‘Nepo cats’: Taylor Swift and now Claudia Schiffer, felines are even more fashionable in 2024

Claudia didn’t just take her cat Chip along to the world premiere because she didn’t want to leave him at home. No, Chip has a starring role as cat Alfie in the movie and Claudia carried him to the premiere in a very fashionable argyle-patterned backpack cat carrier. The backpack featured a perspex dome so Chip could not only be seen but the cat was able to pop his head out.

Before you rush to Claudia Schiffer’s social media accounts to see more photographs of Chip, there is no need to do that because of course Chip has his own Instagram account and currently has 14.9K followers, but that of course is rising as I write. Chip is described not only as the star of the Argylle movie but as an author, model, entrepreneur, influencer and nepo kitty. 

There is also more good news when it comes to Chip the cat, he has his own debut novel ‘Blue Chip: Confessions of Claudia’s Schiffer’s Cat’ which is available to buy online at £22.59 on Amazon. The synopsis of the book is “A paw-tobiography by Chip the cat who stepped out of Claudia Schiffer’s shadow and took on a leading role in Matthew Vaughn’s film Argylle.

Before I move onto Taylor Swift's cat Benjamin Button, there was mystery surrounding whether Taylor Swift herself had actually written the novel based on Matthew Vaughan’s film Argylle. A novel of the same name came out on January 9, written by first time novelist Elly Conway. The Evening Standard reported that “All signs pointed to a ghost writer and bizarrely, some people became convinced that it was actually written by… Taylor Swift.”

Matthew Vaughan however recently dismissed the conspiracy theories around the Taylor Swift book and revealed that his daughter was convinced the pop superstar was behind it when he was on The One Show this week. 

Now back to Taylor Swift and her cat because before Claudia Schiffer and Chip, there was of course Taylor and Benjamin Button. Everybody knows that Taylor Swift is a cover star, but so is her cat as he appeared alongside her on one of three cover photographs from her Time’s 2023 Person of the Year photo shoot. Although Benjamin Button was the only one of Taylor’s cats that accompanied her on the photo shoot, she has three cats, Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin who she first encountered on the set of her music video for ‘ME!.’

Other celebrities who are feline lovers include Kate Beckinsale, Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, Mark Ruffalo, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Ellie Goulding, Ed Sheeran. The list goes on and on.. And of course I must not forget NationalWorld’s own health specialist David George.

Now I am sure every cat lover will tell you that cats are not just fashionable for 2024, they are always on trend. However, expect to see more celebrity cat Instagram accounts being set up very soon.