When I met Aly Kima on a classic Soho street, it was up five flights of stairs to a sunny apartment she shares with a Belgian model. Her apartment could easily double for a sitcom set, complete with high ceilings, minimalist furniture, the steady hum of a Nespresso machine, and a chihuahua that continuously bites at my ankles. Aly is thoughtful, stylish, and a little unsure about her new bangs.
Aly Kima has grown into a model‑influencer whose signature vision fuses high‑fashion polish with global lifestyle wanderlust. With one foot in New York and another in Paris, she curates looks that feel equally runway‑sharp and intimately personal.
Aly grew up in the Bay Area, the daughter of a Japanese-American father in sales and a mother in pharmaceutical accounting. After several years at a consulting firm, she posted a TikTok—just a joke about being single. Overnight it went viral. She returned to work to find colleagues quoting her, and 12,000 strangers following her account. “I almost died of embarrassment,” she says. At first, the attention was male-heavy (since her post was about being single, most were eager to help rectify that situation). But now, her following is 90% women, something she’s proud of and worked hard to achieve as a full time content creator.
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- Aly’s home content blurs the line between fashion editorial and interior inspiration. From slow mornings in her bedroom to evenings styled in a statement dress, every shot cele- brates the artistry of living stylishly.
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- Vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR sleep set
She’s careful with her influence. Aly turns down partnerships that don’t feel right, and won’t promote products that don’t suit her. “It’s real work,” she says, though she admits the industry can be unstable.
After a recent breakup (made public, like much of her life) she fled New York for Paris, craving anonymity. Mornings were spent journaling in cafés, watching people pass. At an art opening at the Grand Palais, someone recognized her. They’re now dating.
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- Aly has modeled since she was young, runway gigs in Tahoe and retail shoots that didn’t always pay well. Now she puts that same energy into creating: scripting, film- ing, editing, curating. At night, she journals, still processing, still shaping her story in her own time.
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- Dress by HER SENSES
Aly’s modeled since she was young, runway gigs in Tahoe and retail shoots that didn’t always pay well. Now she puts that same energy into creating: scripting, filming, editing, curating. At night, she journals, still processing, still shaping her story in her own time.
A version of this article originally appeared in Sixtysix Issue 15.
