The Little Red Dress Moment We’ve Been Waiting For: Kaia Gerber in Sarah Burton’s Givenchy
There are fashion moments, and then there are fashion moments—the kind that make you immediately question every sartorial decision you’ve made this season. Kaia Gerber delivered precisely that on November 6 at the 2025 Women in Film Honors, stepping onto the Beverly Hills red carpet in a scarlet Givenchy confection that announced, quite definitively, that little red dress season has officially commenced.
Gerber—who remains her mother Cindy Crawford’s uncanny doppelganger, from her bone structure to her voluminous brunette locks—wore her hair swept into a subtle side-parted bouffant, channeling the 1960s glamour of her Palm Royale character. The timing couldn’t be more perfect: Apple TV+’s deliciously decadent period drama returns next week for its sophomore season, and Gerber’s retro-inspired coiffure served as the most elegant preview imaginable.
But let’s discuss the dress, shall we? Stylist Nancy Koté selected Gerber’s sixth Givenchy ensemble of the year, plucked directly from creative director Sarah Burton’s Fall 2025 collection. This wasn’t merely another red carpet appearance—this was a masterclass in restrained opulence. The mini dress featured a high square neckline, impossibly delicate spaghetti straps, and a thigh-grazing hemline that walked the exquisite line between sophisticated and provocative.
Dart detailing cascaded down the bodice, creating architectural interest against the dress’s sleek satin exterior—a textile that embraced Gerber’s silhouette with the precision of couture tailoring. Those familiar with Gerber’s Givenchy romance (her custom lace moment at the Academy Museum Gala remains seared into our collective memory) recognize this signature fit. For those sufficiently smitten and sufficiently solvent, Burton’s creation awaits at $2,750.
Gerber adheres to an unspoken rule when wearing Givenchy: less is exponentially more. Her sole concession to jewelry? Whisper-thin yellow gold hoop earrings that barely emerged from beneath her glossy bob. No necklace, no bracelets, no distracting embellishments—just Christian Louboutin’s Miss Z pumps, those coveted patent red-bottoms named for Zendaya herself. The effect was clean, modern, and devastatingly chic.
The evening held particular significance beyond fashion: Gerber presented her Palm Royale co-star Kristen Wiig with the Icon Award at The Beverly Hilton, a full-circle moment for the young supermodel who continues building her own legendary trajectory while honoring those who paved the way.
Speaking of legacy, Crawford told Teen Vogue in 2016 that her daughter possessed “so much more confidence than I was,” adding prophetically, “You have a sense of what feels right for you.” Nearly a decade later, that instinct remains Gerber’s greatest accessory. Yet even Gerber herself didn’t fully comprehend her mother’s cultural impact until watching 2023’s The Super Models docuseries. “I was starstruck in front of her after,” she confessed to The Wall Street Journal in 2024.
As Selena Gomez ignited the LRD trend in September and Dakota Johnson fanned its flames in Valentino’s Cruise 2026 campaign, Gerber has now issued the definitive decree: little red dresses aren’t merely encouraged for holiday season—they’re mandatory. Consider this your sartorial marching orders, darlings.
