Karlie Kloss Has Grand Plans for Life Purpose: Teaching Girls to Code and PIE

Karlie Kloss Covers WSJ Magazine December/January 2022 Digital by Ethan James Green AOC Fashion

Supermodel, philanthropist, new mom and — adoring, best- buddy wife to Joshua Kushner — Karlie Kloss covers the December/January digital covers of WSJ Magazine. Who better than Karlie Kloss to launch the new year of 2022 in these turbulent times.

Karlie is styled by Charlotte Collet in images by Ethan James Green for Inside Karlie Kloss’s New Life. In Karlie’s own words: “I wanted to change how I was using my job and my platform as a model.”

Elisa Lipsky-Karasz conducts the interview, which is rich in new thinking about the modeling industry and Karlie’s desire to transform herself yet again by switching modeling agencies, joining The Society, which also represents Amber Valletta, Adut Akech and personalities such as musician Willow Smith and reality star–turned-model Kendall Jenner.

“I wanted to change how I was using my job and my platform as a model.”

Karlie Kloss Investments

Kloss has invested in W Magazine, as well as in companies including Therabody, a wellness via technology leader; Mirror, the New York-based startup known for selling interactive workout mirrors, with Lulelemon also an investor; and Reformation, the sustainable fashion brand that had a rocky 2020 in a post-George Floyd world.

Accusations of “traumatizing” racism from staff members and store management against Yael Aflalo, who founded Reformation in 2009, created deep division around the Reformation brand and general public resulting in Aflalo stepping down from her CEO role in June 2020.

Karlie Kloss Activist and Philanthropist

Kloss now works with Greg Propper, the co-founder of Propper Daley, a strategic social-impact and consulting agency that advises brands and philanthropists, including stars like John Legend.

Their joint objective is to develop Karlie and other clients as forces for progressive social change.

Through Propper, Kloss is now connected to philanthropies such as New Profit, an organization that puts together venture philanthropy funds—essentially donations that are granted to social-impact entrepreneurs.

I’m somebody who is not formally educated. I am a student of life.”

Karlie has openly discussed the reality that because she was scooped up at a young age into the modeling industry, she is not formally educated.

Today the superstar is working with New Profit on an ambitious new initiative, the Postsecondary Innovation for Equity (PIE), that creates career pathways for nontraditional job candidates via investments in organizations that provide skills training and mentorships. Kloss can relate: “I’m somebody who is not formally educated. I am a student of life.”

Kode With Klossy

AOC has followed the full trajectory of Kloss’s career and social activism, including her Kode With Klossy project —a program Kloss launched in 2015 offering free computer coding camps to female-identifying and nonbinary 13- to 18-year-olds.

This summer 2021, Kode With Klossy awarded 3,000 scholarships to students from 70 countries, and Karlie’s working to expand it further. “It is all interwoven… [even though] to somebody on the outside it might not make sense,” Kloss tells WSJ Magazine.

15 Years of of Karlie Kloss news and modeling work can be found in our extensive Karlie Kloss’ AOC Archives. And we pull out Karlie’s Kode with Karlie organization, whose work with girls in STEM benefits the entire world. There are Twitter activists and then there is Karlie Kloss.

Like her mentor Christy Turlington, Karlie Kloss puts a capital ‘A’ on the word activism. To think that Karlie moved from 20 scholarships when she launched in New York in summer 2015 to over 3000 scholarships in 2021 is a tribute to women who get things done.

Yes, Kode With Klossy, along with the Malala Fund, was honored by Apple on International Women’s Day 2020.

Angelina Jolie on Burning the Eggs in Life and Saving Bees in British Vogue's March 2021 Cover Story

Angelina Jolie on Burning the Eggs in Life and Saving Bees in British Vogue's March 2021 Cover Story AOC Eye

Superstar activist, humanitarian, multi-talented creative Angelina Jolie covers the March 2021 issue of British Vogue. Jolie is interviewed and styled by British Vogue EIC Edward Enninful with a styling assist from Dena Gianini. / Hair by Lorenzo Martin, Jacklyn Martinez; makeup by Rachel Goodwin

Photographer Craig McDean captures Jolie and her six children at her historic Los Angeles estate tucked away in the historic Laughlin Park quiet corner of Los Feliz and formerly owned by Hollywood legend Cecil B. DeMille. The home is just five minutes away from the children’s father Brad Pitt.

Angelina Jolie on Mothering

Confirming that while she wanted to have a brood of kids, Jolie shares that she always saw herself as the Jane Goodall type, “travelling in the middle of the jungle somewhere.” She is not an inherently skilled mother — depending on one’s criteria, of course.

I feel like we’re such a team. It may sound clichéd, but you love and you try, and even if you burn the eggs, that doesn’t matter in the end. But also, you’ve met our kids. They’re pretty capable.

Penelope Cruz Covers Vogue Spain January 2021, Lensed by Nico Bustos

Penelope Cruz Covers Vogue Spain January 2021, Lensed by Nico Bustos

Actor Penelope Cruz is styled by Juan Cebrian in ‘Penélope, Al Natural’, lensed by Nico Bustos (IG) for Vogue Espana January 2021./ Hair & makeup by Pablo Iglesias

In the pages of Vogue Spain January, the images of Penelope Cruz in nature are intertwined with the conversation she had with the director of the magazine about how to reconnect with what is important, about commitment, feminism and learning .

Eugenia de la Torriente , director of Vogue Spain , leaves her position, with the Conde Nast reorganization that puts Edward Enninful as editorial director of Vogue Europe including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK "This is my last letter, but there is much left of me in the next issues and contents that were already planned and carried out."

Ashley Graham Talks Confidence in Fast Company's Creative Conversation

Images: top Photo by John Jackson on Unsplash; bottom Kim Kardashian joining Ashley Graham on her ‘Pretty Big Deal’ podcast, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

In the case of Ashley Graham, confidence is her brand. In the latest episode of Fast Company’s podcast Creative Conversation, the body-positive model, entrepreneur and host of her own podcast ‘Pretty Big Deal’, explains that “it took her completely losing her confidence to build it back up to where it is now.”

“There were a lot of things, just in my confidence, that I wouldn’t have had to deal with so soon if it weren’t for modeling,” says Graham, who began her career at age 12. “Like, I’m too fat to get a job. Or I’m not pretty enough to book that cover. Or you’re just not an interesting enough person, period. So as much confidence as the industry and the business has given me, it started off with a lack of it that I wasn’t prepared for. And a label shoved into a box of just being called plus-size, nothing more, nothing less.”

In this episode of Creative Conversation, Graham shares how she learned to become her biggest advocate and is devoted to figuring out what she wants to say “now that she’s found her voice”.

Ashley Graham recently dropped into AOC via Vogue Italia, dressed in Fendi and bringing a new curvy woman crew with her that included Alva Claire, Jill Kortleve and Paloma Elsesser.

So comfortable is Ashley Graham in her own skin, that she shared on her Instagram this image of her being “taped in place” for the Ethan James Green, Vogue Italia photoshoot.

Priceless and Precious!

Ethan James Green Captures 'We Are Family' Life-Loving Women in Fendi for Vogue Italia

Ethan James Green Captures 'We Are Family' Life-Loving Women in Fendi for Vogue Italia

Models Alva Claire, Ashley Graham, Jill Kortleve and Paloma Elsesser convened in September in Milan to be part of the Fendi show. The quartet then joined forces at a later date to discuss big and small conquests in the battle for body positivity, interviewed by Michele Fossi (IG) for Vogue Italia’s December 2020 issue.

Patti Wilson styles the four beauties in the ‘We Are Family’ Fendi tribute for images by Ethan James Green.(IG). Hair by Jimmy Paul; makeup by Dick Page

Harry Styles' Vogue Cover by Tyler Mitchell Creates Second Issue Run, 40,000 New Subscriptions

Harry Styles' Vogue Cover by Tyler Mitchell Creates Second Issue Run, 40,000 New Subscriptions

English singer, songwriter and actor Harry Styles is partial to gender-bending attire, much as Mick Jagger, Kurt Kobain and David Bowie were back in the day. We’re talking 50 years ago.

For people of a certain age Harry Styles being the first man to go solo on Vogue’s December cover — or any American Vogue cover — was not worthy of breaking the Internet. Wrong.

Harry Styles is considered to be a fashion provocateur, given his status as major muse to Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele. For fashionistas, Harry Styles wearing a dress or two for Vogue was not a big deal, but even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez felt compelled to come to his defense.

“Perhaps for some people it provokes some anger or insecurity around masculinity/femininity/etc. If it does, then maybe that’s part of the point. Sit with that reaction and think about it, examine it, explore it, engage it, and grow with it, “ the all-knowing beyond her years, pundit-politico advised Twitter-world.

In fact, the Harry Styles interview with Vogue’s Hamish Bowles is quite good, so read it. Camilla Nickerson styles the shoot with images by Tyler Mitchell. Move onto Vogue to see the product credits and read Playtime With Harry Styles’.

“Clothes are there to have fun with and experiment with and play with. What’s really exciting is that all of these lines are just kind of crumbling away,” Styles says. “There’s so much joy to be had in playing with clothes. I’ve never really thought too much about what it means—it just becomes this extended part of creating something.”

Dior Fall 2020 Women's Campaign by Paola Mattioli Honoring Marcella Campagnano

Dior Fall 2020 Women's Campaign by Paola Mattioli Honoring Marcella Campagnano

Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri presents the French luxury house’s Fall Winter 2020 campaign, lensed by Paola Mattioli. The campaign features Selena Forrest, Maryel Uchida, Maty Fall Diba, Estelle Chen and Felice Noordhoff, styled by Elin Svahn, with some models posing in a T-shirt printed with the Fall 2020 show’s name: “I Say I”. Fabien Baron was in charge of art direction and also production of an accompanying film. / Hair by Paul Hanlon; makeup by Peter Philips

The phrase belongs to Italian feminist Carla Lonzi, who was one of the figures who inspired the collection. Lonzi was an Italian art critic and feminist, best known as the cofounder of Rivolta Femminile, an Italian feminist collective formed in 1970. Read We Are All Clitoridian Women: Notes on Carla Lonzi’s Legacy.

The Fall 2020 Dior Collection and ad campaign was also inspired by Marcella Campagnano.

Christy Turlington Burns Talks Activism, Maternal Health with T Style Magazine Singapore

Christy Turlington Burns Talks Activism, Maternal Health with T Style Magazine Singapore

Supermodel Christy Turlington covers the April 2020 issue of New York Times Style Magazine Singapore, styled by Jack Wang and Jumius Wong in Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Givenchy, Saint Laurent, Salvatore Ferragamo and more. Photographer Chris Colls is behind the lens, with Renée Batchelor conducting the interview: Christy Turlington Burns Finds Her Voice.

Charlee Fraser Probes Road to 'Nirvana' by Txema Yeste for Numéro France #122 April 2020

Charlee Fraser Probes Road to 'Nirvana' by Txema Yeste for Numéro France #122 April 2020

Top model Charlee Fraser — who is having a terrific fashion season — is styled by Bernat Buscato in ‘Nirvana’. The vivid imagery by Txema Yeste makes a splendid impression and a feast for the eyes in Numéro #122 April 2020. / Hair by Jordi Fontanals; makeup by Victor Alvarez

Hinduism is rich in symbolism and the color blue — especially in one’s skin— is a symbol of the infinite and immeasurable. Many gods in India are shown as blue-skinned. They include Shiva, Krishna, Rama and more. They are referenced as blue gods because they have attained a blue aura.

I’m not keen on commenting on fashion editorials without having been part of the convo around their creation. I’ve actually had some real run-ins with men in India’s Hindu community over fashion editorials they consider to be blasphemous. These total right-wing nationalists love Donald Trump, so that’s telling you everything you need to know. Women have no real relevance in their world view, and they burned effigies of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Victoria's Secret Body Collection 2020 Takes Flight With Expanding VS Army of New Beauty

Victoria's Secret Body Collection 2020 Takes Flight With Expanding VS Army of New Beauty

The new campaign for Victoria’s Secret Body Collection — the very guts of the VS brand — is out, and we celebrate the return of “not too old under new VS ownership”, VS original Helena Christensen. Helena appears in several shots and is also the photographer of the campaign. Nice move!

Something akin to Balmain Army may be in the making, based on other new VS imagery. The concept is much more inclusive vs Angels, which is NOT inclusive and never was. Angels was a creation of the male minds suddenly running all of Victoria’s Secret — and yours truly was vehemently against it.

Helena joins Barbara Palvin, Candice Huffine, Daniela Pestova, Jasmine Tookes, Joan Smalls, Lais Ribeiro, Romee Strijd, Solange Van Doorn and Valentina Sampaio.

Victoria's Secret Releases Gorgeous Pre-Fall 2019 Ad Campaign As Stock Falls Under Epstein Scandal

Victoria's Secret Releases Gorgeous Pre-Fall 2019 Ad Campaign As Stock Falls Under Epstein Scandal

Embattled lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret releases its pre-fall 2019 campaign, with product and an editorial vision under new CEO, former Tory Burch president John Mehas.

The campaign is shot by Adam Franzino, very much in the style of my Victoria’s Secret vision and features VS Angels Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes, Romee Strijd, Martha Hunt and Taylor Hill joined by Rubina Dyan.

Cate Blanchett Will Play Phyllis Schlafly In Nine-Part Series On FX 'Mrs. America'

Star actor Cate Blanchett is set to play the indefatigable anti-ERA activist Phyllis Schlafly. It remains one of the most astounding realities of modern life that one American constitutional lawyer. born in St. Louis, Missouri with a law degree from Washington University, a large family and conservative husband, hit the road and brought the Equal Rights Amendment to a grinding halt.

Arguing for traditional roles for women in American society, the self-described activist housewife Schlafly went to battle against Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelhaus. And she beat them.

Cate Blanchett is executive producing ‘Mrs. America’, in the upcoming limited nine-episodes series for FX, which is written and narrated through the lens of Schlafly’s feminist opponents. ‘Mrs. America’ is being written by Dahvi Waller, the Emmy-winning writer and producer of ‘Mad Men’, another show deeply rooted in evolving gender dyhamics in 20th century America.

"I am extremely excited about delving into the material as there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to peel back the layers of this recent period of history, which couldn’t be more relevant today," Blanchett said in a statement.