Kaia Gerber wears Givenchy on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar US [IG] February 2026, styled by Carlos Nazario in Artifact.New York [vintage], Givenchy red dress, Helmut Lang, Loewe, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Versace, Victoria Beckham, YSL and more. Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG] captures Kaia, who is interviewed by Durga Chew-Bose. / Hair by Lucas Wilson; makeup by Aaron de Mey

Note that this is Carlos Nazario’s final issue as Style Director at Large of Harper’s Bazaar US. Nazario returns to Vogue US, working with Chloe Malle as Style Director at Large.

For Kaia, A Privileged Life Is an Artistic Life

Kaia Gerber has never hesitated to admit her privileged upbringing, anchored in a robust, loving and supportive family life. How many grown young women with Kaia’s level of accomplishment call their mothers their best friend?

Kaia has always described privilege in a more intellectual way — a childhood where ideas, books, and culture were embedded in daily life. As a young woman, I thrived at dinners at a friend’s house, where the sharing of ideas and individual perspectives were embedded in discussions at the dinner table. Decades later, those warm, family dinners continue to make impact on me as ‘ideal’ moments.

On Cindy Crawford’s Parenting Style

In her Bazaar interview, Kaia sheds more light on her mother’s parental style:

“She doesn’t give out advice unless you ask. But if you ask, get ready, because she’ll be very honest in ways that, sometimes, it’s hard to hear,” says Gerber. “She’s usually right, which is infuriating, but she’s also very willing to let me make a mistake that she made 30 years ago.”

On Being an Old Soul

Moving away from family to her own professional life, Kaia Gerber knows that people underestimate her.

“I don’t think people realize that she’s in on the joke,” says Alyssa Reeder, Gerber’s partner in their book club Library Science, officially launched in March 2024. “She knows very well — as maybe a lot of young women do — that allowing people to underestimate you can be very powerful.”

Reeder reminds us that young women comfortable with being underestimated are most often ‘old souls’.

On Being a Muse to Creators

What didn’t AOC know about Kaia Gerber? She was only 10 years old when Donatella Versace chose her to launch Versace’s first childrenswear campaign, lensed by Mert & Marcus. it may be written here, when Kaia

We do know about Kaia Gerber is being a muse in 2026 to Givenchy’s Sarah Burton.

“I’m quite happy to be a vessel. It’s not lost on me that part of my job is just being what people want me to be and being a canvas or mirror for people to reflect their own ideas onto,” says Gerber. “Sometimes it’s easier to know that the projection that you are making of yourself onto the world isn’t the entire you.”

On Her Tendency to Romanticize, Including in Relationships

“I would say I romanticize,” she says. “I don’t know if I’m romantic. I’m a daydreamer. I play out every scenario in my head. I can kind of convince myself that someone is anything that I want, even if they do everything to prove that they’re not. My imagination is really strong, and it’s been such a gift in my work. Not always a gift in relationships.”