Though top models are paid to showcase the sartorial creations of storied couturiers on the runway, many are trying their own hand at designing off duty. Claudia Schiffer is the latest to join the rising trend of model-cum-designers.

During Milan Fashion Week, the German beauty let it slip that she was working on a debut clothing line. Her capsule collection for winter 2011 will be for German knitwear brand Iris von Arnim and will feature luxurious cashmere pieces reflecting her own personal style of understated elegance.