{"id":817,"date":"2026-05-05T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/cardi-b-takes-her-curves-to-new-extremes-on-met-gala-2026-red-carpet\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:53:00","slug":"cardi-b-takes-her-curves-to-new-extremes-on-met-gala-2026-red-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/cardi-b-takes-her-curves-to-new-extremes-on-met-gala-2026-red-carpet\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B takes her curves to new extremes on Met Gala 2026 red carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/127016158.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Is Cardi B the drama? On the first Monday in May, absolutely.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWAP\u201d rapper graced <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/met-gala-red-carpet-2026-live-updates-see-all-the-celebrity-outfits\/\">the Met Gala 2026 red carpet<\/a> wearing a Marc Jacobs custom lace ruffle dress layered over a color-blocked bodysuit.<\/p>\n<p>She paired the dramatic gown with 9\u00bd-inch platform boots.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cardi B looked sensational at Met Gala 2026 in a sheer black lace Marc Jacobs dress. <span class=\"credit\">Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The look featured massive sleeves. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The look is inspired by the work of German artist Hans Bellmer, as well as the Fall 2025 Marc Jacobs Runway Collection, which features exaggerated volume.<\/p>\n<p>Bellmer is credited with developing the Surrealist theme of mannequins and dolls as metaphors of sexuality.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Ahead of her red carpet showing, the rapper was spotted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX78WvGME1Y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaving The Mark hotel<\/a> in a bathrobe and sporting her sky-high boots.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cardi showed off a color-blocked bodysuit underneath. <span class=\"credit\">David Fisher\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She posed with designer Marc Jacobs and Jacobs\u2019 husband, Char Defrancesco. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tonight marks Cardi\u2019s seventh time walking up those iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art stairs, and she fully embraced <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/everything-to-know-about-the-met-gala-2026-theme-hosts-and-what-to-expect\/\">the title of this year\u2019s exhibition, \u201cCostume Art,\u201d<\/a> and its accompanying \u201cFashion Is Art\u201d dress code.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release when the theme was first announced, curator Andrew Bolton explained that the exhibition would examine \u201cthe centrality of the dressed body,\u201d adding, \u201c\u2018Costume Art\u2019 privileges its materiality and the indivisible connection between our bodies and the clothes we wear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At last year\u2019s \u201cSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style\u201d ball, Cardi <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/05\/style\/cardi-bs-plunging-green-met-gala-2025-suit-was-inspired-by-wallpaper\/\">chose a plunging green velvet suit from Burberry<\/a>, inspired by black dandyism and Victorian dress and corsetry.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The look is inspired by German artist Hans Bellmer. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cardi held up her massive sleeves as she struck a fierce pose. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The year prior, for \u201cSleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,\u201d the \u201cDrip\u201d rapper turned heads on the museum steps <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/06\/style\/cardi-b-hits-the-2024-met-gala-red-carpet-in-enormous-tulle-gown\/\">wearing a black tulle gown by Windowsen<\/a> with a seemingly mile-long train.<\/p>\n<p>Her most unforgettable Met moment came in 2019, however, when Cardi leaned into the \u201cCamp: Notes on Fashion\u201d theme <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/05\/06\/cardi-bs-enormous-train-steals-the-spotlight-at-the-2019-met-gala\/\">with a breathtaking red Thom Browne look<\/a> festooned with feathers and sparkling stones galore.<\/p>\n<p>Even Anna Wintour <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/07\/03\/the-met-gala-changed-anna-wintours-opinion-about-cardi-b\/\">said she was \u201ccompletely in awe\u201d<\/a> of the look, remarking, \u201cShe could barely move, but it made no difference. People parted like the queen coming through because she looked so fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/cardi-b-takes-her-curves-to-new-extremes-on-met-gala-2026-red-carpet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Cardi B the drama? On the first Monday in May, absolutely. 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