A class also inherits slot specifiers from its superclasses, so the set of slots actually present in any object is the union of all the slots specified in a class's DEFCLASS form and those specified in all its superclasses. For instance, money-market-account will inherit slots and behaviors for dealing with checks from checking-account and slots and behaviors for computing interest from savings-account. This will save you time and money on transportation costs. Molly Sims, whom she considers a mentor, told New York she thinks Kloss is the type of model who will still "do well at 30" because of her classic look. Because behaviors are associated with a class by defining generic functions and methods specialized on the class, DEFCLASS is responsible only for defining the class as a data type. You'll use the class name as the argument to MAKE-INSTANCE, the function that creates new instances of user-defined classes. Thus, methods specialized on different classes could end up manipulating the same slot when applied to a class that extends those classes. The first balance is the name of the variable, and the second is the name of the accessor function; they don't have to be the same. One of her first modelling stints was for Abercrombie when she posed for the brand's photography shot by Bruce Weber.

Her runway walk, one of the most unique, is often described as powerful. She was named the best model by People magazine in 2008. Kloss, labeled her famed runway walk a "moody gait". She co-hosted with the revival of the MTV series House of Style with fellow model Joan Smalls. She was also the red carpet host of the 2013 MTV Movie Awards pre-show. Kloss worked with Victoria's Secret on their 2013 summer swimwear video. After four years of being represented by Next Model Management, Kloss is now signed with IMG Models. Kloss found herself in the middle of a legal dispute when her former agency Elite Model Management sued NEXT Model Management for allegedly stealing its young star by offering her "improper compensation" to sign. At the beginning of her career in 2006, Kloss posed for photographer David Leslie Anthony for a 12-page editorial and cover for Scene Magazine in Chicago. Elite felt they were responsible for launching her career and booked much work for her. Elite Chicago then forwarded these tear sheets to Elite NY, who then brought Kloss to New York.

In January 2008 she left Elite and signed with NEXT Model Management. Karlie Elizabeth Kloss (born August 3, 1992) is an American fashion model. The same year, she made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She also appeared in that year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She ended up walking 31 runways in New York Fashion Week notably, closing for Marc Jacobs, opening Carolina Herrera, and occupying both spots at Doo.Ri. She has walked for numerous designers in New York, London, Milan and Paris, 2 2 poker including Shiatzy Chen, Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Givenchy, Gucci, Valentino, Louis Vuitton and Versace, Elie Saab and appeared in editorials for American and Korean W, American Elle, Allure, i-D, French and Japanese Numéro, Vanity Fair, Dazed & Confused, and American, Australian, Italian, French, British, Korean, German, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese, Teen, and Latin American Vogue magazines. She has been in advertisements for Jean Paul Gaultier, Donna Karan, Nina Ricci, Chloé, Lacoste, Sportmax, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, Elie Saab, Dolce & Gabbana, Gap, Bally Shoe, Bergdorf Goodman, Pringle of Scotland, Dior, Hermes, Oscar de la Renta, Sonia Rykiel, Aquascutum, Topshop, Eryn Brinie, Uniqlo, Omnia Jade, Lord & Taylor, Barneys New York, American Eagle, and Victoria's Secret PINK.

She appeared in the campaign ads of Juicy Couture, Stefanel, Elie Saab, and Jean Paul Gaultier. Her covers include Italian Vogue in October 2009, January 2010, and December 2011, Vogue Turkey, Vogue Portugal, Vogue China in February, August, and November in 2010, British Vogue in September 2012, Vogue Korea and American Teen Vogue, alongside Chanel Iman and Ali Michael in February 2008 and by herself in May 2010. She has ventured into TV when she appeared in Season Four, Episode 1 of Gossip Girl as herself. Lim, James (January 4, 2011). "See the New Spring Campaigns for Dior, Prada, Versace, Gucci, and More". Kauafman, Sarah (February 15, 2011). "At 18, model Karlie Kloss conquers the runways at New York's Fashion Week". Banks, Tyra (February 2011). "Tyra Banks". In February 2011, supermodel Tyra Banks stated that Kloss was one of her favorite models because of her "unique, atypical beauty". Kloss is the face of the Marc Jacobs fragrance Lola.