Karlie Kloss

I mean, it was such a funny moment. It was actually, it was very, like, gratifying to be like, yeah, see? You know, I don't want to shut up.

I mean, it was such a funny moment. It was actually, it was very, like, gratifying to be like, yeah, see? You know, I don't want to shut up.

There were a lot of things happening around that time. Social media was starting to develop. So I graduated high school in 2011. I think I walked my first VS show that year. I remember Instagram really was sort of one of the first places. And then I met Josh in 2012. And I remember, I think he was the one that was like, oh, there's this new thing, Instagram, like you should sign up for it.

There were a lot of things happening around that time. Social media was starting to develop. So I graduated high school in 2011. I think I walked my first VS show that year. I remember Instagram really was sort of one of the first places. And then I met Josh in 2012. And I remember, I think he was the one that was like, oh, there's this new thing, Instagram, like you should sign up for it.

Like it was all so new and social media was really one of the first platforms for someone like me, like a model that had been already very accomplished and successful on all the covers of Italian Vogue, American, like American Vogue, Vogue's everywhere. Well, you've done like 40 Vogue covers. Is that right?

Like it was all so new and social media was really one of the first platforms for someone like me, like a model that had been already very accomplished and successful on all the covers of Italian Vogue, American, like American Vogue, Vogue's everywhere. Well, you've done like 40 Vogue covers. Is that right?

I mean, that's bananas. But I was on a household name. You know, it's like the names that Americans knew were the Victoria's Secret models. It was like Giselle. Absolutely. Heidi.

I mean, that's bananas. But I was on a household name. You know, it's like the names that Americans knew were the Victoria's Secret models. It was like Giselle. Absolutely. Heidi.

Candice. And like those were the girls. So in a funny way, it was almost sort of like just a box that I wanted to tick because it was the highest sort of like platform a model could aspire to. But, you know, it's funny because I think, you know, and especially like I was reflecting on this, like I think I was so…

Candice. And like those were the girls. So in a funny way, it was almost sort of like just a box that I wanted to tick because it was the highest sort of like platform a model could aspire to. But, you know, it's funny because I think, you know, and especially like I was reflecting on this, like I think I was so…

dissociated from my body as a model it was sort of my job it was sort of this like almost you know I was like a like a racehorse you know it's like I was not it was not me that felt like I was me on that runway wearing those wings it was more like it was sort of a job it was a and I and I almost like a caricature of yourself you kind of created this like

dissociated from my body as a model it was sort of my job it was sort of this like almost you know I was like a like a racehorse you know it's like I was not it was not me that felt like I was me on that runway wearing those wings it was more like it was sort of a job it was a and I and I almost like a caricature of yourself you kind of created this like

And that really, I think, is a way that I was able to sort of survive and thrive in my career as a model. And I started, you know, first I was a ballerina as a young teenage girl. And I think that sort of is something that trains you to almost like your body is a performance vehicle. Yeah.

And that really, I think, is a way that I was able to sort of survive and thrive in my career as a model. And I started, you know, first I was a ballerina as a young teenage girl. And I think that sort of is something that trains you to almost like your body is a performance vehicle. Yeah.

And so I always have sort of dissociated, I think, my me, like me actually the person, Carly, from the way that I showed up in my job and in a photo shoot. Which I think gave me, you know, it was both something I think now is like I've had to work through, which is I think motherhood actually finally was the first time where I was like, Whoa, like there's something maybe Saturn return.

And so I always have sort of dissociated, I think, my me, like me actually the person, Carly, from the way that I showed up in my job and in a photo shoot. Which I think gave me, you know, it was both something I think now is like I've had to work through, which is I think motherhood actually finally was the first time where I was like, Whoa, like there's something maybe Saturn return.

I don't know. But like I had to sort of actually ground myself in myself. But I think for those early years, I was so sort of dissociated.

I don't know. But like I had to sort of actually ground myself in myself. But I think for those early years, I was so sort of dissociated.

I was kind of over it. There were a lot of things that had happened. I wanted to go back to school. I mean, I had worked… I mean, first of all, you went back to school and you studied. I went back to NYU. I was like… A couple of things. I think one, I finally kind of woke up to the reality that like…

I was kind of over it. There were a lot of things that had happened. I wanted to go back to school. I mean, I had worked… I mean, first of all, you went back to school and you studied. I went back to NYU. I was like… A couple of things. I think one, I finally kind of woke up to the reality that like…