Cardi B made her hosting debut at the 2021 American Music Awards, turning the annual awards show into one of her best fashion moments of her career.
The award-winning rapper took her hosting duties seriously with an arsenal of standout, high-fashion looks from design houses like Schiaparelli, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexandre Vauthier and many more. The looks were styled by the rapper’s longtime fashion stylist, Kollin Carter.
Cardi B started off the night on the red carpet in arguably one of her most memorable fashion looks of all time. The rapper stepped onto the red carpet wearing a custom Schiaparelli black crepe jersey dress accented with a black tulle veil. She paired the look with matching black jersey gloves featuring the design house’s golden trompe-l’oeil nails and a golden face mask.
Cardi B at the American Music Awards on Nov. 21, 2021.
She then changed into another dramatic look for the start of the show, choosing a black velvet dress with a high neckline and thigh-high slit paired with an oversize feathered headpiece from Alexandre Vauthier’s fall 2021 couture collection. She then came back on stage wearing a black blazer-style velvet dress with a sparkling shoulder detail sitting on top multiple Louis Vuitton travel
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