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.
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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 trunks.
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Aside her hosting duties, Cardi B went on to win the American Music Award for favorite hip-hop song for her hit “Up.” She came on stage to accept the award wearing a canary yellow gown with ruffle detailing from Jean Paul Gaultier’s fall 2019 couture collection.
Cardi B looked to feathers again later in the night, wearing a violet, formfitting dress with crystal bodice detailing and oversize purple feathered shoulders from Jean-Louis Sabaji’s fall 2021 couture collection. She then changed into a corset-like top with a black skirt paired with an oversize black ruffled headpiece.
The rapper looked to Schiaparelli yet again during the ceremony, wearing a structured jacket designed with the design house’s signature gold motifs.
She then ended the 2021 American Music Awards on the red carpet again showing off her trophy in a white embellished gown paired with a jeweled hood from Miss Sohee’s fall 2021 couture collection.
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