“We were just like, ‘You. A few days later that same group went to dinner at Ralph Lauren’s restaurant, the Polo Bar, in midtown.
But we’re also just normal 20-something girls, and I think you have to have people that you can be that with.
On Swift: Valentino foulard-print crepe-de-Chine silk dress. And later Karlie and Taylor shared some adorable getting-ready-together moments. “We were just like, ‘You. “You look like Catwoman!” Kloss says they’re custom-made, but she can hook Swift up with a pair. Swift click-clacks through her kitchen to her living room in black stiletto Louboutins, plops down on a burnt-orange velvet sofa, wiggles into a slouch, and props those heels up on a tufted brown-leather ottoman.
On Swift: David Yurman heart-pendant necklace.Model Lily Aldridge introduced the two. Read all about their friendship, and more!
“OK,” says Swift, “drink a Frappuccino and you might be able to stay awake long enough to see me.”Looking back on what’s been both a tumultuous and momentous time in her life, Swift says she and her family “had a lot of moments where we would look at each other and say, ‘Wow—I can’t believe people got it.’ You only hope for things like this.” She’s been trying to take it all as it comes. We’re all in different jobs, but we’ve become strong friends who are there for each other—a sisterhood of girls, a support team. “I’ve felt more unapologetic about who I am and what I stand for.” On Swift: Alberta Ferretti tan crocheted suede dress. You know, real friends are hard to find—and Taylor’s a real friend.
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 23: Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift attend the 2014 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. It’s a kind of high school do-over in which she can join whatever clique she wants—or decide to abolish cliques altogether.
!” grins—two friends on top of the world.“Black tights, hair done the same way,” says Swift. Now she makes them professionally—Karlie’s Kookies raises money for charities like FEED, Hurricane Sandy relief, and the CFDA. As a teen she made them from scratch.
Since she’s been out West, though, she’s been doing what she can to catch up with friends, including “a lot of cooking nights,” hiking with Lorde, and wandering around Catalina Island eating ice cream with her girlfriends and her dad. “I go on really late,” Swift warns her. “I have lots of issues from school,” she says.
“We just turned it into a girls’ night,” Swift says over the phone.Kloss notices the dress, too.
“I spent the summers going down to the Jersey Shore,” says Swift and poses for four apparently blurry selfies before gently taking the phone from the girl’s hand. “I’m incredibly ambitious and have lots of goals within my career that I’m not slowing down on anytime soon.”“Still do,” says Kloss. She brings us cookies every time we do a shoot.’ ”She’s also practically bursting to tell me some big news: She’s been accepted to NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. On Swift: Michael Kors sky-blue poplin shirt and daffodil-embroidered tulle skirt.
Your dad is a shareholder and was notified and Borchetta personally told you before this came out. The tongue-in-cheek “Blank Space” video shows her stabbing a heart-shaped cake with a butcher’s knife, setting a boyfriend’s clothes on fire, and taking a golf club to his gorgeous silver sports car.
“I remember makeup artists and hair people going, ‘God, she and Karlie would be best friends.’ ” On Kloss: Bottega Veneta peach-and-yellow gingham cardigan and matching dress.