Liam Kelly

Liam Kelly is an American model from Philadelphia whose introduction to fashion began with Calvin Klein under Raf Simons. Before modeling, he worked early shifts in a Budweiser warehouse. An Instagram introduction through a photographer led him to meet his Belgian mother agent in New York in February 2018, followed the next day by a Calvin Klein casting.

Recounting those beginnings to American Studies, Liam remembered walking up to the casting table and shaking everyone’s hand. Months of fittings for Calvin Klein 205W39NYC followed. His interest in the job grew through watching designers work and discovering what a photograph could reveal beyond his everyday identity. “I like to see pictures and really appreciate the whole team effort,” he said. He described the best shoots as conversations, with photographer and model responding to each other’s ideas.

By 2018, Liam was appearing in Vogue Hommes Paris, photographed by Marton Perlaki. His runway career developed through houses including Fendi and Tom Ford. Giorgio Armani became a recurring advertising client, from the fall 2024 campaign photographed by Carlijn Jacobs to Oliver Hadlee Pearch’s fall 2026 images. The sustained association places him within one of menswear’s most recognizable photographic traditions.

Writing supplies another part of his background. Speaking to VMAN in 2020, Liam revealed that he had been a national finalist in poetry for the Scholastic Writing Awards during two years of high school. “I don’t think I come off as a writer, I’m extremely goofy,” he said. That combination of literary interests and an outgoing manner offers a more personal portrait of the man behind the fashion photographs.