I’ve never been a huge believer in Karlie Kloss as a model. My ambivalence is more towards the “wholesome,” boringly pretty models in the same vein as Christy Turlington. Like, yes, of course Christy is beautiful. But mostly when I look at her editorials or Karlie’s editorials, I’m just like “this is like watching lukewarm soup in couture.” Now, all that being said, this Porter cover reminds me that I absolutely love Karlie for one reason: she hasn’t f–ked with her lips. I too have a thin upper lip and I have no interest in getting lip injections to look like a Kardashian-Jenner. I appreciate Karlie’s thin upper. It makes her stand out at this point.
Anyway, there’s not a lot of interesting stuff in this Porter interview, but if you read between the lines, it definitely sounds like Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift are not friends anymore. In a recent interview, Karlie was asked about Swift and their alleged breakup and all Karlie said was “don’t believe everything you read.” Which isn’t really a confirmation or denial. So read between these lines:
On her boyfriend Joshua Kushner: “It’s not like I’ve ever wanted to be so secretive about my private life, Carolina Herrera always says, ‘A woman who’s an open book is boring.’ There’s no mystery anymore. I know in my life what really matters to me. I’m not trying to hide that from the world; I just really like having a more private private life. I’ve got nothing to hide, though!”
On friendships: “I’ve built really amazing friendships – some that last, some that don’t. A couple have become some of the most important relationships in my life, in particular, those I’ve been in the trenches with, such as Jourdan Dunn, Joan Smalls, Toni Garrn and Lily Aldridge. We started as girls and we’ve grown up together, and I know if I need anything, I can call them up and they will be there for me, just like my friends from kindergarten.”
[From Porter Magazine via ET Canada]
Jourdan, Joan, Toni and Lily. Those are the friendships that stuck. Those are the girls who will be there for Karlie through thick and thin. Not those other girls who are only into performative friendships and public girl-squading as a way of mean-girling another pop star. I mean… they’re really FOR REAL broken up, right? So why is Karlie still being so coy in the press? Friendship breakups have more drama than romantic breakups, I swear to God.
Also: Page Six noted that Karlie still follows Taylor Swift on Instagram but Taylor doesn’t follow her back.
Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of Porter.
How old is she? That’s what school kids do, list their best friends. Jesus!
A lot of exes don’t stay friends….
GURL!!!! LMAO
THIS
If you listen to reputation believing that most of the songs are about Karlie Kloss it makes the album so much better.
I’m not surprised about the following thing… only Taylor is petty and childish enough to unfollow someone as a message/punishment.
She doesn’t follow anyone on IG that comment was total BS Taylor unfollowed everyone in August 2017
Yeah i think taylor is cooling with publicizing friendships in general – this is not scandalous
ITA with your assessment of her as a model. To me she is bland and interchangeable with all the other blonde white woman models. But I soooooo want to know what happened to break her and Taylor up!
Because they were hooking up, not just friends. And now they’ve broken up. You know it, I know it. Just like Diana Argon. And that band member girl that went on tour with her, and then mysteriously got kicked off (Taylor even made a weird video about it and put it on social media). Super intense “Besties” for a while, then no longer seen together ever again? I’m not saying Taylor is gay, but she’s def not straight either.
+1000
So much this! I completely see the same pattern. I think her relationships with these ladies were the inspiration for some of her more intense songs. Her relationships with guys have just seemed so…surface.
Emily ? Yeah I think she was Taylor’s first real girlfriend and rumour is she was fired because they were getting too close . She wrote Breathe about about her .
Not only her lips, but her eyes are very hooded and she hasn’t had surgery to “correct” that. I love that! (My eyes are hooded as well.) No idea who she is other than from this site, but she’s very pretty. I wouldn’t think “top model,” but things have changed significantly since I kept up with models in the 80’s.
I respect her for not messing with her face and body, at least not in any obvious ways & maybe not at all. And I regularly see photos of her with very little makeup, which I also appreciate.
She’s talking about friends she’s modelled with though . I’m sure she and Taylor are still “friends “ lol I believe in Kaylor after going down a tumblr rabbit hole.
And Taylor isn’t following anyone on Instagram so it’s not so odd.
I like Karlie a lot , she’s stunning and seems super smart and likeable.
Karlie still follows Taylor Swift on Instagram but Taylor doesn’t follow her back.
omg, they totally f*cked.
Taylor doesn’t follow anyone on Instagram.
I’m just here for the Kaylor truthering. I do actually believe that they were, at least at some point, sort-of together in some way. That has ended, and now the “friendship” has, as well.
Just my takeaway.
While she’s boring and less impressive, I think she did great high fashion print work in the past. Her face photographed beautifully for that type of work, but did not look out of place in commercial stuff. I liked how she used her body in photographs too. Still do.
It seems like the interviewer might of asked what other Victoria Secret models Karlie stays in touch with bc she only names models.
I don’t think she’s being coy. I think Tay-Tay pulled a Beyoncé, and had Karlie sign an NDA.
Good point and totally plausible. We’ll never hear anything from either of these two about their relationship, whatever it was.
That theory seems to be a stretch seeing as most of Taylor’s friends talk about her at length in interviews. Todrick Hall kisses so much ass it’s hard to believe he’s not paid by the word to push how great she is.
While I don’t think they’re friends anymore, she’s specifically talking about fellow models here.
I wish there was more proof out there that they were coupled up. All we have is a grainy kiss pic and flirty pics from their “friendship,” but nothing that makes it obvious. Maybe when Taylor gets older, she will stop caring about all the fans and come out of the closet. That would be refreshing compared to her goody goody image she’s crafted.
Christy Turlington was my absolute favorite; her fashion editorials remain iconic and her face stunning.
Honestly, I think she was talking about her early modeling days and the models she worked with who eventually became her close friends.
Considering she said “those that I’ve been in the trenches with” sounds like Karlie is specifying models as closest friends. Doesn’t necessarily mean she and Taylor aren’t. Although I doubt they are. They used to talk a lot about each other in interviews. I still get a chuckle that for Karlie’ s birthday Taylor posted a photo of Karlie in the background with her head down and Calvin Harris up close.
She did mention, her kindergarten friends, so it’s not only models she was talking about as friends.
I actually think she’s a really good runway model, carries herself with a lot of grace. I do think she looked more striking with the brown hair, though. The blonde makes her more generic looking.
I just looked at a bunch of pictures, and I do think she’s more striking as a brunette. I also don’t care for her brows in that top picture, in most pictures she has an awesome brow arch and an impressive come hither look.
*trawls through lots of relationship advice in the name of Celebitchy research*
Yup. There’s a consensus that staying in touch with your ex is unhealthy. 🤔
*tiptoes away*
I don’t think she’s pretty at all. Just personal opinion.
She only mentioned models, including Lily Aldridge who was part of the Tay Squad. I wonder if there was a falling out there too?