--- title: Cardi B's Paris Fashion Week Look Causes Stir description: Cardi B has never been one for understated style. 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Stars Walk the 2019 Grammy Awards Red Carpet_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 30, 2019 3:01 PM UTC  Cardi B attends Rihanna's 5th Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on September 12, 2019. Cardi B attends Rihanna's 5th Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on September 12, 2019. Steven Ferdman—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 30, 2019 3:01 PM UTC [Cardi B](https://time.com/5548908/cardi-b-politics/) has never been one for understated style. From her [complete-with-headdress Madonna couture](https://time.com/5524695/cardi-b-best-fashion-outfits/) at the 2018 Met Gala to her [pearl in an oyster shell gown](https://time.com/5526361/grammys-2019-cardi-b-red-carpet/) at the 2019 Grammys, Cardi stays serving iconic fashion looks. So when she showed up to this year’s Paris Fashion Week in a head-to-toe floral outfit that covered every inch of her skin (including her face), her fans may have been shook, but they probably weren’t surprised. Cardi shared a video on Instagram on Saturday of herself posing in front of the Eiffel Tower while decked out in the Richard Quinn-designed look — which features a belted overcoat, knee-length pleated skirt, gloves, high boots, headscarf and face mask all printed in the same blue, white and green floral pattern. “What’s poppin’ baby? I heard you b—hes were missing me at Fashion Week New York,” she says with her signature cackle. “I’m here to serve it to you motherf—ers, and serve it to you cold.” Cardi then starts to walk across the street as photographers swarm around her. “Make sure a car don’t hit me ’cause a b—h can’t see,” she says. But while many thought that Cardi’s full body-covering look was straight fire, some felt that it was inappropriate considering France’s ban on [full-face veils](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/world/europe/12france.html) has made it so that Muslim women who wear niqabs or burkas are not allowed to do so in public areas. > [](https://twitter.com/missnemmanuel/status/1178278203783294976) > [](https://twitter.com/taqwamuhsina/status/1178072478322712577) ## Transcript Jump. Jump, jump. Can we get a jump? On three. One, two, three here we go. [ INAUDIBLE ] Alicia [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ CROSSTALK ] Dolly straight ahead. [ CROSSTALK ] Miley can we get the tongue. Miley tongue. [ CROSSTALK ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Straight ahead with that gorgeous smile. [ CROSSTALK ] Turn your head Ashlee point your eyes right here. Let me see the front of your dress Kacey. Kacey straight ahead. Kacey the dress, the dress. [ CROSSTALK ] Matteo real quick. Give me a high five. Thank you. [ CROSSTALK ] Thank you. Camila! How about a kiss? Beautiful. Beautiful. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Over here. 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