Kaia Gerber Just Walked Her First NYFW Runway
Fashion world, brace yourself, for the time of Kaia Gerber has arrived: The teenage clone daughter of Cindy Crawford just walked her first NYFW runway.
And what a debut she made. Gerber booked one of the most talked-about shows of the first leg of Fashion Month: Raf Simons’ sophomore collection for Calvin Klein.
Shortly after the Spring 2018 runway wrapped, the model took to Instagram to share the news: “CALVIN KLEIN! there are no words to describe how I feel, I love you endlessly Raf!,” Gerber wrote.
Her big Fashion Week reveal was actually prematurely revealed by Karlie Kloss, when the 25-year-old model posted a picture of her and Gerber in white robes and slippers, presumably backstage preparing for a show, wishing her a happy first NYFW. (“This chicks gonna take her first #NYFW (and the ?) by storm ? luv ya @kaiagerber,” Kloss captioned it.) It was anticipated, if not expected, that Spring 2018 would be Gerber’s big season: She just turned 16—and we do mean just, as her birthday was a few days ago, on September 3—making her eligible to walk the runway in New York, per the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)’s guidelines. Plus, her mom might’ve spilled the beans to WWD last month.
Though Gerber is only now working the Fashion Month circuit, she’s been preparing for this moment—and making waves across the industry in other ways—for a while now. The 16-year-old, who is represented by IMG, was named Breakout Model of the year by Fashion Week Daily in 2016 for her editorial work and Marc Jacobs Beauty contract. (Oh, and the fact that she’s a spitting image of Cindy Crawford.)
Get used to that walk, folks, for this is probably the first of many Kaia sightings during the Spring 2018 season. She’s starred in campaigns for Marc Jacobs and Alexander Wang in the past, after all—who’s to say she won’t show up on their lineups, too?
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