Umzekelo uGigi Hadid kunye nomfoti Mert Alas (isiqingatha esinye seMert & Marcus) yenza i-denim duo kwi-Spring 2017 cover of The Daily Front Row. Yeha, wathatha umfanekiso omnyama nomhlophe apho bobabini bagibisela iitees ezimhlophe kunye neejini ezicinezelekileyo. Ngaphakathi kwimagazini, uGigi ubonisa ulusu olunzulu kuqweqwe lwenkangeleko eyenziwe ngalo Haley Wollens . Imodeli ibonisa izitshixo zakhe ezidumileyo zegolide kumaza amdaka kodwa anomtsalane anenkangeleko yokuhombisa eqaqambileyo.
Kudliwano-ndlebe lwakhe, uGigi uthetha ngokusebenza noMert. Ngaphambili basebenze kunye kwiphulo le-DSquared2 kunye nokudubula kweVogue Paris. “Ndiziva ndiqinisekile ngomzuzwana ngamnye wokusebenza naye. UMert uyazi, ngokukodwa, ukuba yintoni eyenza abantu bakhe bazive benomtsalane. Uyayazi indlela yokwenza umntu azive ekhululekile kwaye enomtsalane ngaxeshanye. Amaxesha amaninzi, unombono owahluke kakhulu wendlela obukeka umhle ngayo kumfoti okufotayo. Ndikunye noMert, uhlala ebeka umfanekiso wombono wam wendlela endijonga ngayo.