Karlie Kloss
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177 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
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And I was blown away by, even though it was niche, like hundreds of six foot two girls that I would run into everywhere that were like, Carly, this was the first time I ever was able to find jeans that fit me.
And again, a niche thing, but it was sort of the first time that I was like, okay, this is a lived experience for me of like hard to find jeans that fit that and use that to sort of build a small little business collab that was really authentic and fun. And so again, that was another little boost of confidence.
But I did. I remember I got like a license.
Thank you. And so I remember those checks. They were meaningful, or at least it was meaningful to me. It wasn't the biggest checks I'd ever received, but I was like, wow. It's ongoing. I'm not on set. But it also felt like the people who are actually buying this, like, are like me.
Like, it actually… It didn't feel… Because at that point, I'd already done endless amounts of campaigns where I got paid the top dollar to sort of just show up and sell somebody else's brand, product, whatever. And it wasn't… It wasn't personal. This was… I had gone to the factories in LA and, like, helped, you know, sort of design every aspect of it. The stitching.
We put a K on the side at the little…
k-stitch and there was so much and and and also like I felt so invested in sort of making great imagery and then also social media launch and then also like doing the sort of launch events and getting the right people there like it was the first time again that I was cutting my teeth and like building something using the power I had through my platform through you know my sort of
career and access as a model. But it was like, again, these sort of building this muscle and having fun with it and then seeing like that it actually touched people, you know, real consumers.
Was it not the same? Yes. No, the only job I had before walking in that Calvin Klein show was babysitting for $6 an hour, which was top dollar at the time. And the house that I actually babysat in was just down the street from the house I grew up in. And I don't know, maybe five or six years ago, I actually bought that house. It was the biggest, most beautiful in the neighborhood.
I bought that house for my parents.
It was pretty great.
But it's true. Money is... To me, it's always been independence, freedom, safety. You know, I think... Yeah. Where did I begin? I mean, I was so aware.
No. I grew up with very hardworking parents. I grew up in a small town in St. Louis, a suburb where everybody had the same amount of nothing. And it was like, we all… And everybody was really happy.
Like, that was…
I lacked for nothing. And also, my father is an emergency room doctor. He was always sort of one of the most successful people in our town. You know, he was… We had four girls in our house. We had two cars. You know, it was like we lived a big life. And I felt that. But also, something I don't talk about a lot, or I don't know if I've ever talked about, but I feel like this… I so…
appreciate the importance of financial freedom and the power of money because in 2007, around the exact same time that I started my career, my family had a really hard time in the recession and had made some investments in real estate, invested like our entire sort of family nest egg, and it all disappeared.
And so as a freshman in high school, you know, my family was like trying to keep the roof over our head. And I, as a 15-year-old, you know, young model, was able to sort of help support my family and provide stability for my family.
And that was sort of, again, this motivating factor to— I didn't care about fashion, but it was a vehicle, a means to support my family and take care of my loved ones and create safety and stability. And I think that's where it's just like— I've been acutely aware of how important to me that that is to have for myself.
Well, I am very intentional in the environment I'm raising them in though. I Above all, you know, listen, it's a new experience for me. It's a new experience. I'm trying to do the best I can as I go. But I am very intentional about the environment around them that I create around them. Like, I am their mom. I am extremely hands-on. I…
don't like to have a lot of people like… I want my kids to be able to like tie their own shoes and put on their own clothes. Same. That's the goal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's no like… No one picking the red M&Ms out for them.
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