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Heidi has achieved success as a designer her- self and is creating the children's clothing line Truly Scrumptious Clothing By Heidi Klum for Babies R Us, in addition to HKNB. Yet she says the designers on the show have a harder job than she does. "I don't have to sew," she says, "so the sky's the limit. I can say I want this fabric and I want this color and I have people who can execute it for me." But even she doesn't get to see all of her creative visions come to life. "I wanted to do pajamas with tails on the back because I love costumes. … But, I was told, 'No, you're not allowed to have a tail on the pajamas.'" Costumes are one of Heidi's favorite sub- jects, so it's not surprising that Halloween is her favorite holiday. She's currently planning what she'll be for her 15th annual Halloween party. " W hen I came to NYC," she says, "I was surprised there weren't any really great Halloween parties, and I decided, 'I'm go- ing to make that my night and I'm going to always set the bar really high and come with the craziest outfi ts.'" Her favorite costume was her most recent: the chic old lady that shocked people last year. She says the seed for it was planted because "Turning 40 last year, people were always talk- ing about, 'Oh, you're turning 40; how do you feel about turning 40?' It was every interview that I did: 'How do you feel when you look in the mirror and see wrinkles and the shelf life? Are you worried about getting older? What are you going to do about it?' It's always age, age, age and old, old, old, and I don't even feel that way; I really don't. I'm quite happy with myself getting older, but everyone around me is buzzing like little bees about getting older, so for me, this was, 'I'm going to show them old, what I'm going to look like when I'm really old.' All of a sudden it sparked in my head, and I called my friend Bill Corso, who did special eff ects for movies, and I told him I wanted to look like an old lady. I wanted varicose veins and the gray stuff around my eyes … every- thing. It was awesome." In reality, Heidi has a long time before she has to worry about age spots, if ever, because to the naked eye she still looks perfect at 41. "I'm not perfect. Nobody is perfect, but I think it 's ever y thing," she says. "I think it's happiness, moving your body, drinking water, sleeping and eating right. It 's a mix- ture of it all." came together quick ly for the supermodel. Over 13 years, she'd host the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show four times. She left the company in 2010 but said, "All good things have to come to an end. I will al- ways love Victoria and never tell her secret. It has been an abso- lute amazing time." Heidi can currently be found on the 13th sea son of P roject Runway on Lifetime. In 2013, she won an Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Rea lit y or Rea lit y- Competition Program. She refers to the show as one of her babies because she's the creator and executive producer. "I was trying to explain to people that, 'Hey, you haven't seen anything like this before; there's nothing about fashion on TV, and it's actually cool to show the creativity these people have, always having to come up with new things in a super-quick time, and I'm hardly giving them any money.'" W hile judg ing desig ners on the show, to look good the nex t day, so I was never partying." IN 1997, Heidi landed a coveted spot as a Victoria's Secret Angel, which she pointed out to Sports Illustrated to show the folks there that she was capable of doing something sexy. A few months later, she booked the SI cover. After that accomplishment, everything JENNIFER BIRN is a writer based in Los Angeles who last attended one of Heidi's Halloween parties dressed as a love bug. She's hoping to find something better this year. MODEL WOMAN: Heidi Klum gives direction on the set of Germany's Next Topmodel. A A .CO M/A M E R I C A NWAY O C TO B E R 2 01 4 7 1

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