Karlie Kloss to Next? Riley Keough to Elite!

Jan 23, 2008 @ 9:56am

Karlie Kloss in Teen Vogue We hear from a model agent that Karlie Kloss is making the move from Elite to Next, effective pretty much immediately.


"They offered her family a lot of money to switch," says the source, "And they couldn't turn it down."

Next represents some incredible talent (Petra Nemcova, Anja Rubik, Catherine McNeil, Joy Bryant), and adding Karlie to their stable will undoubtedly make their women's board even stronger.

But Elite's recently gained a reputation for nurturing new talent, with Coco Rocha skyrocketing from nowhere under the tutelage of her Elite managers, Ali Stephens booking the new Chloe campaign, and Darla Baker morphing into indie fashion's go-to poster girl.

We love Next; we love Elite; we love Karlie; we can't wait for Fashion Week.

But we're also smitten with this extra bit of news:

Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, former face of Dior, and now-legal bombshell, is at Elite's New York agency... and what's more, she's in their show package.

Riley on the runways for Fashion Week?! It's too good...

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posted by Kdanv42

Jan 23, 2008 10:23AM

Love Karlie. And she's American! Added bonus.

But seriously people.. where are the ANTM girls?!

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posted by guest

Jan 23, 2008 11:18AM

riley was at IMG for a long time, but she hasn't done any runway shows since Spring/Summer 05. somehow i doubt moving to Elite will suddenly land her a lot of show bookings.

i would have expected karlie to have moved to Women or DNA or even One, but so far Elite has done a great job at managing her. it's also pretty abrupt, so karlie's in both Next and Elite's show packages.

posted by alicelancaster

Jan 23, 2008 12:05PM

karlie is gorgeous. i was in a small fashion show with her a couple years ago when she was only 13. i knew then that she was going to be bigggg.

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posted by guest

Jan 23, 2008 7:12PM

Karlie has been in Teen Vogue alot lately, and i can see why, she's just gorgeous!

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posted by guest

Feb 01, 2008 10:35AM

Karlie did not change agencies due to financial offers. Money had nothing to do with the situation. I am a reliable source since I am Karlies sister

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posted by guest

Feb 06, 2008 4:15PM

Nevertheless, the switch has obviously done her well. She's closed Marc by Marc Jacobs and the pictures of her from the Rodarte show were stunning.

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posted by guest

Apr 19, 2008 10:46AM

I heard from a fellow model, $200,000 is what they offered her over at NEXT

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posted by guest

May 14, 2008 11:44AM

I fucking leave for 200,000 dollars also....she is so talented...she will make it wherever she goes. =)

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