The supermodel, entrepreneur and mom opens up to PEOPLE about the advice she’d tell her younger self and teases her 2023 Met Gala plans
By Michelle Lee | Published on April 4, 2023 03:38 PM
Karlie Kloss is definitely a boss.
From commanding catwalks for over a decade to starting her own coding camp, Kode with Klossy, in 2015, the multi-hyphenate has accumulated some valuable advice, some of which she'd pass down to her younger self.
The mantra she wished she'd known when she first started out: "Don't sweat the small stuff."
"We all can be our own worst enemies. I can speak from my own experience as a perfectionist and an ambitious young woman," Kloss told PEOPLE at the 86th annual Fashion Scholarship Fund Gala in New York City on Monday.
The 30-year-old model, entrepreneur and mom — who hosted the organization's FSF Live ceremony — says there are "so many moments I can look back [on] and wish I would've just been more present in the moment," because her goal to perfection often hindered her from living in the now.
And, although Kloss has taken center stage in more ways than one, she admits that "imposter syndrome is something I can really relate to."
She recalls there were moments in her career during which she underestimated her own power, especially when she was younger.