Let’s just call it what it is: Cardi B is having her couture renaissance — and Paris is her personal runway-slash-rap-throne hybrid.
Between her chaotic couture tour and “Outside” climbing the charts like it’s training for the Olympics, the Bronx rap queen is making it very clear: this season belongs to her.
And she kicked it all off like only Cardi can — by pulling up to Schiaparelli on July 7 with a crow perched on her hand. Yes, a literal crow. Like some sort of fashion sorceress in full transformation mode. The sculptural gown? Haute. The symbolism? Heavy. The moment? Historically unbothered and borderline villain-coded. If her next album includes a track titled “Murder of Crows,” just know she warned us.
But because Cardi doesn’t do “one and done,” she slid into Balenciaga the next day like she hadn’t just served us a gothic prophecy 24 hours earlier. This time, it was lace, hair, volume, and pure Parisian drama — the kind of look that makes you want to whisper about it like you’re in the front row at Versailles. It wasn’t just a serve; it was a full-blown lecture in Couture 101. Pay attention, students.
And then came Rahul Mishra, where Cardi shut it down again in a red corseted gown from the Fall 2025 collection. Cinched, sculpted, and unapologetically femme-fatale — it was giving flamethrower energy in a room full of candles. She basically said: I don’t wear gowns. I weaponize them.
Just when you thought the drama had peaked, Ashi Studio rolled around and she flipped the script with an ethereal, almost bridal number that felt soft — but still Cardi. Think angelic, but with an attitude. Like, if a cloud had beef.
Finally, she wrapped it all up on July 9 at Maison Margiela, where she went incognito — well, Cardi-style incognito. A beret. Oversized door-knocker hoops. Trench. MM boots. It was giving detective noir, but make it fashion. A rare chill moment in a week full of chaos couture — but still dripping in brand ambassadorship, of course.
Moral of the story? While the rest of Paris tried to play it safe, Cardi showed up in full character mode — crow in one hand, corset in the other, and zero intentions of fading into the front row.
