Cardi B is having a good fashion month. The 25-year-old rapper is currently show-hopping in Paris, attending the Mugler show on Wednesday in an all-black look from the fashion house. On Tuesday night, she was busy performing during the show for lingerie brand Etam, wearing a feathered lavender suit by Christian Cowan. This comes a few weeks after after she sat front row at shows like Jeremy Scott and Tom Ford, and became the talk of the week when she threw a shoe at Nicki Minaj during the Harper’s Bazaar Icons Party (while still looking glamorous in a red Dolce & Gabbana gown).
This isn’t Cardi’s first time hanging around the fashion set, but it is the first season where she is the undoubtable star. Last fall, after her song “Bodak Yellow” became a ubiquitous presence on radio and beyond, Cardi was a fixture at some New York Fashion Week shows, including Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma, Christian Siriano, and The Blonds. Since then, she’s given birth to her first child, become a married woman, snagged two Grammy nominations, and had her own Tom Ford lipstick named after her. In a time when Fashion Week is routinely declared to be “dead” and unable to land celebrity attendees, Cardi is thriving and reaping all the attention that in past decades might have been spread among other top-tier attendees.
After New York Fashion Week wrapped, Cardi flew to Milan to sit front row at Dolce & Gabbana, wearing a coat and boots from the house along with a pair of fuzzy leopard print “D.G.” glasses. Then she was off to Paris, where she’s currently busy serving over-the-top looks including a multicolored gown by Michael Costello with a matching flat-brimmed hat.
After her spat with Minaj during the Harper’s Bazaar party, some on social media were quick to criticize the newest fashion darling, declaring her “over” right as she was getting started. In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, she addressed the issue in true Cardi fashion.
“Why can’t y’all just stop making rumors that trying to make me look like I’m just over and everything?” she said. “When my time is over, y’all will see when my time is over. My numbers will be going down, I’m not going to be on the charts, people will stop fucking with me. You’ll see. God’s saying it’s not my time yet so just relax, enjoy the show, and worry about your life.”
Based on her current Fashion Week schedule, we’re inclined to think she’s right.
