Imodeli uGigi Hadid nomthwebuli wezithombe Mert Maye (uhhafu ka-Mert no-Marcus) benza i-denim duo kukhava ye-Spring 2017 ye-Daily Front Row. Maye uthwebule isithombe esimnyama nesimhlophe lapho bobabili benyakazisa amateki amhlophe namajini acindezelekile. Ngaphakathi kwephephabhuku, u-Gigi ubukisa ngesikhumba esibucayi esembozweni esiklanywe ngaso UHaley Wollens . Imodeli ikhombisa okhiye bayo begolide abadumile ngamagagasi angcolile kodwa ahehayo anokubukeka kwezimonyo ezikhazimulayo.
Engxoxweni yakhe, uGigi ukhuluma ngokusebenza noMert. Ngaphambilini basebenze ndawonye emkhankasweni we-DSquared2 kanye nesithombe seVogue Paris. “Ngizizwa ngizethemba kuyo yonke isekhondi yokusebenza naye. UMert uyazi, ikakhulukazi, ukuthi yini eyenza izikhonzi zakhe zizizwe ziheha. Uyakwazi ukwenza umuntu azizwe ekhululekile futhi e-sexy ngesikhathi esifanayo. Izikhathi eziningi, uba nombono ohluke kakhulu wokuthi ubukeka kanjani umuhle kumthwebuli wezithombe okushuthayo. NginoMert, uhlale eveza isithombe sombono wami wokuthi ngibukeka kanjani ngimuhle.”