Little Karlie Kloss looks way beyond her seventeen years in this latest advertising campaign released by Christian Dior. Whether someone from the designer label looked at this up-and-coming model and saw a resemblance between her and Lauren Bacall or simply had that inspiration in mind for the photo shoot, Karlie is definitely channeling the silver screen star's classic look.

In fact, the similarity is a little startling to me. In this new spring/summer 2010 campaign for Dior, the model really nails the look and attitude of Lauren Bacall's glamorous and very recognizable style from 1940s film-noir movies like The Big Sleep or Dark Passage.

Dior's take on the actress' signature look is obviously quite a bit more modern but nonetheless classic and sophisticated. It's somewhat strange and uncommon to use those types of adjectives when discussing a teenager, but Karlie really pulls it off with this one. 

Leave it to famed fashion photographer Steven Meisel to bring out the best in a shoot and hit a home-run for Dior. Of course, the Detective Briefcase Bag in python doesn't hurt either.

[Source: NY Mag]

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