His Final Instagram Post
Presley continued modeling in the years that followed. His final Instagram post, shared on August 5, showed him modeling for sportswear brand Vuori Clothing.
Full-length shot of Presley Gerber in an all-black ensemble, looking directly at the camera with a calm expression in his final Instagram post. | Source: Instagram/presleygerber
At the time, the post was simply promotional. But following the shocking news of Presley’s death, its comment section took on an entirely different tone as followers began leaving condolences and tributes beneath the image.
Standing casually on the lush garden lawn, Presley Gerber adjusts his outfit in a frame from his final social media upload. | Source: Instagram/presleygerber
Presley had followed his famous mother into the modeling world, as did his younger sister. Yet his connection to Cindy stretched back to a moment that made headlines long before either of her children would ever step into the fashion industry themselves.
Presley Gerber looks down with a warm, genuine smile in a candid moment captured during his last post before his tragic passing. | Source: Instagram/presleygerber
Cindy Became a Mother With Presley’s Birth
Presley Walker Gerber was Cindy and Rande’s first child and their only son. He was born in the Los Angeles area in July 1999, a little more than a year after his parents married in May 1998.
Cindy Crawford carries a baby Presley Gerber at the Take a Hike fundraiser in Malibu in 1999, beaming as she holds him close in a front carrier. Presley, dressed in a floppy white sun hat and matching outfit, yawns softly as he grips his bottle — a quiet reminder of just how tiny and angelic he once was before growing up under the glare of fame. | Source: Getty Images
The newborn Presley weighed eight pounds, four ounces. A spokeswoman said at the time that Cindy and her baby were in “great shape” and that his delighted parents were “over the moon.”
Cindy Crawford carries a toddler Presley Gerber through midtown Manhattan on October 27, 2000, during a casual city stroll. With his white-blonde hair, tiny trainers, and flannel shirt, Presley clutches a green sippy cup as Crawford walks by his side — a candid glimpse of early motherhood set against the backdrop of busy New York life. | Source: Getty Images
It was the beginning of Cindy’s life as a mother — and the arrival of the little boy who would remain an unmistakably special part of her life for 27 years.
Posing in side profile near a garden Buddha statue, a 27-year-old Presley Gerber gazes into the distance in his final carousel upload. | Source: Instagram/presleygerber
