Rapper Cardi B made a glam appearance at this year’s Met Gala wearing a green Burberry suit that took inspiration from the Victorian Era.
Underneath, the star wore a silk devoré shirt with ruffled accents at the neckline and cuffs, complemented by green velvet tailored trousers that matched the suit’s coat.
Hitting the Metropolitan Museum of Art for her sixth Met Gala, she was wearing a luxurious Burberry suit created by Daniel Lee. The textured outfit was an ivy color, a perfect match for her green contacts and eyeshadow.
Underneath, the star wore a silk devoré shirt with ruffled accents at the neckline and cuffs, complemented by green velvet tailored trousers that matched the coat. The look even featured a cutout in the back, showing off the musician’s floral tattoos.
Speaking about Cardi’s looks in an exclusive interview with Vogue, Lee said “For Cardi’s look, we liked the idea of a tailored, feminine dandy, Cardi gives main character energy, and her look reflects this.”
Lee added that the inspiration for the look goes way back: “We looked at Victorian dress and corsetry.”
“There was one particular image we found of an emerald green gown from the 19th century: The back of the gown had a circular cut out which, for the time, would have been controversial,” Lee noted. “We liked this idea of non-conformity, keeping with the spirit of Dandyism.”
Vogue announced in October that Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour would be co-chairing the 2025 Met Gala, with LeBron James as honorary chair. The star-studded event is a fundraiser for The Costume Institute and spotlights the museum’s spring 2025 exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” also this year’s theme.
Curator in Charge Andrew Bolton shared that the exhibit, which is inspired by guest curator Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, explores “the Black dandy as both a concept and an identity signifier.”
The exhibit “presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style from the 18th century to the present through an exploration of the concept of dandyism,” according to a post on the museum’s Instagram.
The Met Gala’s dress code this year is “Tailored for You.” It is a nod to the exhibition’s focus on menswear and suiting. The host committee for the gala includes Simone Biles and her husband, Jonathan Owens, Regina King, Spike Lee, Angel Reese, Doechii and Usher.
