Cardi B dazzled on the 2023 Met Gala on Monday night time, descending on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in three separate seems — together with in a black-and-white ensemble completely becoming with the night time’s theme, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence.”
The “Up” rapper shared the behind-the-scenes of preparing for the fashionable look in a video with Vogue, during which she shared particulars on the origins of her seems and the way it tied into the theme of the trendy night.
“My inspirations for this look, it’s simply Chanel and Karl. It’s slightly combine, as a result of should you see the highest, it’s giving the notorious Karl fits with the tie, the white collar. Virtually like his go well with, however not likely,” she defined. “On the backside, should you see the skirt it has the camellias, which is the flower. So yeah, it’s just a bit little bit of every thing. It’s representing the home of Chanel and Karl. Karl is so notorious for his grey hair.”
Although Cardi has had a showstopping look each time she’s attended the ceremony, she admitted that nerves nonetheless get the most effective of her. “Each single time that I obtained to the Met, it’s enjoyable in fact. … After my first time going to the Met, I at all times get nervousness. And the anxieties simply develop and develop and develop,” she mentioned, including, “Perhaps as a result of my seems are so spectacular that folks simply anticipate yearly to be extra superb than the final, and it’s so exhausting as a result of think about competing with myself. That’s sickening.”
The 30-year-old was then requested what she would inform Lagerfeld if she had the prospect to talk with him in particular person. “I’d’ve informed him I want a reduction on the Chanel retailer. And inform him that he’s superb and iconic. Such as you’re so iconic that they’re making a Met Gala representing you, honoring you. I do know he’s smiling.”
See Cardi’s behind-the-scenes video with Vogue within the video above.
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