How Cardi B Makes Fashion Moves
"I want people to be like ‘Is that Chanel? Is that Gucci? Oh, it's Fashion Nova—oh okay,'" she told E! News host Justin Sylvester.
The full Cardi B x Fashion Nova collection includes about 80 pieces, ranging from suiting to dresses to outerwear. The brand announced today that the line takes influence from the star and "the emerging global cultural icons of the late '80s and early '90s," so you can expect bright hues, latex and faux fur for ultra-sexy styles.
"One day if I want to dress really raunchy, if I want to show my body, I feel like I can," Cardi revealed regarding her fashion after having her first baby with Offset, Kulture Kiari Cephus. This collection will allow her to do that.
Her favorite pieces in the collection, however, are the jackets: "I love jackets," she stated. "I was very specific on what type of material I wanted...I also love this dress right here. It's almost like a jacket, but it's really a dress. You might use it as a jacket. You could wear with jeans, or you could cut it."
However, like Cardivenom, the collection will include very tailored styles and what the brand is calling "innovation and newness in fashion denim." There are office-ready looks with trousers, suiting, and blouses that will make you look like a music industry boss. And, if you have a more casual office setting, they're broadening their denim offerings with wide-leg, flare, and trouser-inspired silhouettes, creating more sophisticated casual outfits.
"Every little detail to me matters,” Cardi B told Business of Fashion. “I want to make these women look so happy — so radiant, sexy, so corporate and poppin'. I want them to look like they’re wearing Gucci and Prada, but they’re not, they’re wearing my line.”
With her forthcoming collection, Cardi wanted to address her "biggest pet peeve"--ill-fitting denim, an issue she's faced when shopping at high-end designers. "What I don't like about wearing jeans is when the butt is boxy,” she added. “And I don't like when there is that little space in the butt part, between your back, do you know what I'm talking about? That's my biggest pet peeve.”
The rapper has not held back about her love for the fast-fashion brand and even included them in her lyrics for "She Bad" from her album Invasion of Privacy. "I could buy designer, but this Fashion Nova fits," she raps.
A now-deleted video of Cardi in Fashion Nova jeans on her Instagram got more than 8.5 million views. "Wanna know how rich people like me stay rich?" she quips. "By staying on a budget. These pants right here are Fashion Nova."
The best part: Most items will cost approximately $40, although there are a few unique luxury items that will cost more.