Cardi B and her stylist Kollin Carter posed for the cover of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Power Stylists” issue in sleek black looks, Cardi in a strapless Dilara Findikoglu gown and long black gloves and Carter in a Balenciaga turtleneck and pants. The duo opened up about some of the “obstacles” involved in dressing the rapper’s curvy figure, admitting it’s not always easy to find designers to dress her curves.
“There are so many obstacles against us,” she said. “For example, this body is not meant for a size two. I’m very hips, ass, and that’s me.”
Cardi added that dressing for her curves is “not easy, but we make it look easy,” she said. “Our door was closed many times—but we’re here because we do it well. I’m not going to be humble about it.”
Carter added that their work as collaborators has paved the way for other women in the industry and has “caused a cultural shift”: “I don’t think there were many women like Cardi who existed in the fashion space,” he said. “Now there are a ton of other rap females who aspire to be in that space because they see what’s possible. We set trends.”
He added “We’ve given look after look, year after year. We’ve reached into archives that are impossible to reach into.”
Carter specifically pointed to Cardi’s 2019 Met Gala gown—designed by Thom Browne—with its explosion of feathers and over-the-top train, a gown that “landed the star on every best-dressed list that night,” Page Six writes.
“That look broke Cardi B into the next level of the fashion world,” he said. “People who didn’t take us seriously were like, ‘Okay, they’re here to stay.’”
