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"The first time I interviewed Karlie Kloss, she was fifteen and embarking on her debut season of fashion shows. She met me at a caf\u00E9 in Paris with her uncle/chaperone Keith, and we talked about her whirlwind over hot chocolate. Karlie's dream then was to one day own an apartment in Paris with a terrace overlooking the city. Fast-forward five years: I'm sitting with Karlie, her three sisters (Kristine, 23, and twins Kariann and Kimberly, seventeen), and their mom in a restaurant in the middle of Times Square. She now graces the covers of multiple international Vogues on any given month, is the new cohost (with fellow model Joan Smalls) of MTV's relaunched House of Style, and, at 20 years old, is purchasing her first home. It's not in Paris, but it is a townhouse and it's on one of the most charming blocks in Manhattan's West Village.\n\n\"I never really moved into my last apartment,\" she says, referring to the one-bedroom New York City rental she secured as a sort of crash pad in her early modeling days. \"I remember my mom and sister and I basically went to a big warehouse store and we were like, 'OK, we'll take this couch, that bed, those lights...' and we put it all in an eighteen-wheeler. This time around, I want to decorate and do it right. I'm excited to make this place a real home.\"\n\nFamily and home have always been at the center of Karlie's world. In fact, the Klosses relocated from St. Louis, Missouri, to Goshen, New York, last year to be closer to Karlie. Their compound in Goshen\u2014 complete with five dogs, three cats, a rabbit, and a horse (\"We're just missing chickens,\" Karlie jokes)\u2014is ground zero for days by the pool, game and movie nights, and family feasts. \"We have this big kitchen where everyone congregates,\" says Karlie. \"My mom is an amazing cook, and I like to bake.\"\n\nKarlie is the middle child. Her older sister, Kristine, recently graduated from college (during which time she interned at Teen Vogue) and is now helping her supermodel sister with brand extension projects. Kariann and Kimberly (KK and Kimby for short) are in their senior year of high school. Kariann is a horseback rider and lacrosse player (\"She's the star goalie,\" says proud sis Karlie. \"She's in the newspaper all the time!\"); Kimby plays softball and has a thing for leopard-print anything. They are currently planning college visits and, like most seventeen-year-olds, still figuring out what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Kariann may want to be a vet (she has plenty of animals to practice on!). Kimby isn't sure yet. As far as families go, the Klosses are as all-American as it gets\u2014with one great exception: One of them is a world-famous model.\n\nThe sisters admit it took some time to adjust to Karlie's new life. \"I think it was hard for all of us because we're very close,\" explains Kariann. \"We missed each other when she would travel for jobs.\" Of course, it also opened up a new world to them. \"I've seen some of the places that you learn about in school,\" says Kimby. \"The South of France was really fun.\" Karlie nods. \"That was for a Chanel show!\" she says. \"I didn't want to go alone, so I was like, 'Kimberly, I'm kidnapping you. We're going to Saint Tropez. I had to sneak her in. They were like, 'No boyfriends, no sisters, no one.' Kimberly was hiding in my hotel room, like, 'Is the coast clear? OK, let's go to the pool.' \"\n\nKarlie credits her family with helping to make her career possible. \"I feel very lucky,\" she says. \"I have an amazing support system. You guys are my secret weapons.\" She adds: \"We're all different. We each have our own strengths.\"\n\nHow does Papa Kloss handle being the only man in the family? \"There's lots of drama\u2014he's learned to deal with it,\" says Karlie, laughing. \"But he's spoiled. He's surrounded by beautiful women!\"\n\n\"I wonder who will get married first,\" says Kristine. \"Let me finish school first!\" interjects Kariann. I ask Karlie if she wants a big family of her own one day. \"That's something I've always wanted. I don't know about you guys,\" she says, looking around at her sisters, \"but I just love the feeling of coming home. There's always something going on, someone cooking, someone running after a dog.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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