty/","name":"Watch 100 Years of German Beauty in Less Than 2 Minutes"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch an Entire Fashion Show in 1 Minute","description":"Watch a NYFW show in one minute from setup to takedown","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/co02vdBd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-12T14:04:35.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/co02vdBd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3975657/100-years-german-beauty/","duration":"PT57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3975657/100-years-german-beauty/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```