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Kaia Gerber, Still Underage at 17, Tapped by Jimmy Choo for Sexy Shoe Campaign

Keith GirardJanuary 11, 2019

Kaia Gerber still can’t vote in any state and could send a man to jail for 20-years-to-life for having sex in most others, because she’s only 17. But that hasn’t stopped Jimmy Choo from tapping her to show off its sexy new campaign....

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Kaia Gerber, 16, Falls Into Karl Lagerfeld’s Clutches; Jail Bait Fashion Ensues (Photos!)

Keith GirardSeptember 2, 2018

Kaia Gerber teams up with Karl Lagerfeld to launch a fashion collaboration that’s supposed to reflect the designer’s “Parisian aesthetic and the model’s Los Angeles upbringing.” But the clothes are anything but child’s play for the 16-year-old....

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Cindy Crawford Daughter Kaia Raises New Red Flags About Underage Models

Keith GirardAugust 11, 2016

Kaia Gerber, the daughter of former supermodel Cindy Crawford, is still hot and heavy into her modeling career after first raising red flags at the tender age of 10 about underage girls who model clothes for adult fashion brands. Last year, as a 13-year-old, she signed with IMG Models, which reps such superstars as Karlie Kloss, Alessandra Ambrosio, Gigi Hadid and Georgia May Jagger....

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Marc Jacobs Slammed for Using Underage Models at Fashion Week

Samantha ChangFebruary 16, 2012

Fashion designer Marc Jacobs is being slammed after flouting fashion industry recommendations against using models under the age of 16. Jacobs, 48, sent two 14-year-old models down the catwalk at his fall 2012 runway show during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 13....

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Ondria Hardin, 14, Ford Flout NY Fashion Week Age Ban (photos)

Keith GirardFebruary 10, 2012

Ondria Hardin, 14 has become the first model to flout the leading fashion industry trade organization’s call for a ban on underage models at New York Fashion Week. Her agency, the elite Ford Models has signed off on the move. It comes little more than a week after Diane von Furstenberg, president of The Council of Fashion Designers of America, called on designers to prevent girls under age 16 from working the Fashion Week catwalks. She’s ordered all members to demand proof of age....

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Hailee Steinfeld Prada Fashion Ad Banned in Britain (see it)

Keith GirardNovember 23, 2011

Halie Steinfeld, the 14-year-old star of 2010 film "True Grit" has found herself in the middle of another gritty situation. A fashion ad featuring her has been banned in Britain. At least its not because she was over-sexualized....

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