- Hi guys.
I'm Karlie Kloss.
I'm here at BuzzFeed.
And I'm here to answer your questions
and also play with puppies so,
get excited.
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Puppies.
Oh!
Hi.
Oh my gosh.
Hi guys.
Oh hello, hello.
- [Puppy Lady] We've got one left.
- Oh, we have more friends.
Wait, is this real life right now?
This is a dream come true.
This is the best day of my life.
This is the best.
Hi.
Okay, question number one.
Oh, there's no cookies in there.
Trust me, I already looked.
What is your favorite and least favorite fashion trend?
Ooo.
My favorite fashion trend I would say,
I love like high waisted pants
and kind of like a masculine like suit.
I really love, I've seen a lot of like flats
and like kitten heels on the runways and in shoots
and I'm a big fan of that.
I'm 6'2" so I love a nice little kitten heel.
And my least favorite trend?
Ooo.
Would be probably like,
bleached eyebrows.
That's not fun?
Would you ever expand Kode With Klossy to adult women?
Yes, I would love to.
So stay tuned.
I always see you wearing heels.
I'm 16 and six foot.
How do I overcome my fear of wearing heels in public?
Wear your heels proudly
and the fact that you're so tall,
like instead of being kind
of embarrassed or shy about that
or feeling uncomfortable, like own it.
I didn't really own my height until I got older
and now I really love it
and I think it's such a super power
in like a way that only you
as a 16 year old six foot young woman has.
So own it, own it.
Wear those heels.
What's something you used to be criticized for
that you improved over time?
I used to be about 15 minutes late everywhere I go
and now I'm only five minutes late.
So, you know, being timely is something that I'm working on.
Right?
Maybe 5 minutes.
- [Assistant] 15 minutes, Karlie?
- Okay it used to be like 20 minutes late.
- [Assistant] Okay, uhhh...
- 20 minutes late on average
and now I'm like five minutes late.
If you had to wear one outfit that you already own for
the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
Oh, you know what?
I have this amazing Oscar de la Renta gown
that I wore to the Met Ball.
It was the last time that I got to spend time with him.
And it's this beautiful gown and I have it.
So maybe I feel like I would want to wear
that for the rest of my life.
Are you still close with any of
the girls from early on in your fashion career?
Yes.
There's so many friends of mine who...
Like one of my friends, when I was 15 years old backstage
at Calvin Klein, I walked my very first runway show
with her, her name's Toni Garrn.
And Jourdan Dunn is another dear friend of mine.
Cara Delevingne, I mean so many of my friends
that I met like really early on in my career
and in their careers and it really is like a sisterhood.
Like there's such an amazing kind of network
of just really fierce women that I've gotten
to know in fashion, in modeling
and in so many other industries that fashion touches.
So many interesting people
and so many that I still am really close to.
Wanna eat this?
What are your favorite places in New York
to eat on a budget?
Well, first thought, I love to cook
but if I'm eating on a budget, I love,
there's this place that's in my neighborhood
that I go to every other night called Lovely Day.
Really delicious.
I don't eat burgers so I'm more like a french fry
and shake kind of girl.
But I do go to Dunkin Donuts every day basically.
Okay, you are the cutest thing.
I love your little face, uh huh.
When, and if, you get super stressed out,
what are your ways of calming down and refocusing?
I'm gonna say this.
It doesn't get better than this to calm down and refocus.
I really like to be around animals.
I really like to be in nature to just kind
of actually disconnect from stuff and tech
and stress of daily life.
And I also really like to go for a run
or do yoga or meditation.
But it's hard to beat this.
What's the most important lesson you learned by
the time you turned 21?
I think the most important lesson I learned was
the power of my own voice.
I think for a long time,
especially I started my career in modeling at 15,
and I just always as a model felt like I was seen
and not heard and I underestimated my own voice
and kind of my opinion.
Sorry, I'm really distracted here.
I just think like everyone has
the power to influence like those around them.
And yeah the power of my voice I would say is
the one thing I really underestimated.
Okay guys, keep it together.
Come on, come on.
We got this.
Now are they boys or girls?
- [Puppy Lady] All girls.
- Both.
- All girls?
Wait, I have three sisters, there's four of us.
This is literally what it's like in my household.
How has the #MeToo movement affected things in
the fashion community?
You know honestly, I think that it's been
an awakening in the fashion industry
and in so many industries and it's long overdue.
But these conversations are finally being had,
both light is being brought to things
that have happened that are wrong.
I think it's instigating change for the better,
certainly in my industry.
I think there's a lot of room for improvement so.
What has been your most gratifying memory
since founding Kode With Klossy?
That's a great question.
I've had so many amazing young women
that have been in our Kode With Klossy program,
so many scholars, past and present,
who have been introduced to coding
and computer science through Kode With Klossy
and then gone on to continue studying
whether in school or in college.
I've seen so many have proudly showed me
their college acceptance to places like Princeton,
Harvard, MIT, I mean these amazing, amazing young women
who learned how to code with us
and it just opens up a whole world of kind
of opportunities and paths forward for careers
that they never imagined otherwise.
So that makes me really, really proud
to see like just this ripple effect it has in their life.
Okay, wait guys, come back here.
Come.
What are you most excited for people to see in
the upcoming season of Project Runway?
There's a lot of really interesting challenges
that we do that take into consideration
like what's happening in the fashion industry today,
conversations around diversity and inclusivity,
social media, eCommerce, things that designers
have to think about.
And these designers on the show I think do a great job
and I'm really excited for the world to fall in love
with them.
I feel like this must be what it's like to
have four children.
(puppy barks)
Hey, play nicely, play nicely.
Come here.
Okay guys, last question.
Let's make it good.
Oof.
What are some of your favorite things to bake
and who do you like to bake with?
I really love to bake with my mom.
She's the best.
My gram taught me how to bake,
so she is my favorite person to bake with
but my mom is amazing and my Aunt Nancy.
Every time I go home we have like a giant baking session
and we bake like cookies and gooey butter
and like the most delicious decadent not healthy things
and it's wonderful.
All of these amazing puppies are available
for adoption at North Shore Animal League America.
Thank you Buzz Feed for the best interview
of my entire life.
And check out more about Kode With Klossy at our website.
Bye.
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