Photographers like Rudy Hoffman, Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Paolo Reversi, Cliff Watts and Mondino continue to be drawn to the versatility of Chris Kramer's interchangeably good-boy/bad-boy looks.

As to shows, his lean 6'1" frame has walked the walk for most of the major designers in at least one of the four fashion capitals, and at just twenty-one years of age he already has highly successful and visible campaigns under his belt for Armani Jeans, Polo Jeans, Versus, Gianfranco Ferrare, Alberto Gordiani and Roberto Cavali.

First signed by Next Models, he is with Jason Kanner now at Metro Men, highly regarded as one of the top five men's agencies in New York. We sat down with Chris just before Christmas to talk about his career.

"I think ModelSwim is going to be really good for helping new guys get into modeling, and getting people more interested in male models again," he offers as we look through the website at ModelSwim's office. "There's so much media catering to the girls and they become celebrities and there's not much catering to the men at all, so this will be great for the guys."

Do you think the industry is changing for men?

"I think it was a little bit better for men before. There are so many jobs for the girls that they're able to create this very high profile from which they almost can't fall. But from around the time I started four year's ago there's been this huge craving for new guys and they just keep coming and going one after the other. Unless you're like Scott Barnhill, he's the exception in recent years who's been able to do everything. And the stars from the male supermodel era like Mark Vanderloo and Marcus Schenkenberg, they just keep working from the amazing profiles they've built up during a time of real male supermodels."