Kaia Gerber returns to model work after brother Presley Gerber’s tragic death

Kaia Gerber has returned to modelling more than a month after her older brother Presley Gerber died suddenly at a rehab facility in California.

The 25-year-old model’s world was turned upside down after her brother and “love of her life” passed away at age 27 on September 20.

After sharing a heartfelt tribute in October and taking time to grieve her family’s loss, Kaia returned to the fashion world this week as the star of JW Anderson’s campaign with Ugg.

In one photo, Kaia rocked a black one-shoulder dress with green Uggs as she posed on a patterned couch.

In another shot, she was pictured lying across a grey chair while dressed in a black lace dress and a leather jacket, this time showing off a pair of beige Uggs on her feet.

Kaia also sported blue jeans and a white singlet top alongside beige Uggs, and matched a pair of green Uggs with a denim jacket.

It is unclear if the photoshoot took place before or after Presley’s death.

Presley had been previously open about his struggles with addiction and poor mental health, and he checked into the rehab facility Resolutions Living on September 19 at about 10pm.

He was rushed to a hospital the next morning before he was declared dead.

The Santa Monica Police Department launched an investigation into his death as a suspected overdose, noting there were no immediate signs of foul play.

An autopsy was performed by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner; however, his official cause and manner of death were deferred pending toxicology and additional testing.

In her social media tribute, Kaia remembered Presley as her “ultimate teacher” as she expressed her regret that he had died first, after she had spent so many years following in his footsteps.

“Prez, I don’t have the words, and maybe the tiny mercy is that we didn’t need them all along,” she wrote.

“Words fail, and words subtract, and words summarise, and words always lack truth. And how naive of me to believe that language could transcend grief.

“I’ve read all of the books and I have none of the answers. My articulation is no match against this, the magnitude of losing you. I am, quite literally, down on my f..king knees.

“You know how much I loved being your sister. It has always been, and will forever be, my favourite thing about myself.

“I came into this world with a white-knuckle grip around you. I had more love for you than I knew what to do with. And now that it has nowhere obvious to go, I’m certain it’s going to swallow me whole.

“You were my ultimate teacher while you were here, and now I’m left wondering what I could possibly be taught in your absence, and I keep thinking about how, when we were little, I got scared before getting my ears pierced, so you went first. You always went first.

“But when I held the earring they took from your body, all I could think was: that belongs to you. And I really f..king wish you hadn’t gone first this time.

“To say loving you was the easiest thing in the world would imply that it required any effort at all. I was born loving you. I will die loving you.

“How to be your sister in a world that I can’t reach for you in. I don’t know how to do that yet.”

Kaia insisted she would “choose” to go through her grief again if it was the price she paid for their many years together.

“My darling brother, I do adore you. I love my brother. My brother is dead. And this party sucks so bad without you, Prez.”