Karlie Kloss

Yes, I can dissociate and sort of show up on set and like wear my lingerie and a set of wings and like have fun because I'm just sort of playing a character. But I think something kind of woke up for me because maybe also social media. Really, all of a sudden, I had a very direct sort of like access to and exposure to young women that…

Yes, I can dissociate and sort of show up on set and like wear my lingerie and a set of wings and like have fun because I'm just sort of playing a character. But I think something kind of woke up for me because maybe also social media. Really, all of a sudden, I had a very direct sort of like access to and exposure to young women that…

like quite quickly, like hundreds of thousands and then millions of young women that were following me, Carly. And they were following me for, I don't know what reasons, but it sort of like clicked for me that like what I actually am doing in my job, what I'm putting out there, is whether I'm, like, choosing it or not, it is… Like, I am projecting something.

like quite quickly, like hundreds of thousands and then millions of young women that were following me, Carly. And they were following me for, I don't know what reasons, but it sort of like clicked for me that like what I actually am doing in my job, what I'm putting out there, is whether I'm, like, choosing it or not, it is… Like, I am projecting something.

And I want to be more intentional about what it is that I'm projecting and making sure that that's authentically who I am. And I think that was sort of maybe the beginning of the reckoning of, like… Not just me being a canvas for other people's ideas and values and messages, but like actually me being a representative of like who I am.

And I want to be more intentional about what it is that I'm projecting and making sure that that's authentically who I am. And I think that was sort of maybe the beginning of the reckoning of, like… Not just me being a canvas for other people's ideas and values and messages, but like actually me being a representative of like who I am.

you. It's a real departure. It was a real departure, but I'm actually, I'm so glad I sort of followed that intuition. You know, I, there was like so much that I had not learned, I think in my, you know, my high school, public school education, but there was like a lot of just

you. It's a real departure. It was a real departure, but I'm actually, I'm so glad I sort of followed that intuition. You know, I, there was like so much that I had not learned, I think in my, you know, my high school, public school education, but there was like a lot of just

in those classes like basic feminist theory around like the male gaze the female gaze the fashion image there was so much that I had just sort of like only just been introduced to these kind of ideas of like the influence of culture and the impact of of this imagery on society, on particularly young women.

in those classes like basic feminist theory around like the male gaze the female gaze the fashion image there was so much that I had just sort of like only just been introduced to these kind of ideas of like the influence of culture and the impact of of this imagery on society, on particularly young women.

And I think that that's something that, you know, can't control the world, but I can control how I show up in it. And I think that was really, you know, it was a leap of faith because like also I was making, you know, a lot of money and providing for myself, my family, and…

And I think that that's something that, you know, can't control the world, but I can control how I show up in it. And I think that was really, you know, it was a leap of faith because like also I was making, you know, a lot of money and providing for myself, my family, and…

Like to sort of choose myself and my values and like to walk away from things that I felt like didn't represent what I wanted to stand for in the world. Like that was, that was bold.

Like to sort of choose myself and my values and like to walk away from things that I felt like didn't represent what I wanted to stand for in the world. Like that was, that was bold.

I think it sort of developed like all of us in our teens and 20s. I think I sort of just grew more and more into myself. I think I did small things that helped me build confidence to feel like, you know what, actually, like I can… You know, the first entrepreneurial thing I remember doing through my modeling career, I think it was… I can't remember what year. Maybe you'll remember.

I think it sort of developed like all of us in our teens and 20s. I think I sort of just grew more and more into myself. I think I did small things that helped me build confidence to feel like, you know what, actually, like I can… You know, the first entrepreneurial thing I remember doing through my modeling career, I think it was… I can't remember what year. Maybe you'll remember.

Fashion's Night Out. Do you remember Vogue did that? Yes, of course. Maybe it was like… It was after or around the sort of recession of 07, 08. And Vogue had this sort of initiative to sort of… I think like stimulate the New York shopping economy. And like power to Anna for that. And…

Fashion's Night Out. Do you remember Vogue did that? Yes, of course. Maybe it was like… It was after or around the sort of recession of 07, 08. And Vogue had this sort of initiative to sort of… I think like stimulate the New York shopping economy. And like power to Anna for that. And…

They, I, I'd always, part of my like signature thing I always did on all the Vogue shoots, I would, and I was working, you know, again, long before Victoria's Secret, I was doing like endless amounts of Vogue shoots. And so I would always show up on set with like fresh homemade cookies because that was my calling card because I was like 17, wasn't going to a club the night before a shoot.

They, I, I'd always, part of my like signature thing I always did on all the Vogue shoots, I would, and I was working, you know, again, long before Victoria's Secret, I was doing like endless amounts of Vogue shoots. And so I would always show up on set with like fresh homemade cookies because that was my calling card because I was like 17, wasn't going to a club the night before a shoot.