Superior Smizers: Karlie Kloss

Modeling is a tricky business. Like a lot of professions in the fashion industry, it's primarily dominated by non-Americans. It's always a nice surprise to find out that one of my favorite models is American. The sensation is similar to that of finding a plastic light-up Indiana Jones spoon in your Honey Nut Cheerios box. Glad we're on the same page now. A time when I experienced this particular, well, experience was when I discovered that Karlie Kloss was from Chicago, Illinois, reppin' da USA! I'm really not a patriotic person at all, but it's comforting to know that there is a place in the fashion elite for people from this country. Another huge shocker? Karlie was born on August 3rd of 1992, making her nineteen years old. She's not even a legal adult yet and she's walked, let alone opened and closed, doors some of the biggest shows the global runways house: Calvin Klein, Chanel, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Zac Posen, Marc Jacobs, Christian Dior, and has even walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Some small town girl that grew up in St. Louis, Missouri is now ranked 3rd on models.com's list of the top 50 female models. This shiz is the real deal.

Karlie officially began her modeling career in 2007 when she signed with Elite Model Management after participating in a charity fashion show in St. Louis two years prior at age thirteen. In 2008, she left Elite and signed with NEXT Model Management and that year walked sixty-four shows in one season collectively at all four major fashion weeks (New York, Milan, London, Paris). That year, she was only sixteen years old. OH. MY. GOD. From therein, her career exploded (figuratively). Since then, she's been in advertisements for Donna Karan, Chloé, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Gap, Dior, Hermès, Oscar de la Renta, Topshop, Barneys New York, and Marc Jacobs as the face of the brand's fragrance Lola. That's not even all of them, I just didn't want to bore you to sleep. Karlie has been either inside or on the cover of every major magazine you can think of, in issues published in countries all over the world. This girl has it made.

What's so great about this Karlie Kloss chick, anyway? you may mutter aggressively under your breath. According to basically everyone, she's known for her powerful and graceful runway strut as well as her unique yet classic look. Karlie has described her walk as a "moody gait," and attributes it to her training in ballet. People magazine named her the best model of the year in 2008 and Tyra Banks has praised her on Twitter. I guess if the original smizer herself tweets about you, that's the be-all-and-end-all of your modeling career. Apparently, Karlie is fo' real. Also, she's BFFs with mah homeboii Derek Blasberg, so she's chill.

Photos via tumblr.com, style.com, and harpersbazaar.com. 

She's like a little cat! I just want to have a sleepover with her, don't you?

The smize. See the smize.

This is a prime example of the klassik Karlie pout. 

Okay, not only is she a babe when other people dress her, she's even more of a babe when she dresses herself. This is the sign of true fashion immersion. 

Salut, Karlie! That was a pun because she's saluting the camera but that word also means "hi" in French, and this photo was taken in the Tuileries in Paris. 

Here, Karlie has put on her I'm-trying-to-seduce-you-with-my-eyes face. It's working.

Don't feel too bad, she likes baking cookies and biking, just like you and me! She's a human maybe! Even if she is six feet tall! Whatever, man, I like being 5'3"-ish. ...I mean, it's okay. It's mediocre.

Happy Bastille Day to all mah Frenchies out there! For those of you who didn't see this on my blog's Facebook page earlier today, here's something to brighten your evening a bit: Joseph Gordon-Levitt singing Jacques Brel's "La Valse A Mille Temps," aka one of my favorite French songs since I was a wee lass of seven. Enjoy his beautiful face, gorgeous voice, and charming demeanor and then go watch "(500) Days of Summer." You can thank me later.

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