Kaia Gerber’s Dad Was a Model, Too

Kaia Gerber’s Dad Was a Model, Too
“There’s a fourth member of the Gerber family,” said Ms. Gerber, who had emerged as one of the world’s
most in-demand celebrity models, ever since she made her runway debut in New York a few weeks earlier.
So they’ve been really hands-on parents.”
Ms. Crawford said that the name Kaia was inspired by a character in the 1988 fantasy film “Willow,” while Mr.
Gerber said she was named for “Kaya,” the title track of a 1978 Bob Marley album (and slang for marijuana).
A storm drenched the courtyard of the Hotel de Sully, a 17th-century mansion in the Marais district, just as Cindy Crawford; her 16-year-old daughter, Kaia Gerber;
and 18-year-old son, Presley Gerber, took the stage at a Paris fashion week party in September.
“She was dating Richard,” Mr. Gerber said, referring to Richard Gere, Ms. Crawford’s former husband.
“He’s like the coolest person in the world,” Ms. Gerber said about her father.
“He comes off as very laid-back and he is, but he’s also constantly thinking, and he notices ev-ery-thing,” said Ms. Crawford, 51.