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Kaia Gerber loves a timeless black dress. From sheer slips to long gowns to two-piece sets, she’s spent her summer in the classics, as she’s traveled from London to Los Angeles to promote Ryan Murphy’s ’80s thriller-drama series, The Shards. Now in New York City, Gerber and her fellow costars traded the prep school halls for the stands, showing up at the 2026 US Open’s “Roger Federer: An Icon Returns to New York” event, an exhibition match honoring the tennis champion. And for the occasion, the model-turned-actor wore one of her signature all-black looks.
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Gerber’s latest dress, courtesy of NYC-based Ukrainian designer Yana Matkivski, pulled inspiration from vintage bathing suits, reflecting the swimwear’s silhouette in the dress’ shallow V neckline and low scoop back. Known as the Donna, it was cut with an inverted basque-waist detail for an extra skintight fit, and reached just beyond the wearer’s legs with a midi-length pencil skirt.
As for the rest of her game-day fit, the Cindy Crawford mini-me kept things monochrome with thick black shades and matching open-toe mules, and added a bit of gold with her little watch. But even the queen of classics couldn’t resist the animal-print temptation, and for a pop of pattern, she brought along her tiger-print Fendi Baguette.
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Gerber attended the exhibition match with The Shards costars Owen Painter and Homer Gere. The latter, whose father, Richard Gere, was famously married to Crawford back in the ’90s, wore a black blazer over a white dress shirt, unbuttoned partway for an effortless feel.