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Gold Rush and Happiness are Sisters

Gather round everyone and witness the clown try to prove that Taylor Swift wrote songs about a married (now pregnant) woman in the year of our lord 2020.

Also this is a seven page doc in my google docs so like. Get a cup of tea and some popcorn.

Ok full disclosure this is…..mostly me clowning. Like seriously. Don’t take my words as the word of God, this is just my interpretation and how I listen to the songs. And as a (former? Idk man) Kaylor I’m going to want to make these songs about my ship. Acknowledge your biases kids.

Also like. I change my mind a lot, but for a while this theory that Gold Rush and Happiness are connected has been stuck in my head and I wanted to write it down and post it in case anyone else got something out of this.

If you read my last post on Gold Rush (here!) you’ll know I don’t think of it as a happy song. To elaborate further- I think it’s Taylor catching herself looking back on Karlie/that time in her life (Because I think Karlie is emblematic of the 1989 era for Taylor and is thus tied to the pain that came out of that, along with her ties to the masters heist) and reminding herself it wasn’t good and ended for a reason.

“Gleaming, twinkling/eyes like sinking ships on waters/so inviting, I almost jump in”

“But I don’t like a gold rush” 

The sinking ship line makes me laugh. I like to think it’s Taylor saying she’s literally sunk our (dead) ship, but that’s mostly regressing to 2015 tumblr humur.

To the actual analysis, she almost jumps into these waters, maybe it’s literal (don’t text your ex kids, write a bop like closure instead) or maybe it’s more metaphorical. She almost allows herself to think the good times were the only times. Maybe there’s a desire to move back to nyc, capture the magic that she may have felt during the era. 

“I don’t like that flying feels like falling till the bone crush”

But that’s the thing. It feels like flying at the time, but it isn’t a feeling that can last. These relationships built on temporary promises (we’re assuming here Taylor was a side thing for Karlie, not that serious and built not to last, even if there were genuine romantic feelings on both sides, which I think there were to some level) won’t last, and will hurt when they do end. At least, this one did.

“Everyone wonders what it would be like to love you”

Everybody wants who she’s singing about and is imagining what it would be like to be with them, they think it would be a fairytale. Hell, Taylor probably thought their relationship would be a fairytale against her better judgement. Karlie is a celebrity and a model no less, yes she has other things going for her (Koding and investments), her brand and her success in the fashion world depends to some degree people desiring and fantasizing about her.

“I don’t like that anyone would die to feel your touch”

The funny thing about that, Taylor’s the only one who knows the pain of that relationship, of being a side thing and never committed to. It’s draining. It's difficult. She isn’t allowing herself to jump into those waters.

“I see me padding across your wooden floor/with my Eagles t shirt hanging on the door”

I point out this line mostly because it feels like a Delicate call back (Echoes of your footsteps on the stairs). Am I reaching though? Probably. Also as someone with parents about the same age as Taylor’s (give or take ten years), I like the Eagles reference. Stream Hotel California for clear skin <3

“At dinner parties, I call you out on your contrarian shit”

Taylor was the first person to call Karlie out on her “I’ve tried!!” bullshit, how cute. <3

Besides this line being very iconic, it also shows to me that Taylor’s been frustrated with Kar even when she was busy giving her heart eyes. She’s a frustrating person to be around even when you are “turning her life into folklore”.

“What must it be like to grow up that beautiful?/With your hair falling into place like dominoes”

Damn that’s a gay couples lines you got there Tay. Wonder if you’re wondering what it must’ve been like for Kar to grow up in the model industry, and all of the pressure and exhilaration that entails. From a male’s perspective ofc.

I also take the dominoes line to be Taylor saying what must’ve it been like to have this easy idyllic childhood. Maybe Taylor is the first time Karlie’s been with a girl outside of a hookup and didn’t have to go through the pain of realizing she was into women until later in life. (Not that that’s not painful, it’s just different, and allows you to have a perfectly straight childhood/teenagerhood)

“And the coastal town we wandered 'round had nеver seen a love as pure as it/And thеn it fades into the gray of my day-old tea/'Cause it could never be”

Maybe this relationship never existed in the way she thought at all. You know Carrie Fischer’s character in When Harry Met Sally and how until she meets the right guy, she spends the whole movie insisting that whatever married guy she’s seeing really loves her!! And he’s gonna leave his wife for her!! That’s what these two songs make me think about, waking up and realizing they were never going to leave their wife, you were projecting this whole story onto someone else, but that doesn’t mean there was no value in what happened.

“And the coastal town we never found will never see a love as pure as it/'Cause it fades into the gray of my day-old tea/'Cause it will never be”

The coastal town seems an obvious Rhode Island reference, to get more specific it reminds me of when Josh and Karlie visited Taylor at her Rhode Island home in 2014 and Josh looks peeved as hell. 1, 2 Also if I remember correctly, enty has a blind where he says there was a huge fight between Josh and Taylor which ended in Taylor not wanting to be around him again. Just interesting to note. (And if anyone has the receipt, please send it my way!)

Taylor may have been projecting this fairytale narrative at the time of being able to make it work, of being friends with Josh even but it didn’t work and the fairytale is left to be folklore, never made real.

The outro is the same as the intro to the song, implying to me that while she’s telling herself it was bad, you weren’t happy, she’s still catching herself missing it and what she had with Karlie. She left a part of her back in New York see, and she can’t stop her mind from retracing old footsteps.

Now, onto how I think Happiness and how I think it connects. I’m about to audition for the national team in the reaching Olympics. Wish me luck. :)

A bit of a preamble though, I don’t take this song ~super~ literally. Depending on what day of the week it is I think it’s probably her divorcee rpg simulator or her closing the book on her ex situationship gf on her own terms ~in a straight way~. So not to discredit this whole ass post but. Take with a grain of salt.

“Honey, when I'm above the trees/I see this for what it is”

See that bold bit? That’s the main connective tissue between these songs. She’s finally woken up and now that she’s this far removed from the relationship she sees what it was. To add to the pain of it all, this is especially potent if you wonder if Karlie gaslit Tay into thinking this wasn’t a big deal, they were just fucking around when Karlie has literal Softest Love Song You Are In Love dedicated to her.

“But now I'm right down in it, all the years I've given/Is just shit we're dividin' up”

This seems to me to be a masters heist reference. Karlie since Lover, is musically tied to this event in Taylor’s life, it’s what I think is keeping Tay from making a clean break from her so to speak. 

“Showed you all of my hiding spots/I was dancing when the music stopped”

This seems to be a Rep era/dwoht reference. Yes, Taylor constantly references dancing, but the hiding spots (loved you in secret! you had turned my bed into a sacred oasis!) combined with the dancing when the music stopped (I'd kiss you as the lights went out! Swaying as the room burned down!) brings out the full kaylor clown in me. 

“There'll be happiness after you/But there was happiness because of you/Both of these things can be true”

This is probably some of the most gut wrenching lyrics Taylor’s ever written. Damn, imagine having that written about you. Anyway, the point here is the thesis of this whole damn post. Gold Rush is Taylor catching herself daydreaming about the happy parts, and reminding herself about the bad to make her snap out of it. Happiness is her coming to terms that both parts of that relationship were true. Things aren’t that simple. 

“Haunted by the look in my eyes/That would've loved you for a lifetime/Leave it all behind”

This feels very Cruel Summer doesn’t it? “I love you ain’t that the worst thing you’ve ever heard?” These lines make this relationship read as two things to me. One, it was very one sided, and Taylor/the narrator, was obviously left behind at the end of it when she was heavily invested into making this work. And 2, it was doomed from the beginning. Again. Big cruel summer energy here.

Or it’s a divorcee rpg simulator 3000. Now with extra glamour and opportunities to dramatically drink wine in dressing gowns.

I don’t have a lot to say about the second verse of the song that. Karlie has a nice smile, Gatsby reference, dig at whoever the next person to take Taylor’s place as a side fling (or a dig at Josh, or a baby reference since that’s what the Gatsby line refers to). The only other thing worthy of note for this post is the line following the Gatsby reference.

“No, I didn't mean that/Sorry, I can't see facts through all of my fury”

 is the next line, where she regrets what she just said and admits to saying overly harsh things and overlooking the truth of the matter when she’s angry, which to me feels like a big Afterglow/Me! reference.

“There'll be happiness after me/But there was happiness because of me/Both of these things, I believe”

I think a lot of what Taylor’s doing emotionally in the chorus is legitimizing this relationship for herself. Yeah, Josh and Karlie will have a happy life in Florida with Ivanka and them, but Taylor also made Karlie happy too and she doesn’t want Karlie to forget it. 

It reminds me of the way she talks about August, that she genuinely loves James/Karlie, and thinks they have something. But she’s just the pit stop on the commitment highway, and the depth of her feelings for the other person will never be acknowledged. It’s exhausting you know?

“In our history, across our great divide”

“Guilty, guilty reaching out across the sea/That you put between you and me”

Nothing to see here, just a nifty parallel. Karlie doesn’t want wrinkles in her new life see.

“There is a glorious sunrise/Dappled with the flickers of light/From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind/And there is happiness”

This bit (which has some of my favorite imagery in this whole dang album!!!) reminds me of the end of the Wildest Dreams mv where she runs out to the car with the lover following her after the big charade of pretending not to care as much as she does, while knowing you aren’t the one that got picked.

Interestingly, if you look at the shot of the four characters together near the end, the outfits parallel the ones worn by Kar, Tay, and Josh at the 2014 Met Gala. This was of course the one where Tay and Kar got ready together and Karlie proceeded to spend the night with Josh and where Tay just looks. Miserable. (see here!)

The line also parallels Wildest Dreams lyrically.

“Say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress/Staring at the sunset, babe”

Which you know. Worth noting.

The last line (And there is happiness) seems to point to there being happiness in leaving the bad situation just as much as there was happiness in the situation. It’s Time to Go anyone?

“I can't make it go away by making you a villain/I guess it's the price I paid for seven years in Heaven”

A series of thoughts. One, I love the first line where Taylor acknowledges anger isn’t going to make it better. There’s only so much being angry in this situation will do, and it’s not like Taylor’s record is clean here either. (I mean I assume. We know she went psycho on the phone anyway)

Two. Seven years in heaven is both a play on a famous game/turn of phrase (Seven minutes in heaven) but one of the more bold references to Karlie in her whole damn discography. Do I think they’ve been together for seven years straight? Not really. But do I think Taylor saw an opportunity and jumped on it? Yep. 

“And I pulled your body into mine/Every goddamn night, now I get fake niceties”

No thoughts head empty this line is a sucker punch and I love it. If anyone needs me I’ll be watching her perform ikywt on the vsfs and crying to yail.

“All you want from me now is the green light of forgiveness”

Oh look! Another Gatsby reference. Or Taylor calling Karlie out on profiting off of her association with Tay after they clearly did not end on good terms. (Folklore themed maternity shoot anyone?) I mean, whatever floats your boat. 

A bit on the green light metaphor from Gatsby, because it’s worth noting even if I don’t have much more to say on it here.

“Situated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsby’s West Egg lawn, the green light represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associates it with Daisy, and in Chapter 1 he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal.”

Yes I copied that from Spark Notes. No I am not sorry. I have an exam tomorrow and I’m writing about a dead ship on a dead social media website. Sometimes we do what we must do.

I love the ending of this song, I really really do, it feels like taking in a breath of air and finally feeling free of the weight you’re carrying. It feels like a final goodbye, like Tay’s getting closure on her own terms and I truly love that for her. Bb’s stepping out into the daylight. <3 

There is happiness

In our history, across our great divide

There is a glorious sunrise

Dappled with the flickers of light

From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind

Oh, leave it all behind

Leave it all behind

And there is happiness

So, what was this whole seven page post for then? 

Gold Rush and Happiness being connected has been a theory rattling around in my brain for forever and I’ve wanted to write it down for just as long. The tldr of it all is pretty simple, Gold Rush is about her reminiscing about the good parts of Kaylor, and pulling herself out of it, reminding herself it was bad and bad for her. Happiness is her legitimizing the relationship, and moving on while acknowledging there was bad and good in their story. It just took me seven goddamn pages to articulate that.

If you’ve reached the end of this. Damn. Thanks. Go get a snack or something, you deserve it after reading this.

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Supermodel Karlie Kloss turns coding passion into a summer coding camps for girls

It's about 7 a.m. on an early autumn day in New York City and supermodel Karlie Kloss is quickly becoming a morning person.

“I don’t know when or how this happened, I don’t think I’ve slept past the sunrise any day this week,” Kloss told ABC News’ Chief Business, Technology and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis in an interview for “Nightline.”

On this particular morning, Kloss is coming off of a 16-hour day filming Project Runway and is getting ready for an event with Adidas, one of her many brand ambassadorships.

Despite the long days and early mornings Kloss embraces it all.

“That’s kind of my life but the good thing is I really love what I do,” said Kloss.

The 40-time Vogue cover girl got her start at just 13-years-old when she was discovered at a mall in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. She was approached by two modeling scouts, Jeff and Mary Clarke, the husband and wife duo behind Mother Model Management, who also famously discovered Ashton Kutcher at The Airliner Bar in Iowa City.

In Kloss’ case, they were recruiting for a charity fashion show.

“I was just at the mall with my friend and I was wearing Birkenstocks and just living my life at 13 years old…And at that time I literally had no interest in that [modeling] or really idea of like what the fashion industry was. It just wasn't in my world.”

Kloss said she realized quickly “it really was something I really enjoyed” and it didn’t take long for her career to take off. The modeling scouts introduced her to agents and by the time she was 15-years-old she was walking in her first major runway show.

“That fall when I started my freshman year of high school I got an opportunity to walk in New York Fashion Week for Calvin Klein and I was 15 years old. Like literally had started high school two days before and it just put me on the map.”

Kloss became a breakout star in the industry, walking in 31 shows her first New York Fashion Week season. Over the course of the next few months Kloss got an apartment in New York City and was traveling around the globe with her first major fashion campaigns for Bvlgari and Dolce & Gabbana.

But while she was living the life of a glamorous and worldly model, back home in St. Louis, pre-social media, she was just an average teenager.

“I was 15 years old, I was tall and lanky, no boys were paying any attention to me. I felt totally out of place in St. Louis, just like every teenager does. And it kind of was like this secret alter ego that I got to live out and build a career. And no one really knew about it back home.”

(MORE: Karlie Kloss goes back to school)

Over the next 11 years Kloss would become one of the most recognizable faces on the planet, gracing the runways of major designers like Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior, Versace and Diane von Furstenberg.

She also served as global brand ambassador for Estee Lauder and starred in several major international campaigns for brands like adidas, Versace, Dior, Carolina Herrera and Swarovski

“I was going back and forth between, like, sitting in my chemistry class, getting on a plane that night right after school going to Paris, walking Dior Couture opening the show…and then going back home and like needing to like still turn in my five paragraph essay,” said Kloss. “But it was really amazing dual world and life that I lived and still live, I guess.”

Today that “dual world” includes another passion -- coding. On the surface it’s one that might seem unexpected, as the couture-clad super beauty doesn’t necessarily fit the stereotype of a hoodie-wearing coder, but Kloss has had a love of math and science from the beginning.

(MORE: Karlie Kloss goes back to school)

As the daughter of an emergency room physician, she looked up to her father, fascinated by his ability to problem solve and help people using science.

“I definitely thought being a doctor would be my kind of career path. I always was really fascinated by science, by math and I loved the idea of being able to help people with a skill set,” she said.

Kloss discovered her own love of coding by taking classes at The Flatiron School in Lower Manhattan. Her instructor and dean of the school, Avi Flombaum, said that she was a natural.

“I met Karlie, I was doing a class for two of my friends and they asked if she could join...She showed up on day one, really took to it and outperformed my two friends,” Flombaum told ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis.

(MORE: How to get your girls involved in coding)

After that first lesson in 2014, Kloss was hooked.

“That whole week, and more and more, she started emailing me if we could spend time on the weekends coding and that sort of snowballed,” Flombaum said.

But eventually, Kloss wanted to do more than just learn herself. She wanted to figure out a way to give other women the skill that she found so valuable. With the help of Flombaum, she started a scholarship giving 21 teenage women across the U.S. the opportunity to take the Flatiron School’s two-week pre-college program coding class, the same one that Kloss took when she fell in love with coding.

“I have this audience of young women across the country around the world, and I really care about the message that I'm sending them both through my words and my actions. And I thought, you know what, I would love to offer them something more meaningful than just a picture backstage at a runway show.”

Just one year after starting her own coding journey, Kode With Klossy was born.

Today the free two-week summer coding camp has grown to 50 camps across 25 cities across the U.S. girls ages 13 to 18 can apply to attend through the company’s website and be placed in classes of 20 where they learn to code real-life apps.

It’s not abnormal for Kloss to pop into one of the camps, and she’s become a mentor for many of the young women who have been with the program since the start. “Nightline” joined her for one of those visits at a camp in New York, where level 3 campers are learning Swift, the coding language used by Apple developers.

“It’s really amazing because I feel like I really have seen them grow so much, beyond just learning code...They’ve been able to grow as humans. I think it’s such an intense moment in life being in your teen years and high school and you’re kind of figuring out so many things and I see these girls kind of come into their own power, come into their own confidence, and they realize all that could be possible in their lives, in their careers, and it’s just so fun and amazing to watch. I get goose bumps, I really do. They’re my little sisters.”

In the beginning, the young coders first learn the basics of the new language and then collaborate to design and build a new app. They were in the final stages of creating applications targeted at real world problems when “Nightline” stopped by. But it’s not just the curriculum that these young coders love, it’s the relationships they are building with other young women in technology.

Many of the coders we spoke to said that the camps provide a supportive place to grow and thrive. Valeria Torres-Olivares, 18, began learning to code in her sophomore year of high school. But she said the past two summers she has spent at Kode With Klossy have “been a rejuvenating experience having amazing girls to work with and talk about code with.”

“You don’t feel comfortable asking your peers questions because most of the time they are male and most of the time, whether they are mean to you or not, they do make you feel like you are less than them,” Torres-Olivares told ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis.

Many of the female coders “Nightline” met say they are outnumbered by their male counterparts at school.

“It’s just like three girls in the front row and then the rest of it is all guys. Basically feels like a guy’s club. So being here feels like a safe space,” 16-year-old camper Ivana said.

Sofia Ongele, 18, who started learning to code at the Kode With Klossy camp in 2016, added that one of her favorite things about the program is the network of women she can connect with to talk about coding. “I could just hit up my girlfriends any time that I wanted to and be like, ‘hey, help me out here.’ So that was really great.”

When creating the camps it was important to Kloss to focus on women. Today, while women make up more than half of college-educated workers, they only make up 25 percent of those in STEM fields, according to the U.S. Department of State.

“There are multiple problems too, I think, why more girls don't get excited about tech or see themselves in that industry. A -- barrier to entry of not having opportunities, not having a class to even take to learn the skills. And B -- what society tells us or the image that we see and I think we need more visibility around women in the industry and they exist.”

With over 16 million followers across her social media platforms, Kloss is helping to increase the visibility around women in technology, showing that the stereotype surrounding STEM aren’t real.

“Everybody expected me to be one thing, to be on the catwalks or in magazines...And so I definitely think a lot of people noticed when I started coming out and talking about my love of science and math and more nerdy passions,” said Kloss. “I think that me standing up and kind of identifying my nerdy passions has ignited that for so many other girls and that impact is something that really drives me to want to keep being true to who I am, and supporting other young women.”

Watch more from Karlie Kloss on "Nightline" tonight at 12:35 a.m. ET and hear more of her interview on the ABC News podcast, “No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis."

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🤑 In [year], Karlie Elizabeth Kloss Net Worth: $25 Million Karlie Elizabeth Kloss - Quick Facts Net worth:$25 MillionName:Karlie Elizabeth KlossDate of Birth:August 03, 1992Age:[calculate_years datestring="08/03/1992"] Years OldGender:MaleHeight:6 ft 2 in (187 cm)Nationality:AmericanOccupation:ModelMarital Status:Married to Joshua KushnerChildren:1Monthly Income:$55,000 Popular as:She is one of the American top models. Karlie Elizabeth Kloss Biography Some interesting details are here about Karlie Elizabeth Kloss Net Worth, Age, Father, Mother, Husband, Kids, Salary, Earnings, etc. Karlie Kloss is an American supermodel and entrepreneur. She is regarded as one of the fashion industry's top supermodels. She appeared on the cover of the iconic 'Vogue' magazine in September 2014, alongside Cara Delevingne, Joan Smalls, Arizona Muse, Edie Campbell, Fei Fei Sun, Vanessa Axente, Imaan Hammam, and Andreea Diaconu. Karlie Elizabeth Kloss Net Worth in [year], Biography, Family, Siblings, Education, Success, Modelling Career, Awards, etc. and many more details can be checked from this page. Karlie Elizabeth Kloss's Net worth is $25 Million. Karlie Kloss is a well-known philanthropist and entrepreneur. She founded 'Kode with Klossy' in 2015 to empower girls in the field of coding and technology after becoming interested in the world of programme coding. She has approximately 18.2 million followers across all content platforms. Karlie Elizabeth Kloss Net worth in [year] NameKarlie Elizabeth KlossNet Worth [year]$25 MillionMonthly Income & Earnings$55,000 Yearly Earnings$2 MillionIncome SourceModelingLast Updated[pmonth] [year] Some frequently asked questions about Karlie Elizabeth Kloss How much does Karlie Kloss make?Who is Karlie Kloss married too?Is Karlie Kloss an entrepreneur?What is Karlie Kloss doing now? Early Life Karlie Kloss was born on August 3, 1992, to Tracy and Kurt Kloss in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Her mother works as a freelance director, and her father is an emergency physician. Her parents were of Danish, German, and Polish ancestry. Her great-grandfather was Polish.She was raised with three other sisters. Kimberly and Kariann, two of her sisters, are twins, and Kristine is her third sister. Karlie's family relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, when she was two years old, where she was raised.She studied classical ballet as a child. Karlie claims that her dancing classes prepared her for her runway walk. She even attributes her success as a model to her classical ballet training. She went to 'Webster Groves High School' in Missouri, USA. Personal Life She has been in a relationship with businessman Joshua Kushner since 2012. Kushner is the younger brother of Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump.The couple announced their engagement in July 2018. Karlie had converted to Judaism, Jared Kushner's faith, prior to their announcement. Karlie Kloss and her Husband Joshua Kushner She enjoys computer programming. She frequently works with educational organizations and charities to encourage young girls to pursue careers in computer science and software engineering.She took a two-year break from modelling to attend New York University's 'Gallatin School of Individualized Study.'She enjoys making appearances on various YouTube channels. In November 2017, she appeared as a guest on the YouTube channel 'Superwoman,' which is run by Canadian YouTuber Lilly Singh. FatherKurt KlossMotherTracy KlossSiblingsKariann Kloss, Kimberly Kloss, Kristine KlossSpouseJoshua KushnerChildrenLevi Joseph KushnerRelationship StatusMarried to Joshua Kushner (2018)Divorce-Affairs- Career She was discovered by an agent after participating in a local charity fashion show in St. Louis in 2006. As a result, she began receiving modelling offers, which encouraged her to pursue a modelling career.She posed for the June issue of 'Scene Magazine' for an editorial spread titled

'Almost Famous,' and her pictures were shot in Chicago by photographer David Leslie Anthony.'Elite Modeling Agency' (Chicago branch) forwarded her images from 'Scene Magazine' to its New York counterpart. She was later contacted by 'Elite New York,' who brought her to New York. Her photographs for the brand's ad campaign were shot by legendary fashion photographer Bruce Weber.'NEXT Model Management' signed her in January 2008. Her decision to move from 'Elite New York' to 'NEXT Model Management' benefited her modelling career, as she walked the runway 64 times in a single season. She walked the runways in New York, Milan, and Paris for major designers such as Marc Jacobs, Carolina Herrera, and Doo-Ri Chung this season.Her former agency, 'Elite New York,' sued 'NEXT Model Management,' accusing them of stealing one of their young stars and offering her 'improper compensation.' 'Elite' went on to claim that it was the catalyst for her modelling career. The two agencies reached an out-of-court settlement.She appeared on the cover of 'Teen Vogue' magazine in February 2008, alongside Chanel Iman and Ali Michael. She appeared on the cover of the Italian edition of 'Vogue' in October 2009, and she later became a regular feature for 'Vogue' published in countries such as Turkey, China, Portugal, Japan, Germany, and France.She became a regular model for the international fashion house 'Christian Dior,' who signed her for the third season in a row in 2011. Karlie signed with 'IMG Models' after four years with 'Next Model Management.' She co-hosted the MTV show 'House of Style' with fellow model Joan Smalls in 2012.Famous fashion brands such as 'Donna Karan,' 'Lacoste,' and 'Lanvin' signed her for promotional campaigns in 2013. She also worked on a promotional video for the iconic lingerie brand 'Victoria's Secret's' 2013 summer swimwear collection. She appeared in a promotional campaign for the luxury fashion brand 'Louis Vuitton' in April 2013. In the same year, she was named as a brand ambassador for the American fashion company 'Coach Inc.,' and appeared in promotional campaigns for the company.She appeared in advertisements for 'Donna Karan,' 'Nike,' 'Jean Paul Gaultier,' and 'Lancaster' in 2014. She was also seen in advertisements for the well-known perfume brand 'Chanel Coco Noir.' She collaborated with the 'Frame Denim' clothing brand to create a line of denim wear named after her. She was signed by 'L'Oreal Paris' in September 2014 to represent the French personal care company's product line.She and a few of her friends were on the cover of 'Vogue' magazine's September 2014 issue. The following year, she collaborated with online retailer 'Warby Parker' to create an eyewear line, the proceeds of which were donated to a charity.She appeared in the music video for the song "I'll be there" by the legendary American band "Chic" in 2015. She also appeared in Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' music video. She went on to perform alongside Swift at her concerts in London's 'Hyde Park' and New Jersey, USA's 'MetLife Stadium.'Karlie Kloss launched her 'Klossy' YouTube channel in July 2015. The crystal brand 'Swarovski' signed her in May 2016. She made an appearance on the 'Netflix' series 'Bill Nye Saves the World' in April 2017. She announced in 2017 that she would have her own TV show, 'Movie Night with Karlie Kloss,' on the Disney-owned pay television channel 'Freeform.' In addition, she was featured in the March 2017 issue of 'American Vogue.' She was named the spokesmodel and brand ambassador for the luxury cosmetics brand 'Estée Lauder' in April 2018. Currently, she is signed to designer Marc Jacobs' perfume brand 'Lola.'Karlie Kloss has represented the majority of the world's leading fashion brands. She has modelled for world-renowned brands such as 'Adidas,' as well as leading designers and luxury brands such as 'John Galliano,' 'Jean Paul Gaultier,' 'Pringle of Scotland,' 'Dolce & Gabbana,' 'Nina Ricci,' 'Christian Dior,' 'Hermes,' and others.

She has received praise for her distinct runway walk. 'Vogue' magazine named her one of the top 30 models of the decade. According to a well-known modelling website, Karlie represents "the gold standard" in the modelling industry due to her poise, confidence, and looks. Assets & Properties Karlie Kloss and venture capitalist Joshua Kushner have just purchased a stunning $42.5 million penthouse in New York City. The two-story, 7,200-square-foot home has five bedrooms and seven and a half bathrooms. It also includes a private elevator leading to a grand atrium entrance, a home theatre, a wine cellar, a library, and a gym. Cars & Houses Karlie Elizabeth Kloss has a car collection. Toyota Sequoia - $80,000, Mercedes C class - $50,000, Land Rover Discovery - $80,000, Mercedes G-class - $130,000, Cadillac Escalade - $110,000, Audi Q7 - $60,000, and Mercedes V class - $75,000. Awards & Achievements Kloss received the Diane von Furstenberg Inspiration Award on May 24, 2017. Kloss was named Estée Lauder's newest Global spokesmodel and Brand Ambassador in April 2018. Through scholarships and events, the company is committed to supporting her initiative "Kode with Klossy." Karlie Elizabeth Kloss's Year-wise Net Worth - Last 5 Years Following table is the last 5 years net worth figures of Karlie Elizabeth Kloss Karlie Elizabeth Kloss Net Worth - Year WiseNet Worth in $Net Worth in [year]$25 MillionNet Worth in 2021$22 MillionNet Worth in 2020$20 MillionNet Worth in 2019$17 MillionNet Worth in 2018$15 Million Karlie Elizabeth Kloss Social Media Profile FacebookKarlie Kloss | FacebookTwitterKarlie Kloss (@karliekloss) / TwitterInstagramKarlie Kloss (@karliekloss) • Instagram photos and videosYouTubeKlossy - YouTube List of Brands endorsed by Karlie Kloss Karlie Kloss, as a successful model, was the choice of many international brands and designers. She promotes several brands. SwarovskiEstee LauderExpressAdidasVersaceDiorCalvin KleinCarolina Herrera FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions How did Karlie Kloss get famous?Kloss was discovered at a charity runway show in her hometown. Kloss posed for a cover and editorial shoot for the June issue of Scene Magazine in Chicago with photographer David Leslie Anthony in an editorial spread titled "Almost Famous" in 2006.Is Karlie Kloss an entrepreneur?Karlie Kloss is a 40-time Vogue cover girl, entrepreneur, and philanthropist from the United States. Karlie, who grew up in St. Louis, was discovered in 2006 at a local charity fashion show.Are Karlie Kloss and Ivanka Trump friends?Despite Kloss and Kushner's efforts to distance themselves from the Trump family, Ivanka Trump speaks openly about their relationship on social media. In an Instagram comment, she congratulated the couple on their engagement and told Kloss, "I feel blessed to have you as a sister."Why is Karlie Kloss so famous?Karlie Elizabeth Kloss is a fashion model from the United States. When she was 17, Vogue Paris named her one of the "top 30 models of the 2000s." Kloss was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2013 to 2015, when she left to attend New York University. Final Words Karlie Kloss's extraordinary beauty has attracted the attention of many powerful men and women in the modelling industry, including Tyra Banks. Indeed, her commanding presence and natural beauty prompted her to appear in a number of campaigns, advertisements, and runway shows. As of [pmonth] [year], Karlie Kloss’s net worth is approximately $25 Million.

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Karlie Kloss interview for Vogue Spain June 2018

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Karlie Kloss (1992, Chicago) is the best example of what being a model means these days. Being beautiful and having an amazing body isn’t enough anymore; today you need to inspire people, and doing so, she is one of the best. As the leader of a new generation of tops whose voices are heard loud and clear, she has never doubted when it comes to fight against injustice. Her last cause is to fight against the lack of women working in tech. Now, because of her, its future could be lead by women.

In 2015, after studying a coding course at Flatiron School in New York, she decided to create a scholarship for girls between 13 and 18 so they could learn about a world that still today seems to be made just for men. The next year, Kode with Klossy grew up to be a free summer camp and also a scholarship to be able to attend university. Since then, this project hasn’t stopped growing, and this summer more than 1000 girls, divided over 50 camps in 25 cities in the United States, will benefit from it.

Besides that, Karlie also supports other causes, like the fight against climate change, or the different ways to improve people’s diet in her country. For the first time in history, a model seems to be ready (and more prepared) to save the world than all its politicians. Though she isn’t the only one. Fellow tops, like Doutzen Kroes, Cameron Russell, Sara Ziff and Adwoa Aboah also share her determination to make the world a better place. The fashion world can feel proud.

Respected by the industry, Karlie has always shown an untiring activism -even before it became a world wide phenomenon- that might have created some tension with her in-laws. Since 2012, Karlie is in a solid relationship with Joshua Kushner, brother of Jared, husband of Ivanka Trump and the President’s adviser. Her natural elegance has surely helped her get over any delicate situation; same way it has helped her nail her now more than usual tv appereances. One of the last ones was on Bill Nye’s tv show, “Bill Nye Saves the World”, where she travelled to Venice to report about the problems the climate change is causing the city.

Last year you travelled to Venice to show the effects of the rising of the sea level in the city. How was the experience?

I think we all should crontribute somehow on the conservation and preservation of the planet. Bill Nye gave me the opportunity to visit the Italian city and discover all the problems they have to deal with because of the sea level rising, and I am very grateful. It was a very revealing experience, because even though they don’t make it to the headlines all the time, the climate change consecuences are very real, and it is important that we start acting to try and save the world we live in.

What other causes worry you these days?

There are a lot of topics we should worry about; it has been very inspirig seeing so many people revealing things and demanding a change. From the #metoo movement to the students that are leading the conversation about the reform of the gun law and the violence in the United States. I find that admirable. We are witnessing a moment of huge changes for history. And even though there still is a lot to do, this gives me hope for the future, especially with the next generation, who is very compromised with all these problems.

Did you think about joining the #metoo movement?

I was very lucky when I started my career. My family was always with me, on every step I took. They even joined me at photoshoots and fashion shows, anywhere I went. My experience has been very positive, but I know that that hasn’t happened to other models. I think it is very important that people feel safe at work, and that it is the industry’s role to make sure of it. Even though I am sure this is just the tip of the icerberg, it is amazing that all these stories are finally seeing the light. As a society, we need to put a face to these issues so women and girls can feel respected. I hope that this movement is the begining of some very needed changes.

How do you think the models’ situation, and women’s in general, could be improved on their work eviroment?

We are witnessing an awakening in our culture. Important topics, like equal pay or women’s proteccion against abussive situations, have started to be talked about in the fashion world and many others. I hope these conversations start a change, and that everyone can feel safe and respected at work.

Karlie was discovered when she was just 13 during a charity fashion show in Saint Louis (Misouri), where she grew up and where her family still lives, and she made her debut on the runway when she was just 15 as an exclusive for Calvin Klein. The next season, just in New York, she walked 31 shows, and that was just the begining. “Back then I didn’t aspire to be a model, I thought it was a good way to save money for university. But I had amazing oportunities I feel unvelebely grateful for. Especially because, thanks to my family and close friends’ support, I was able to live that experience without disconecting from my previous life. During my first years I was still focused on the typical high school things, like doing homework or getting a date for my prom dance”. Not long after, her face was everywhere. Karlie has walked for all the big brands and names, and she has been the face of countless campaigns. Among the last ones, Versace, the perfume “Good Girl” by Carolina Herrera -they’ve always had a very close relationship- or Adidas, with whom she has been collaborating for a while trying to promote a healthier way of living. Besides that, she was just named an Estée Lauder’s ambassador, and the brand will collaborate with Kode with Klossy. But, despite being one of the biggest names in fashion and have more than 7 million followers on Instagram, Karlie has been able to stay away from controversies and anything that isn’t related to her job or her many charitable projects. The first one, born in 2012, was the one that made her one of the tops more known among her co-workers. When in backstage, she used to give away her famous Karlie’s Kookies, healthy cookies she developed in collaboration with Momofuku Milk Bar to help FEED raise money to help kids in need. Her support to those who need it the most has been constant since then.

You created Kode with Klossy as a way to help young girls in tech, a field usually made just for me. How did the idea started?

I’ve always been a very curious person, and I loved Math and Science. That’s why, in 2014, I decided to take some coding lessons. I wanted to understand how technology is changing our world. It is something that has significantly changed the fashion world in the past five years, with the boom of social media or e-commerce platforms. I wanted to know how all of that worked. I started a course at the Flatiron School in New York as a way to challenge myself, and I surprised myself when I found out how creative and easy it was to learn coding when you had the proper teachers and subjects. It just requieres solving problems and team work, two things I love; I finished the course thrilled with that I had learnt, and I wanted to share that experience with other girls. That’s how Kode with Klossy was born. A programme that encourages women to learn coding and to become the future leaders of the tech world.

Why do you think there still are work fields, like this one, that are thought to be just for men?

In 1995, only a 37% of techs were women, and today that number has gone down to a 24%. And it definitely isn’t because of women not being interested or talented enough. The problem starts with the early acces to technology and computer science. Only one of four public schools in the United States offer this options, and when it comes to the subjects, they aren’t created having girls in mind. On the other hand, there only are a few women with important jobs on the companies that belong to this field, which sends the message that opportunities are limited for women. There is a lot to do to try an close this breach.

When did you started being interested in technology?

I’ve always been very interested in Math and Science; but I think it is all because of how much I admire my dad, who is an ER doctor. He taught me to apreciate how you can use science in your daily life, in his case, to save lifes. At first I thought I would follow his steps and study Medicine, but life had other plans for me. That passion and curiosity for Science was still there tho, and it ended on me being very interested on coding.

Did you find any obstacle on this field because you are a woman?

When I decidedd to start taking coding lessons I got a lot of questions about it. And scepticism. People thought it was weird that a model wanted or needed to learn coding, but that’s the message I want to tell the world. You don’t need to be the number one in your Math class, or want to be a software ingeniere, to be interested in it. In technology, like on many other aspects of life, it is important to not let anyone stop you from getting what you want, from achieving your goals.

What do you dream to achieve with your project?

Something we talk about very often is the idea that you can’t expect to be something you can’t see. It is important that young girls not only get the technical abilities that will allow them to develop a career on the tech world, but also that they have role models to follow, to learn from, and to be inspired by. That’s why we want to create a comunity of women with interesting careers in the tech world, so they can come to our camps and share their stories with the girls. By celebrating the success of these women, we are showing the new generations what you can achieve with a bit of effort.

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Karlie Kloss, Coding's Supermodel: The Forbes Cover Story

Karlie Kloss is sitting in a glass-walled SoHo office holding court with five teenage girls. Over video chat with several more, they are brainstorming how to support scholars of Kode with Klossy once class is out. The teenagers are all graduates of Kode with Klossy summer camps, an initiative by Kloss’ education nonprofit that aims to teach girls the basics of computer programming.

In her off-duty uniform of a Planned Parenthood T-shirt, black jeans and Gucci loafers, the 6'2" supermodel listens intently. One young woman wearing a white Kode with Klossy top suggests a custom app for students to communicate through. Kloss nods and encourages more ideas. Perhaps Kode with Klossy could upload lesson videos for scholars to look back on, or start a newsletter with events and internships. Another girl in glasses says she posts tricky coding problems on Snapchat and scholars from her camp offer solutions.

As the meeting concludes, Kloss hugs the girls before rallying them to put their hands in for a cheer. “Klossy Posse!” they shout in unison.

A 36-time Vogue cover girl is an unlikely candidate to launch a charity that has taught more than 500 young women how to code. But the 25-year-old has leveraged her giant social audience–some 12.6 million followers across platforms–to grow a burgeoning nonprofit that aims to balance the scales of software engineering’s gender disparity.

“I didn’t go into this with the plan to build an education nonprofit,” says Kloss, a member of the 30 Under 30 Class of 2018, over vegan cupcakes and cookies in her Manhattan office. “I really went into all this out of my own curiosity of wanting to learn what the heck coding was, because it was building massive enterprise value for people in a short period of time.”

Her first taste came in 2014, when she signed up for a two-week boot camp at adult-education company the Flatiron School in Manhattan to learn the basics of computer programming. “I didn’t actually know who she was,” says Avi Flombaum, cofounder of the Flatiron School, who taught Kloss’ class. “She was the best student in that group and I was surprised by how enthusiastic she was.”

Kloss covered the basics of Ruby on Rails, a popular web development framework. But she quickly noticed that her classes weren’t gender equal, an imbalance that mirrored the tech workforce. “I was curious, why are there not more women in this space?” recalls Kloss. An idea for how to help took form: “I realized, here I am with this platform and reach to young women across the country and around the world,” Kloss explains. “If I could just help a handful of girls that would be really meaningful.”

In 2015, Kloss spent more than $20,000 to personally underwrite 21 scholarships for teenage girls to the Flatiron School’s two week pre-college coding class–the very class she had taken the year prior (Flatiron School matched the donation).

But she was itching to do more. Last summer, Kloss took the initiative in-house, launching her own two-week summer camp for teenage girls aged 13 to 18 in New York, Los Angeles and her hometown of St. Louis. Kloss helped pick candidates, design the curriculum and select teachers; its graduates have gone on to win hackathons and land places at Ivy League universities. In June, the program expanded to 12 cities across the U.S., with plans to grow further.

Adults are also included: Last July Kloss launched a year-long online scholarship with the Flatiron School that selected one woman every month to enroll in its full stack web development course. And whhile other nonprofits with similar missions, such as Girls Who Code and Black Girls Code, are far more established, Kloss’ reach brings her objective to millions.

To date, funding for Kode with Klossy programs has come from Kloss herself and the brands she poses for. According to a familiar source, Kloss has personally contributed into seven figures to Kode With Klossy since 2015. She has also redirected a slice of her modeling contracts with companies such as Adidas, Swarovski and Express to fund and support Kode with Klossy. Ford’s STEAM Experience—an initiative focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines as well as the arts, part of the car maker’s philanthropic arm—lent additional support to this summer’s camps.

Such initiatives are sorely needed. Half a million more jobs related to computers are expected to be added by 2024. Though 74% of high school girls are interested in STEM, women only earned 18% of all undergraduate computer science degrees in 2015. That impacts employment, especially among minorities: Women made up just over a quarter of the tech workforce last year, though African-American women comprised a mere 3% and Latina women counted for only 2%.

“There are so many young women who really could change the world with this kind of opportunity, girls who self-select out because they don’t see others in the industry that look like them,” says Kloss.

The daughter of an emergency room physician, Kloss’ favorite subjects as a child were math and science. Had she not been discovered at a charity fashion show in a mall, aged 13, she might have become a doctor or a teacher, she says. Instead, she booked her first advertisement in 2007; that same year she landed her first major runway show, walking for Calvin Klein.

Her career quickly took off, but it went into overdrive with the advent of Instagram. Thanks to social media, says Kloss, “I could be seen as well as heard.” As her followers swelled, her fees increased. She premiered on Forbes’ highest-paid models list in 2014 banking $4 million pretax; this year, her contract earnings soared to $9 million in the 12 months prior to June 2017.

“When social media arrived, models came back into the spotlight because now everyone could see what was behind the velvet rope,” says Maja Chiesi, SVP at IMG Models, the agency that represent Kloss. “The next evolution is brands wanting the full, 360-degree sense of who these women are… They want women with a voice.”

Enter Kloss, who has long presented herself as more than just a pretty face. In 2012, she started a charitable cookie line called Klossies with Manhattan dessert spot Momofuku Milk Bar; the treats donated to meals for children with each purchase. After taking the odd night class at New York University, in 2015 she enrolled (mentor and supermodel-turned-philanthropist Christy Turlington wrote her recommendation letter). With her busy schedule, she has opted for approximately one class a semester, so far notching credits in creative writing and feminism.

She is eager to expand her platform through a YouTube channel, launched in 2015, that documents her travels and baking forays. Next up: A talk show, Movie Night with Karlie, airing on the Disney-owned Freeform in December.

All of it serves to raise awareness for Kode with Klossy. As she focuses on the nonprofit, she has pared down her modeling contracts to the most lucrative partnerships. Today, says Kloss, she works with “partners that really are excited to work with me because of not just what I look like, but because of what I stand for.” It makes sense that her bookings have shifted from conventional beauty and fashion to tech; she can be seen in recent advertisements for electronics giant Samsung and website builder Wix.

For now, the aim is to grow quickly and cost-effectively. “I’ve been thinking about Kode with Klossy like a startup,” says Kloss. The nonprofit’s team is lean, with Kloss, her manager and business partner Penni Thow, five full-time employees and consultants plus help from three members of her management.

And, Kloss says, she is just getting started. “I plan on building a big business at some point, too.”

Startups, you’re on notice.

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Supermodel Karlie Kloss's Lesson to Young Women: Never Be Afraid to Ask Questions!

The Project Runway host built a coding school, Kode With Klossy, to inspire a generation of tech-savvy women. But her real mission, she says, is much broader.

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­The view is stunning up here, from the 34th floor of this downtown Manhattan office building. Outside the floor-to-­ceiling windows, the day is bright and clear. But the 24 teenage girls occupying the space are over it. Their noses are buried in MacBooks, while a soundtrack of Disney hits plays in the background. There’s work to be done, after all: They’re students at a nonprofit coding camp called Kode With Klossy, and today’s assignment is to design and code an online photo gallery.

They’re so focused on the task, in fact, that they don’t notice when the camp’s creator and very famous namesake walks in.

“Hey, guys,” says supermodel, Project Runway host, and coding enthusiast Karlie Kloss, as she gives the students a friendly wave. The girls seem a bit too stunned to react.  Eyes widen as they glance around at each other, quietly nodding with shared enthusiasm. But before they can do much of anything else, the 27-year-old Kloss is checking out their work, bringing her six-foot-two-inch frame to a squat so she can be eye level with her students and their screens. For the next 90 minutes, she asks questions about their code and their plans for the future — though conversation occasionally veers off to Harry Potter and chocolate chip cookies.

If it’s all a little surreal inside this room, it can look even more so from the outside. Kode With Klossy operates in 16 cities and this year alone gave almost 1,000 young women the (free) opportunity to learn a critical skill. It has attracted a wide range of support, though also the inevitable skepticism. Supermodels, after all, aren’t supposed to code.

Related: Karlie Kloss Looks to These Female Founders for Inspiration

Kloss has heard it before. And she has a straightforward response. “There are a lot of misconceptions about being a model, and how that directly correlates to your intellect,” she says. “Yes, I’m a model, yes, I’m a woman, and, yes, I’m interested in these areas. And I think a lot of other young women are interested in these areas, too, and they deserve the opportunity to learn about them and decide for themselves if they belong or not.” 

Kloss is careful to never claim expertise in the world of computer science. She’s an enthusiast. She can code, but she considers herself a perpetual student of the craft — and a person not defined by others’ expectations. That, she hopes, is the sensibility her students will come away with. More than attaining any level of coding experience, she wants Kode With Klossy’s attendees to appreciate the power of curiosity and the willingness to ask questions. She owes her career to this instinct, she says. And she’ll continue to use it as her professional life evolves.

As Kloss makes her rounds at the camp, one young coder sings the praises of the instructors but sheepishly apologizes for asking them too many questions. “No!” Kloss says emphatically. “Do not apologize. That’s what they’re here for. You should always ask your questions.”

Image Credit: Jake Chessum

Kloss grew up in St. Louis with her mom, dad, and three sisters. At 13, she participated in a local charity fashion show and was, as they say, discovered. By 15, she was walking the runway for Calvin Klein. In the years that followed, Kloss became one of fashion’s favorite faces, gracing countless runways and magazine covers. (To date, she’s covered various editions of Vogue 40 times.) 

But by 2014, she wanted more. “I was 21, a bit of a veteran in fashion — it’s like dog years — and I just wasn’t feeling challenged,” Kloss says. “I was so in awe of what was happening in tech but a bit frustrated that I didn’t understand it. Why do certain people know how to scale businesses and ideas and problem-solving? What is it that certain people — primarily men, and primarily highly intellectual men, or at least men who are perceived to be super smart — are privy to that the rest of the world isn’t?”

To answer those questions, she signed up for a two-week coding boot camp at the Flatiron School in New York. Kloss was captivated by the experience. “The way I learned code was very real-world applicable,” she says. “Being able to understand the building blocks of [technology]? It turns the lights on. It turned the lights on for me.”

In the months that followed, she kept studying. She struck up a friendship with Flatiron School cofounder Avi Flombaum, who helped her along. And as her fluency in code continued to grow, she started to think about how many other women could benefit from the same perspective-­changing experience.

“I had an audience of young women paying attention to me on social media and in my career, and I wanted to connect them to opportunities that could really open their minds and open doors in their lives,” she says. “It’s not only a responsibility but a real privilege to be able to point someone in a direction that could be valuable to them.”

Related: In Pitching Your Business, Take Every ‘No’ As a ‘Not Now,’ Says This Founder

But how? Kloss decided to start with what she knew. The summer after she learned to code, she partnered with the Flatiron School to underwrite 21 boot camp spots for young women. She publicized the opportunity on her social media channels and was surprised by the response. Thousands of applications came in. 

This got her thinking about what it would take to reach more women. The first step, it seemed, was to build something herself — ­something she could eventually scale nationwide. “I had no idea how, or even the intention, to build a nonprofit or anything in this realm,” she says. “I had no idea what I was doing.” 

But then again, she didn’t know anything about code until she threw herself into the boot camp. “It’s just been about figuring it out as you go,” she says.

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Kloss calls her camp “my nights, my weekends, my day job, my baby.” But at the very beginning, it was just her puzzle. She had no experience building something like this, but she did have an enviable professional network. She counts Diane Von Furstenberg and Anna Wintour as mentors, and has longstanding business relationships with brands including Adidas and Carolina Herrera. So she made some calls and got some direction.

“Like with any business, you focus on an area you understand,” she says. “And as you grow, identify who else out there is doing good work, and figure out how you can align to better accomplish your goals.”

That became her approach. She had a vision; now she needed to piece together the right operational elements. She assembled a team of what would become five full-time staffers, and at first, they simply expanded their partnership with the Flatiron School. In 2016, Kode With Klossy launched as a stand-alone nonprofit, hosting two-week camps for girls ages 13 to 18 in New York, St. Louis, and Los Angeles. In 2017, the program expanded to 11 cities. By 2019, it was in 16 locales. 

As Kloss and her tiny team have taken on more and more of the logistics and back-end operations, they’ve required additional partners. The Turing School of Software and Design now helps craft a technical curriculum. Teach for America has also signed on, tapping into its network of teachers, and, with an assist from Kode With Klossy, is teaching them to code, and then training them to teach code.

Related: Model and Entrepreneur Karlie Kloss Shares the Importance of Always Learning

Students — which the program calls “scholars” — apply for a coveted, completely free spot at one of the camps, which aims to select students who otherwise wouldn’t have easy access to these kinds of opportunities. Those accepted spend two weeks learning code, attending workshops on topics like career paths and financial literacy, and building various projects until “Demo Day,” when they pitch their completed websites or apps to their teachers, fellow students, and parents. Past projects have included an app that connects students with peer tutors and another that helps users locate public gender-neutral bathrooms.

As the guts of the program have become increasingly well-oiled, Kloss has relied on her existing network to make Kode With Klossy’s offerings as robust as possible. 

As a brand ambassador and face of Estée Lauder makeup, for example, this summer Kloss arranged for the cosmetic giant’s female engineers to speak to scholars, and created an exercise that allowed them to explore the back-end design of a new digital campaign for the corporation. The partnership provided summer internships at Estée Lauder for two Kode With Klossy alumnae. 

Kloss also aligned with Away, the travel startup, which she’s invested in. (Her growing portfolio includes the female-founded brands Lola, which makes feminine products, and SkinTe, a collagen-infused tea.) In 2018, Away launched an exclusive collection of luggage in new colors, designed in collaboration with Kode With Klossy. Sales benefited the coding organization.

Kloss herself isn’t able to visit every camp — she tried at first, but the endeavor has simply grown too big. So she appears where she can and makes sure to FaceTime in with the rest. As she does, and as she’s talked to the girls who attend, she’s come to realize that her program is providing something that she herself lacked as a child.

“I wanted to become a teacher or a doctor, because that’s what I saw: My dad’s an ER doctor, and I had amazing teachers at my public school who really helped me love learning,” she says. “But those were the only avenues forward I saw. So now, for example, we have one scholar who’s a really gifted artist, and when she tells me she wants to go into game design, I’m like: ‘Yes! That is a great application of both of your passions.’ ”

For Kloss as well as her young scholars, coding boot camps become a portal to a bigger world. For the supermodel, it was an awakening that led her to create one of her own. And now, for the students at that camp, it’s a beginning that can lead anywhere.

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In spring 2017, Valeria Torres-Olivares was wrapping up her junior year of high school in Princeton, N.J. She’d taken a couple of computer science classes and loved what she learned but found the experience to be isolating.

“I was one of the only girls in my classroom, and I was the only Latina in any of the computer science classes at my school,” she says. “I felt almost unqualified to ask questions, like I should be able to figure them out for myself.  That can spiral into a lot of self-doubt.” 

Related: 5 Things I’ve Learned Teaching Hundreds of People How to Code

So she decided to apply to be a Kode With Klossy scholar and encouraged her little sister Kyara, who was 13 at the time, to do the same. (“I wanted her to be exposed to code, but in a different environment,” she says.) They recorded a joint video application and were accepted. The experience changed everything. 

“I had never been in an all-female STEM environment before, and I expected some sort of weird competitive vibe to be happening,” she admits. “But it was one of the best learning environments I’d ever been in. My sister and I both fell in love with how collaborative it was. No one was afraid to ask what might be labeled as ‘dumb’ questions.” 

Torres-Olivares went all in after that. She spent the next two summers with Kode With Klossy — once more as an attendee, and then as a paid instructor’s assistant. And like Kloss, she immediately knew she wanted to share her knowledge.

With her little sister, Torres-Olivares approached her local library and offered to host and teach free coding classes for kids. That kicked off a new organization, Code Equal, which she launched in Princeton in 2017. It has since served more than 200 students and held workshops at Fordham and Rutgers universities. This year, Code Equal will launch classes in Detroit and Omaha. 

“Kode With Klossy has an amazing network of students and instructors, and we have massive group chats where people are always supporting each other,” says Torres-Olivares, who is now a sophomore at Princeton University, where she’s studying computer science with plans to create a custom major that blends the craft of code with public policy. “Because of that, we’ve been able to expand our mission.”

For Kloss, these are the stories that prove the organization’s success — not because former scholars are choosing to commit to code, but because they’re choosing to create their own path. Next, she wants to dedicate more resources to empowering that budding alumnae network and has her eye on programming for girls younger than 13 and for women older than 18. 

“In the grand scheme of things, a Kode With Klossy camp is a short two weeks,” Kloss says. “But our scholars take it and run with it. We’re at a point in this organization where we’ve only just scratched the surface, and it’s time to look at what’s working, and innovate and scale. But being able to see impact in even one person? It’s so much bigger than what I ever imagined.”

Check out more stories from our October/November issue’s list of 100 Powerful Women.

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Some readers may still be reeling from Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande’s broken engagement, but today we close the week on a somewhat happier celebrity wedding note: Josh Kushner and Karlie Kloss got married.

Kushner, a 33-year-old venture capitalist and founder of the health care startup Oscar, is the younger brother of Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband and an adviser to President Donald Trump. Kloss, 26, is an extremely successful supermodel — currently ranked seventh on Forbes’s highest-paid models list, earning $9 million between June 2016 and June 2017 — and is close friends with Taylor Swift. Swift recently outed herself as a Democratic voter, disappointing members of the far right who had previously claimed her as an “Aryan goddess” avatar. Neither Josh Kushner nor Kloss voted for Trump.

Once again, why do we care? Because in this case, it adds new layers of complication, wealth, and star power to the extended Trump family tree.

Raised in St. Louis, Kloss hit the fashion circuit in the late ’00s and quickly became one of the industry’s more in-demand runway and editorial models, booking shows for brands like Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs and shooting numerous spreads for Vogue.

After conquering the high-fashion world — that’s really not an exaggeration — Kloss starting taking on more commercial (and lucrative) jobs, becoming a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2013 and signing a contract with Nike in 2014. In doing so, Kloss shifted her image from runway waif to bankable big name and athlete.

At the same time, Kloss was making bigger career moves to become not just a model, but a brand. In 2012, she collaborated with Momofuku Milk Bar on an assortment of healthy-ish (gluten-free, dairy-free) cookies called Karlie’s Kookies, some of the proceeds of which went to Lauren Bush’s Feed organization. You can still buy Kloss’s “Perfect 10” cookie today.

Kloss went on to launch her Klossy YouTube channel in 2015, using the platform to document her life and work (subscribers: 727,264). And she made coding — specifically, getting girls into computer science — her big cause, founding a program called Kode with Klossy. The venture landed her on the cover of Forbes as “the new face of coding.”

From left, Lorde, Taylor Swift, and Karlie Kloss at the American Music Awards in 2014. Christopher Polk/Getty Images

All of this was aided by Kloss’s high-profile friendship with Taylor Swift. Among their public appearances together, Kloss and Swift shot a joint Vogue cover in 2015 (“On the Road with Best Friends Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss”), and Swift invited Kloss onstage on the London leg of her “1989” tour.

Some stans hoped their relationship was a romantic one; there was also some speculation that their friendship was over, which Kloss denied in a Vogue interview. (It looks like Swift didn’t attend Kloss’s wedding, since she was performing in Perth, Australia, at the time.)

Either way, Kloss’s ties to Swift are particularly interesting right now, as she marries into the Kushner family — and, in doing so, into the Trump family. Beyond Kloss’s own considerable earnings, Kloss’s Swift ties speak to the degree of fame, wealth, and influence that flows through this extended network, while also underscoring the political divisions within it: After remaining quiet during the lead-up to the 2016 election, Swift finally broke her silence early this month and endorsed two Democrats in the Tennessee midterm elections. That Instagram post, which now has more than 2 million likes, might have contributed to a rise in voter registrations in the state.

Unlike Swift, Kloss was very public about who she voted for in 2016: Hillary Clinton. On November 8 of that year, she tweeted a photo of herself filling out the ballot.

Josh Kushner also didn’t vote for Trump in 2016, and he told Forbes that his values and voting history have skewed liberal. After the election he held hundreds of one-on-one meetings with employees at his VC firm, Thrive Capital, and at its portfolio companies.

“Josh went around to me and presumably every company and said, ‘I have no personal ties to this administration. I’m not responsible for their actions and won’t be able to get you special favors,’” Stewart Butterfield, the CEO of Slack, told Forbes. “‘Just consider me the same person who invested in your company—there is no connection, either good or bad.’”

While Kushner has remained relatively quiet throughout the first years of Trump’s presidency, one extremely prominent member of the Trump family extended her congratulations to the couple on Twitter, cementing the connection between Kushner, Kloss, and the White House.

Like Ivanka Trump, Kloss reportedly converted to Judaism to marry Kushner. When the two got engaged over the summer, Ivanka Trump commented on her brother-in-law’s Instagram, “ So incredibly happy for you Josh! You and Karlie are blessed to have found one another. Here’s to a lifetime of love, laughter + adventure for you both! xx.”

With Kloss and Kushner’s wedding in the books, the Trump family gets a little bit bigger and a lot weirder.

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Karlie Kloss’ Style Evolution (Yep, She’s Always Looked This Good)

We might call this a ‘style evolution,’ but when it comes to Karlie Kloss, she’s been killing the fashion game ever since she started. It’s no surprise, given that at just 16 years old she walked 31 shows at New York Fashion Week, 20 in Milan and 13 in Paris. By 18, she was covering Teen Vogue, something usually reserved for A-list celebs like say, Miley Cyrus, who was on the cover the month before.

But Kloss is as much superhero as a supermodel. She’s a spokesperson for coding, creating Kode with Klossy in 2015; sold Karlie’s Kookies to raise money for child hunger; has been the face of numerous campaigns including Donna Karan and Lanvin, and–of course–earned a pair of wings while walking for Victoria’s Secret. In the midst of everything, she even went to New York University.

So as Kloss celebrates her 26th year (and recent engagement!), we take a look back at her sartorial journey, from daring red carpet dresses to the street style looks that wow us each and everytime.

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May 5th, 2014 – Kloss attends the “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at the Met

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June 12th, 2014 – Kloss walks the red carpet at the Make-A-Wish Metro New York Annual Gala

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June 19th, 2014 – Kloss attends the Happy Hearts Fund 10 year anniversary tribute of the Indian Ocean tsunami in New York City

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October 13th, 2014 – Kloss attends the Chanel Dinner Celebrating N°5 THE FILM by Baz Luhrmann in New York City

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December 1st, 2014 – Kloss arrives at the British Fashion Awards in London

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May 13th, 2015 – Kloss attends the premiere of “La Tete Haute (“Standing Tall”) during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival

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May 19th, 2015 – Kloss attends the De Grisogono Divine In Cannes Dinner Party

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May 20th, 2015 – Kloss attends the “Youth” Premiere during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival

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June 1st, 2015 – Kloss arrives at the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York City

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November 2nd, 2015 – Kloss arrives at the 12th annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards in New York City

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November 4th, 2015 – Kloss attends the WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards in New York City

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November 23rd, 2015 – Kloss arrives at the British Fashion Awards 2015 in London

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March 8th, 2016 – Kloss walks the red carpet at the L’Oreal Red Obsession Party during Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2016/2017

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May 2nd, 2016 – Kloss arrives at the “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology” Costume Institute Gala at the Met

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May 19th, 2016 – Kloss attends the amfAR’s 23rd Cinema Against AIDS Gala in Cap d’Antibes, France

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September 30th, 2016 – Kloss is photographed outside the Dior show in Paris

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October 4th, 2016 – Kloss attends the Shiatzy Chen show during Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2017

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November 3rd, 2016 – Kloss is spotted on the streets of New York City

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November 20th, 2016 – Kloss walks the red carpet at the American Music Awards

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February 1st, 2017 – Kloss attends the David Jones Autumn Winter 2017 Collections Launch in Sydney

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February 26th, 2017 – Kloss walks the red carpet at the 89th Annual Academy Awards

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February 26th, 2017 – Kloss arrives at the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills

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March 3rd, 2017 – Kloss is photographed outside a Dior show in Paris

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May 1st, 2017 – Kloss attends “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between” Costume Institute Gala at the Met

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September 8th, 2017 – Kloss arrives at the 2017 Harper’s Bazaar Icons in New York

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September 10th, 2017 – Kloss is photographed outside Diane von Furstenberg during New York Fashion Week

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September 26th, 2017 – Kloss leaves the Dior show during Paris Fashion Week Womenswear SS18

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October 28th, 2017 – Kloss attends the 2017 amfAR and The Naked Heart Foundation Fabulous Fund Fair in New York.

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November 6th, 2017 – Kloss arrives at the 14th Annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards in New York City.

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December 4th, 2017 – Kloss arrives at the Swarovski Prologue at The Fashion Awards 2017 in London.

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February 8th, 2018 – Kloss attends the Broad And Louis Vuitton Celebrate Jasper Johns: “Something Resembling Truth” in Los Angeles.

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May 7th, 2018 – Kloss attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Met

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July 2nd, 2018 – Kloss arrives for day two of Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture FW18

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July 2nd, 2018 – Kloss attends the Dior show at Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture FW18

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Kaylor Reunited?

Possibly due to all of the mess, as well as the existing issues we’ve discussed, Joshlie take a break again and Kaylor appears to reunite. We know this because Josh’s presence suddenly halts on Karlie’s socials, they don’t get seen together, and a fan account later mentions a Joshlie “reunion” which suggests this was discussed at the time. Kaylor cement their reunion with a trip to Nashville, which seems loud and out of character given the back and forth. This is also when Tay decides to pick up a beard, because she probably thinks they’re on for good and plans to write love songs for her luvah.

1 February 2015 - Karlie posts a pic of Taylor’s cat from Nashville - they seem to have travelled there together. This is the first time they’ve travelled together without Josh since the Big Sur trip in March 2014 - so it does seem fairly important.

2 February 2015 - Kaylor and Lily A watch the Superbowl in Nashville. Karlie posts a pic of the three of them together. 

13 February 2015 - Kaylor Kover Vogue. Karlie also posts about it on her Instagram, as does Ivanka. We could use Ivanka’s pic as evidence for Joshlie but I tend to think she’s a bit clueless when it comes to the complex dynamics involved and - importantly - she was also featured so it may have been her mostly punting herself. 

How do fashion fans and insiders respond? They’re pleased to see a model on the cover. They debate the legitimacy of the friendship. And some point out the uncanny similarities to a shoot with Poppy Delevingne and Alexa Chung. You’ve probably never heard of that other photo shoot but it did, indeed, come out months before and feature two real life besties on a “road trip”. Miranda Priestley is outchea calling the Kaylor spread: 

Let’s take a moment to consider two things about the setting of the Kaylor spread.  Firstly, as previously discussed, this shoot was a recycled idea already seen in a previous spread with Poppy Delevingne and Alexa Chung.  It’s sort of sad but in a way very telling that Kaylor didn’t have an original and romantic idea for their spread.  But secondly, the Kaylor shoot is just a rehash of the 2014 Big Sur trip (one of the few times it seems that Kaylor is exclusive and together and Josh isn’t in the picture.)  It’s possible they chose to recycle this setting precisely because it’s one of the few times that Kaylor was in a (more) simple romantic relationship and not in the throes of Joshlie and/or their complicated PR friendship/romantic entanglement/real friendship.

On that same day, Enty alleges that someone asked Karlie about Taylor at a party and Karlie supposedly had a very angry reaction to being questioned about Taylor. If Enty is right, that would support the idea that they really do seem to be together at this point in time - as in Karlie is protective over her private relationship with Taylor at this point in time (but of course always take Enty with a grain of salt)... And Karlie might not want to get outed. Because yeah, while most of the response is covered (kovered?) above, some fashion people are also saying they seem gay. They’re supportive (the fashion industry usually is) but given Karlie is - as we’ll show - still not over Josh this is kind of the last thing she’d need. 

14 February 2015 - Karlie posts a picture from the Vogue Kover and wishes Taylor a ‘happy Galentines day’.

15 February 2015 - Karlie does a super weird throwback to that Insta post Kevin posted way back when. This is an objectively weird way to wish someone Happy Valentine’s Day, a whole day after Valentine’s Day,and seems like she’s trying to quell the gay rumors that emerged from the kover. And let me tell you these rumors got loud. After the cover dropped, it’s all gossip and fashion blogs discussed. Well, that and if they were fake friends or not (as I’ve said above). Spoiler, I personally think both sides were right because I think they were initially a PR-geared friendship that not only turned real and genuine but also became romantic. 

16 February 2015 - Taylor cameos on SNL’s 40th anniversary. Karlie does a shout out for it. Karlie also promotes Vogue on GMA. Meanwhile, Dianna watches a ‘smug’ Karlie walk in NYFW. 

17 February 2015 - Kaylor attend an Oscar De La Renta show and Tay makes a weird comment saying “my publicist would get mad at me” if she explained why she was there. This is the clearest sign that Kaylor was back on. Also, this, along with the Riptide/Love Story compilation I discussed earlier suggests Taylor was more invested and reckless in this relationship, contrary to fandom lore. Given Karlie had pretty intense feelings for Josh, this is no surprise. It’s also supported by this recent deuxmoi blind - where supposedly the rumors bothered Taylor much less than they bothered Karlie. Again, we can’t go off of blinds alone, but given all we have seen from the timeline, that comment fits into a broader pattern.

18 February 2015 - Karlie posts a pic with Derek and Taylor from the front row at the Oscar De La Renta show.  Karlie also posts a pic of Taylor on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon talking about the Vogue cover (this is joint promo, so is hardly a surprise). Karlie also does her own promotion, talking to CBS about Taylor and Koding with Klossy.

20 February 2015 - Karlie promotes Vogue again and again. They’re pushing this out hard and absolutely NOT putting distance between each other as traditionally claimed in fandom during the post Kissgate period. There was no distance. They were loud.

24 February 2015 - Taylor attends Karlie’s Fund Fair and Karlie cops a feel. The Fund Fair - which Karlie is a co-host of - is circus themed (irrelevant but an interesting Dianna parallel for those of you invested in Swiftgron). This is the event that hardcore Kaylors say is where they apparently responded to seeing one another as though they had not seen each other in months, however they’d seen each other, publicly, the previous week so that idea is entirely inaccurate (as is the idea that Kaylor went underground due to Kissgate). There’s also an image of Kaylor potentially arguing from that night so it’s not that they were necessarily in a great place. This is supposedly where Taylor meets Calvin for the first time. Note the public meeting parallel… This often happens when Taylor is about to get loud and noisy with someone. This tells me she’s feeling serious about Karlie, if she’s looking to onboard a beard.

25 February 2015 - Kaylor attend the Brit Awards and the afterparty together. Gossip magazines claim she was seen flirting with Calvin here. This is the last time Kaylor is seen together publicly until June. NOW is when they go underground, because now they have something to hide. This is almost three months after Kissgate. 

26 February 2015 - Karlie posts about the Brits. She also posts a pic with Derek, Tay and Kim Kardashian which she captions “Two KKs a Tay and Bae”. It’s notable that she distinguished Tay from Bae even in a silly joking caption.

CONCLUSION: Kaylor is on in a real and romantic way. Karlie is supposedly snapping at someone at a party who asked her about Taylor. Taylor is saying weird stuff about her publicist when discussing why she’s at the same events as Karlie and Taylor is looking for a beard. Kaylor going underground here suggests that things are getting real, and, as Taylor had done with her previous relationship with Dianna, Taylor is going to try to hide it to keep it real.

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Calling All Creators: Adidas Brings All-Star Talent and Tech to the Table

Adidas is wrapping up 2017 and extending its global “Here to Create” campaign with “Calling All Creators” as the bridge to 2018 in terms of talent and innovation. In a year-end global push that kicks off today, adidas “invites the world to create” with a star-studded line-up of athletes, celebrities, designers, musicians and technologies to show how its brand “stands up for the future of sports culture.”

The call to action: “Calling all Creators — Those with the need, to make something new. The game changers, the difference-makers, the boundary-breakers, the tomorrow-takers. Join us. Let’s change sport. Let’s change lives. Let’s create.”

This latest spot in the campaign literally brings together its powerhouse talent to the table, featuring its brand ambassadors including David Beckham, Karlie Kloss, Lionel Messi, Pharrell Williams, Derrick Rose and 20 other “Creators,” not in the YouTube sense but as adidas defines them:

“At the forefront of change… obsessed with progress… those who have a bias for action, who flip the script and break boundaries are the ones who influence how things are done on the field, track, court, stage or street. With a single unexpected act, Creators can inspire others to invent and shape the world around them.”

Digging in on its position as the Creator Sports Brand, adidas is redefining the athletic pursuit as a form of creative expression. For the latest chapter in its Here to Create campaign – “Calling All Creators” — adidas has crafted a multi-dimensional story spun from long and short-form content across social, TV and adidas.com.

The new spot features some of the world’s most influential athletes, designers, and musicians in sport culture seated at one table. United by a passion to create, these Creators call on athletes everywhere to defy conventions and join the adidas movement by using their imagination to make something new and shape sport culture.

Adidas calls itself “the original sports brand obsessed with helping athletes make a difference in their game, life and world.” So in addition to original thinkers and talents it’s literally bringing to the table, it’s also showcasing some of its recent boundary-breaking innovations at that table, including BOOST, the revolutionary cushioning technology that provides substantial and superior energy return; footwear created using Parley Ocean Plastic, recycled plastic collected near coastal communities and on beaches; and Futurecraft 4D footwear, featuring first-of-its-kind midsoles crafted with light and oxygen using Digital Light Synthesis, a technology pioneered by Carbon.

“The rules of sport are not defined. We believe in the power of writing your own rules, but it will take those who think differently and are confident enough to make it happen. It will take Creators,” stated Ryan Morlan, adidas’ VP of Global Brand Communication.

“Adidas is shaping the future of sport every day through our products, partnerships, and innovations, and with this campaign, we’ve called on some of the most admired faces in sport culture to help us inspire others to find their Creator within, no matter what their field of play.”

While showcasing a number of the brand’s most innovative technologies and coveted footwear, this latest film also features diverse Creators of Sport Culture, representing the present and future of adidas, including:

• Lionel Messi – FIFA World Player of the Year, Five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Guinness World Record holder and Striker for FC Barcelona, and Captain of the Argentinian National Team

• Pharrell Williams – Pop/R&B musician, producer, and 10-time Grammy Winner

• James Harden – Five-time NBA All-Star, one-time Olympic Gold Medal winner, one-time FIBA championship winner and Guard for the Houston Rockets

• Paul Pogba – UEFA Europa Cup Champion, English League Cup Winner, Four-time Italian Champion, Two-Time Italian Cup Winner and top midfielder for Manchester United Football League

• Garbine Muguruza – Winner of five singles titles, including two Grand Slams at the 2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon Champion

• Alexander Wang – Iconic Fashion Designer, 2011 CFDA Award Winner and 2011 GQ Best Menswear Designer of the Year

• David Beckham – First English player to conquer 10 league championships in four different countries, UEFA Champions League Title holder, MVP winner and Football Legend

• Karlie Kloss – Supermodel, founder of Kode with Klossy and member of Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 Class of 2018

• Damian Lillard – 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year, two-time NBA All Star and 2017 Leading Scorer for the Portland Trail Blazers

• Von Miller – Five-time Pro Bowler, 2016 Super Bowl MVP and Linebacker for the Denver Broncos

• Kristaps Porzingis – 2016 NBA All-Rookie Team member and Center for the New York Knicks

• Aaron Rodgers – Six-time Pro Bowler, 2008 Super Bowl MVP, 2011 AP Athlete of the Year, 2011 and 2014 NFL MVP, and Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers

• Candace Parker – 2016 WNBA World Champion, WNBA Final MVP, and forward for the LA Sparks

• Carlos Correa – 2015 American League Rookie of the Year and Shortstop of the 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros

• Pusha T – Three-time Grammy-nominated rap talent, veteran and GOOD Music President

• DeAndre Hopkins, 2013 First-round NFL Draft Pick, Pro Bowl wide receiver of the Houston Texans, and most receiving yards in a game by any NFL player this season

• Tracy McGrady – NBA Hall of Fame Member and seven-time NBA All Star

• Kris Bryant – 2015 National League Rookie of the Year, 2016 National League MVP, 2016 World Series Champion and Third baseman for the Chicago Cubs

• Lindsey Horan – National Women’s Soccer League champion, 2017 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year nominee and Midfielder for Portland Thorns FC

• Brandon Ingram – Second Pick in the NBA Draft, McDonald’s All-American and Forward for the Los Angeles Lakers

• Jeremy Lin – Winner of ESPY’s Best Breakthrough Athlete award and Guard for the Brooklyn Nets

• Chiney Ogwumike – WNBA Rookie of the Year, WNBA All-Star and Forward for the Connecticut Sun

• P.K. Subban – New to Team adidas, the Defenseman for the Nashville Predators won the James Norris Memorial Trophy

• Derrick Rose – NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA MVP, three-time NBA All-Star and guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers

• Paige Tapp – 2016 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball and member of Team United States National Volleyball Team.

The campaign, created in partnership with 72andSunny, debuted Wednesday on the adidas YouTube channel and will be supported in over 33 different countries including the US, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, the UK and France.

adidas is relentless in its pursuit of being the world’s best sports brand. To join adidas in changing the world of sport, follow the conversation via #HereToCreate on @adidas Twitter, Instagram and Facebook channels.

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Calling All Creators: Adidas Brings All-Star Talent and Tech to the Table

Adidas is wrapping up 2017 and extending its global “Here to Create” campaign with “Calling All Creators” as the bridge to 2018 in terms of talent and innovation. In a year-end global push that kicks off today, adidas “invites the world to create” with a star-studded line-up of athletes, celebrities, designers, musicians and technologies to show how its brand “stands up for the future of sports culture.”

The call to action: “Calling all Creators — Those with the need, to make something new. The game changers, the difference-makers, the boundary-breakers, the tomorrow-takers. Join us. Let’s change sport. Let’s change lives. Let’s create.”

This latest spot in the campaign literally brings together its powerhouse talent to the table, featuring its brand ambassadors including David Beckham, Karlie Kloss, Lionel Messi, Pharrell Williams, Derrick Rose and 20 other “Creators,” not in the YouTube sense but as adidas defines them:

“At the forefront of change… obsessed with progress… those who have a bias for action, who flip the script and break boundaries are the ones who influence how things are done on the field, track, court, stage or street. With a single unexpected act, Creators can inspire others to invent and shape the world around them.”

Digging in on its position as the Creator Sports Brand, adidas is redefining the athletic pursuit as a form of creative expression. For the latest chapter in its Here to Create campaign – “Calling All Creators” — adidas has crafted a multi-dimensional story spun from long and short-form content across social, TV and adidas.com.

The new spot features some of the world’s most influential athletes, designers, and musicians in sport culture seated at one table. United by a passion to create, these Creators call on athletes everywhere to defy conventions and join the adidas movement by using their imagination to make something new and shape sport culture.

Adidas calls itself “the original sports brand obsessed with helping athletes make a difference in their game, life and world.” So in addition to original thinkers and talents it’s literally bringing to the table, it’s also showcasing some of its recent boundary-breaking innovations at that table, including BOOST, the revolutionary cushioning technology that provides substantial and superior energy return; footwear created using Parley Ocean Plastic™, recycled plastic collected near coastal communities and on beaches; and Futurecraft 4D footwear, featuring first-of-its-kind midsoles crafted with light and oxygen using Digital Light Synthesis, a technology pioneered by Carbon.

“The rules of sport are not defined. We believe in the power of writing your own rules, but it will take those who think differently and are confident enough to make it happen. It will take Creators,” stated Ryan Morlan, adidas’ VP of Global Brand Communication.

“Adidas is shaping the future of sport every day through our products, partnerships, and innovations, and with this campaign, we’ve called on some of the most admired faces in sport culture to help us inspire others to find their Creator within, no matter what their field of play.”

While showcasing a number of the brand’s most innovative technologies and coveted footwear, this latest film also features diverse Creators of Sport Culture, representing the present and future of adidas, including:

• Lionel Messi – FIFA World Player of the Year, Five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Guinness World Record holder and Striker for FC Barcelona, and Captain of the Argentinian National Team

• Pharrell Williams – Pop/R&B musician, producer, and 10-time Grammy Winner

• James Harden – Five-time NBA All-Star, one-time Olympic Gold Medal winner, one-time FIBA championship winner and Guard for the Houston Rockets

• Paul Pogba – UEFA Europa Cup Champion, English League Cup Winner, Four-time Italian Champion, Two-Time Italian Cup Winner and top midfielder for Manchester United Football League

• Garbine Muguruza – Winner of five singles titles, including two Grand Slams at the 2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon Champion

• Alexander Wang – Iconic Fashion Designer, 2011 CFDA Award Winner and 2011 GQ Best Menswear Designer of the Year

• David Beckham – First English player to conquer 10 league championships in four different countries, UEFA Champions League Title holder, MVP winner and Football Legend

• Karlie Kloss – Supermodel, founder of Kode with Klossy and member of Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 Class of 2018

• Damian Lillard – 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year, two-time NBA All Star and 2017 Leading Scorer for the Portland Trail Blazers

• Von Miller – Five-time Pro Bowler, 2016 Super Bowl MVP and Linebacker for the Denver Broncos

• Kristaps Porzingis – 2016 NBA All-Rookie Team member and Center for the New York Knicks

• Aaron Rodgers – Six-time Pro Bowler, 2008 Super Bowl MVP, 2011 AP Athlete of the Year, 2011 and 2014 NFL MVP, and Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers

• Candace Parker – 2016 WNBA World Champion, WNBA Final MVP, and forward for the LA Sparks

• Carlos Correa – 2015 American League Rookie of the Year and Shortstop of the 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros

• Pusha T – Three-time Grammy-nominated rap talent, veteran and GOOD Music President

• DeAndre Hopkins, 2013 First-round NFL Draft Pick, Pro Bowl wide receiver of the Houston Texans, and most receiving yards in a game by any NFL player this season

• Tracy McGrady – NBA Hall of Fame Member and seven-time NBA All Star

• Kris Bryant – 2015 National League Rookie of the Year, 2016 National League MVP, 2016 World Series Champion and Third baseman for the Chicago Cubs

• Lindsey Horan – National Women’s Soccer League champion, 2017 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year nominee and Midfielder for Portland Thorns FC

• Brandon Ingram – Second Pick in the NBA Draft, McDonald’s All-American and Forward for the Los Angeles Lakers

• Jeremy Lin – Winner of ESPY’s Best Breakthrough Athlete award and Guard for the Brooklyn Nets

• Chiney Ogwumike – WNBA Rookie of the Year, WNBA All-Star and Forward for the Connecticut Sun

• P.K. Subban – New to Team adidas, the Defenseman for the Nashville Predators won the James Norris Memorial Trophy

• Derrick Rose – NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA MVP, three-time NBA All-Star and guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers

• Paige Tapp – 2016 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball and member of Team United States National Volleyball Team.

The campaign, created in partnership with 72andSunny, debuted Wednesday on the adidas YouTube channel and will be supported in over 33 different countries including the US, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, the UK and France.

adidas is relentless in its pursuit of being the world’s best sports brand. To join adidas in changing the world of sport, follow the conversation via #HereToCreate on @adidas Twitter, Instagram and Facebook channels.

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Calling All Creators: Adidas Brings All-Star Talent and Tech to the Table

Adidas is wrapping up 2017 and extending its global “Here to Create” campaign with “Calling All Creators” as the bridge to 2018 in terms of talent and innovation. In a year-end global push that kicks off today, adidas “invites the world to create” with a star-studded line-up of athletes, celebrities, designers, musicians and technologies to show how its brand “stands up for the future of sports culture.”

The call to action: “Calling all Creators — Those with the need, to make something new. The game changers, the difference-makers, the boundary-breakers, the tomorrow-takers. Join us. Let’s change sport. Let’s change lives. Let’s create.”

This latest spot in the campaign literally brings together its powerhouse talent to the table, featuring its brand ambassadors including David Beckham, Karlie Kloss, Lionel Messi, Pharrell Williams, Derrick Rose and 20 other “Creators,” not in the YouTube sense but as adidas defines them:

“At the forefront of change… obsessed with progress… those who have a bias for action, who flip the script and break boundaries are the ones who influence how things are done on the field, track, court, stage or street. With a single unexpected act, Creators can inspire others to invent and shape the world around them.”

Digging in on its position as the Creator Sports Brand, adidas is redefining the athletic pursuit as a form of creative expression. For the latest chapter in its Here to Create campaign – “Calling All Creators” — adidas has crafted a multi-dimensional story spun from long and short-form content across social, TV and adidas.com.

The new spot features some of the world’s most influential athletes, designers, and musicians in sport culture seated at one table. United by a passion to create, these Creators call on athletes everywhere to defy conventions and join the adidas movement by using their imagination to make something new and shape sport culture.

Adidas calls itself “the original sports brand obsessed with helping athletes make a difference in their game, life and world.” So in addition to original thinkers and talents it’s literally bringing to the table, it’s also showcasing some of its recent boundary-breaking innovations at that table, including BOOST, the revolutionary cushioning technology that provides substantial and superior energy return; footwear created using Parley Ocean Plastic™, recycled plastic collected near coastal communities and on beaches; and Futurecraft 4D footwear, featuring first-of-its-kind midsoles crafted with light and oxygen using Digital Light Synthesis, a technology pioneered by Carbon.

“The rules of sport are not defined. We believe in the power of writing your own rules, but it will take those who think differently and are confident enough to make it happen. It will take Creators,” stated Ryan Morlan, adidas’ VP of Global Brand Communication.

“Adidas is shaping the future of sport every day through our products, partnerships, and innovations, and with this campaign, we’ve called on some of the most admired faces in sport culture to help us inspire others to find their Creator within, no matter what their field of play.”

While showcasing a number of the brand’s most innovative technologies and coveted footwear, this latest film also features diverse Creators of Sport Culture, representing the present and future of adidas, including:

• Lionel Messi – FIFA World Player of the Year, Five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Guinness World Record holder and Striker for FC Barcelona, and Captain of the Argentinian National Team

• Pharrell Williams – Pop/R&B musician, producer, and 10-time Grammy Winner

• James Harden – Five-time NBA All-Star, one-time Olympic Gold Medal winner, one-time FIBA championship winner and Guard for the Houston Rockets

• Paul Pogba – UEFA Europa Cup Champion, English League Cup Winner, Four-time Italian Champion, Two-Time Italian Cup Winner and top midfielder for Manchester United Football League

• Garbine Muguruza – Winner of five singles titles, including two Grand Slams at the 2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon Champion

• Alexander Wang – Iconic Fashion Designer, 2011 CFDA Award Winner and 2011 GQ Best Menswear Designer of the Year

• David Beckham – First English player to conquer 10 league championships in four different countries, UEFA Champions League Title holder, MVP winner and Football Legend

• Karlie Kloss – Supermodel, founder of Kode with Klossy and member of Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 Class of 2018

• Damian Lillard – 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year, two-time NBA All Star and 2017 Leading Scorer for the Portland Trail Blazers

• Von Miller – Five-time Pro Bowler, 2016 Super Bowl MVP and Linebacker for the Denver Broncos

• Kristaps Porzingis – 2016 NBA All-Rookie Team member and Center for the New York Knicks

• Aaron Rodgers – Six-time Pro Bowler, 2008 Super Bowl MVP, 2011 AP Athlete of the Year, 2011 and 2014 NFL MVP, and Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers

• Candace Parker – 2016 WNBA World Champion, WNBA Final MVP, and forward for the LA Sparks

• Carlos Correa – 2015 American League Rookie of the Year and Shortstop of the 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros

• Pusha T – Three-time Grammy-nominated rap talent, veteran and GOOD Music President

• DeAndre Hopkins, 2013 First-round NFL Draft Pick, Pro Bowl wide receiver of the Houston Texans, and most receiving yards in a game by any NFL player this season

• Tracy McGrady – NBA Hall of Fame Member and seven-time NBA All Star

• Kris Bryant – 2015 National League Rookie of the Year, 2016 National League MVP, 2016 World Series Champion and Third baseman for the Chicago Cubs

• Lindsey Horan – National Women’s Soccer League champion, 2017 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year nominee and Midfielder for Portland Thorns FC

• Brandon Ingram – Second Pick in the NBA Draft, McDonald’s All-American and Forward for the Los Angeles Lakers

• Jeremy Lin – Winner of ESPY’s Best Breakthrough Athlete award and Guard for the Brooklyn Nets

• Chiney Ogwumike – WNBA Rookie of the Year, WNBA All-Star and Forward for the Connecticut Sun

• P.K. Subban – New to Team adidas, the Defenseman for the Nashville Predators won the James Norris Memorial Trophy

• Derrick Rose – NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA MVP, three-time NBA All-Star and guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers

• Paige Tapp – 2016 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball and member of Team United States National Volleyball Team.

The campaign, created in partnership with 72andSunny, debuted Wednesday on the adidas YouTube channel and will be supported in over 33 different countries including the US, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, the UK and France.

adidas is relentless in its pursuit of being the world’s best sports brand. To join adidas in changing the world of sport, follow the conversation via #HereToCreate on @adidas Twitter, Instagram and Facebook channels.

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Karlie Kloss Talks Fashion, Technology and Bitcoin at Amazon x Calvin Klein Pop-up - WWD

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Karlie Kloss Talks Fashion, Technology and Bitcoin at Amazon x Calvin Klein Pop-up WWD Kloss, who started Kode With Klossy in 2014, stressed the importance of giving young women the tools to use technology to their advantage. She expressed her gratitude to Calvin Klein, who gave her her first runway modeling job about 10 years ago, and ...

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Karlie Kloss Debuts Her New Kode With Klossy Offices in New York City

The 25-year-old model and entrepreneur is encouraging young women to break into tech—and has a chic new office to do it from!

Karlie Kloss took her very first coding class three years ago. In 2014, the now-25-year-old model had a short break before fashion week and decided to attend a boot camp at New York City's Flatiron School. It was meant to serve as a challenge for Kloss—not to inspire a new career.

Fast-forward to the present day: Kode With Klossy is Kloss's burgeoning charitable organization, which hosts coding summer camps for girls, awards career scholarships to young female developers, and creates a community for the role of women in tech. Now in its second year, the program has expanded from three to 15 coding camps in 10 different cities, and, perhaps equally as exciting for any young start-up, moved into its first official office. With a former Victoria's Secret Angel model for a founder (one who has graced more than 30 Vogue covers and walked 64 fashion shows in one season, no less), Kode With Klossy was going to need a little something more than the bare white walls and standard-supply furniture most tech start-ups are forced to endure in their first offices. So Kloss reached out to Homepolish and Lulu & Georgia, which partnered the model with interior designer Tina Rich. "My goal in designing this office was to create a clean, modern space that had its own personality," explains Kloss. "Since I'll be hosting my team, business partners, friends, and family in the office, it was important for the space to feel comfortable and chic, and flow from room to room."

Despite Kloss's jam-packed work and travel schedule, she didn't just hire the designer and walk away. She spent time culling resources to nail down the look she wanted and took regular weekly meetings in the Klossy offices with Rich, highlighting particular aspects of spaces she admires, from the aesthetics of her pal Emily Weiss's Glossier office to the furniture design in the Soho House in Berlin. "They have this wooden kitchen table that actually inspired me to go for a wooden piece in our conference room," she says. "Pinterest was a great resource for me. I loved researching different modern and open offices. Many of the offices I love have these amazing and intricate light fixtures, so I knew I wanted that to be a focal point of my own space."

With this direction from Kloss, Rich rolled up her sleeves and got to work. The ultimate goal? To create a space that felt more like a home than an office. "I wanted the conference room to feel like a dining room—especially since Karlie wanted to be able to host dinner parties—and the meeting room to feel like a living space," says Rich. To accomplish this, Rich chose statement-making carpets, chandeliers, and pendant lighting from Lulu & Georgia, and added unique artwork from Uprise Art to each room. Also high on Kloss's priority list was a quality kitchen. No surprise considering Kloss's now-famous gluten-free, nut-free, and dairy-free cookies, dubbed Klossies. "As an avid baker, it is really important for me to have a functioning kitchen in both my home and office so I can cook and bake for friends, family, and special guests," she explains. According to Rich, the kitchen was the biggest transformation: "It had dark cabinets and wood countertops. We freshened it up with Semihandmade cabinet fronts, brass hardware, and a cement tile on the face of the island. Karlie spends a lot of time in the kitchen making cooking videos! I wanted to make sure we created a kitchen that she would love spending time in and one that was the perfect backdrop for her videos." To really personalize the space, Kloss introduced antiques and personal items from home. The model calls her personal office a snapshot of her life: "I always keep a pair of sneakers and an extra makeup bag with my Carolina Herrera perfume at the office so I can head to the office before or after workouts. There are photos of my family and friends on my desk, and the drawers are filled with Klossies and healthy snacks that I can enjoy throughout the day. I keep a lot of books and fan mail around the office for inspiration, and even have my Video Music Award moon man as a paperweight!" Small additions (and subtractions) went a long way toward making the space look—and feel—completely different. "Initially, I didn't think I would need a dressing room, but with my busy schedule, we ended up installing a curtain in one of the rooms so I could change for different meetings, workouts, and events," explains Kloss. Another switch: Wooden panels in the middle of the office were removed and the walls were painted white to keep the space consistent. "I was surprised how much that little change completely opened up the room," admits Kloss. "What's great about the office is that while each room stands on its own, they all balance each other to create a collaborative, functional space." (x)