It was about this time of year in 1988 that Anna Wintour would have been preparing her first cover as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue. More than two decades later, we can safely say that the breezily bold image of Israeli model Michaela Bercu anticipated the now-ubiquitous candor of street-style photography. At the time, however, it actually prompted the magazine’s printers to famously call up and ask, “Has there been a mistake?”

Ahead of today’s relaunch of Vogue.com, we couldn’t help but recognize the resemblance between Michaela and Gigi Hadid, the gorgeous Palestinian-American model, whom we shot at dawn to replicate Peter Lindbergh’s original image. Hadid, however, is not wearing the $10,000 Christian Lacroix jacket featured on the November cover 26 years ago, but rather a sweater collaboration by former CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists Dana Lorenz of Fenton/Fallon and Andrea Lieberman of A.L.C. What’s more, there is no printer to speak of.

One could say that the California-born-and-raised Hadid, discovered by Paul Marciano at just two years old, was destined for a Guess ad. At 5’10”, with bee-stung lips and sandy-blonde hair that has the beach virtues most can achieve only with Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray, Gigi is unencumbered by the physical and social awkwardness that usually attends teenage models. “Since the day I started, I’ve been very happy with my body,” Hadid says, after ten hours of shooting. “And I never felt the need to change for the industry; [her agents at] IMG know I don’t want to be two pounds soaking wet.” In the six short months since she was featured in _Sports Illustrated’_s annual swimsuit issue (during which she has continued her studies in criminal psychology at The New School), Hadid has skyrocketed to bombshell status, and appears poised to be the Elle Macpherson of the Instagram age. At only nineteen years old, she’s ready for a second chapter.

Having been anointed by no less an icon than Tom Ford—she is featured in ads for his current collection, eyewear (opposite fellow Angeleno Patrick Schwarzenegger), and fragrance, Velvet Orchid—Hadid is all of a sudden a high-fashion model. Confirming her rise is model-maker Steven Meisel, who cast Hadid in the 2015 edition of his Pirelli Calendar. With the runway shows of the international fashion weeks around the corner, Gigi seems to be an It-girl in waiting, the model-of-the-moment to-be.