Every season, the fashion community tends to embrace a new pop-culture star as it does with models. The fascination started out with bloggers who latched onto constant social media use in the advent of its debut allowing them incredible amounts of popularity on varying social platforms, then onto reality TV stars like Kim Kardashian.
It has now resulted in front rows being only star-studded affairs featuring the likes of Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez and ultimately giving accredited fashion journalists their exit. This year, the star on every designer’s lips is Cardi B, real name Belcalis Almanzar. The 25-year-old, who rose to fame after her hit single “Bodak Yellow” gained popularity by documenting her daily life and thoughts.
Cardi B’s rise wasn’t normal, and this is why I believe that at first many designers opted not to loan her clothing. Cardi was once a stripper and given the pretentiousness of fashion, the industry wanting to sell aspirations through its clothes and the methods brands choose to advertise, I suppose they didn’t see Cardi as a reliable means of doing so. However, Cardi’s addictive sassiness has amassed her approximately 18.5 million followers; brands had to put their pretentious away and give the people what they want.
This brings me to my
