Cardi B Debuts New Hair and Eye Color in Met Gala 2025 Transformation

For instance, to mark her 2018 Met Gala debut, the Grammy winner—who was pregnant with her and estranged husband Offset’s daughter Kulture Kiari Cephus, 8, at the time—donned a stunning jewel-encrusted Moschino gown and matching headdress, completing the getup with a dramatic train.

From there, Cardi (real name Belcalis Almanzar) continued to prove she knows how to make a statement at the fashion fundraiser, from rocking a feathery red quilted Thom Browne number in 2019 to modeling four separate looks in 2023. But as her outfits have become increasingly spectacular, the pressure to deliver has intensified as well.

“Every single time that I go to the Met, it’s fun of course,” she told Vogue in a behind-the-scenes video in 2023. “But after my first time going to the Met, I always get anxiety. And the anxieties just grow and grow and grow. Maybe because my looks are so spectacular that people just expect every year to be more amazing than the last.”

Cardi then joked, “Imagine competing with myself? That is sickening. It’s hard.”