Cardi B Debuts New Look in First Public Appearance Since Giving Birth to Baby No. 3

Cardi B—who welcomed baby No. 3 with estranged husband Offset earlier this month—debuted a stunning copper hair look while attending Paris Fashion Week's Rabanne RTW Spring 2025 show on Sept. 25. 

By Leah Degrazia Sep 26, 2024 12:01 AM
| Updated Sep 26, 2024 12:01 AM
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Cardi B is making style moves. 

The "Bodak Yellow" rapper made her first public appearance since welcoming baby No. 3 with estranged husband Offset by stepping out at Paris Fashion Week on Sept. 25, and for the haute couture event, she debuted a dazzling new hair transformation. 

While attending the Rabanne RTW Spring 2025 runway show, Cardi—who also shares daughter Kulture, 6, and son Wave, 2, with Offset—traded her usual dark chocolate brown hair for long copper-colored locks that cascaded all the way down to her waist. And the 31-year-old paired her autumn-inspired 'do with a plunging, gold chainlink dress and statement sun-and-moon necklace.  

And that wasn't Cardi's only Fashion Week stop for the day. The Grammy winner also sat front row at the Balmain Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 show, where she ditched the lighter-hued hair for a sleek dark ponytail and black headband. Completing her look, she opted to wear a floor-length emerald green fur coat as a dress and rocked bronze oversized earrings. 

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And while her Paris outings may have marked her first public appearances since giving birth, Cardi—who filed for divorce from Offset in August following nearly seven years of marriage—has provided some insight into her life since becoming a mother of three. 

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In fact, she recently defended her decision to share a photo of her working out one week after welcoming her new addition.

“This is my third baby and postpartum is a little different from my first two,” Cardi wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after a user accused her of placing pressure on new moms to “bounce back” right away. “I’m not doing [heavy] lifting, no muscle straining, squatting none of that… just cardio. Sometimes to avoid postpartum depression you gotta keep your mind busy and for me that’s work and staying active.” 

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And the "WAP" rapper emphasized that she had a different experience following the births of her first two kids, noting, "With my other 2 babies I was still on bedrest on the first week postpartum.”

“I just was never the type to care about snap back after birth," she added. "I don’t know what it is about this time around but I have this burst of energy where I want to do EVERYTHING… It’s like I want to complete all my goals in one day.”

Read on for more stars who stepped out in style for Paris Fashion Week this year...

Liza Koshy

At Patou show.

Maya Rudolph

At Patou show.

Michelle Williams

At Ashi Studio show.

Miss Fame

At Ashi Studio show.

Christina Milian

At Ashi Studio show.

Calista Flockhart

At Ashi Studio show.

Bad Bunny

At Dior show.

Avril Lavigne

At Elie Saab show.

Ellie Goulding

At Elie Saab show.

Joey King

At Balenciaga show.

Katy Perry

At Balenciaga show.

Pom Klementieff

At Viktor & Rolf show.

Lisa Rinna

At Viktor & Rolf show.

Kerry Washington

At Chanel show.

Keira Knightley

At Chanel show.

Naomi Campbell

At Chanel show.

Dianna Agron

At Chanel show.

Jodie Turner-Smith

At Giorgio Armani Privé show.

Cate Blanchett

At Giorgio Armani Privé show.

Lisa Rinna

At Stéphane Rolland show.

Doja Cat

At Dior show.

Xin Liu

Jennifer Lopez

At Dior show.

Serena Williams

At Thom Browne show.

Selma Blair

At Schiaparelli show.

Avril Lavigne

At Iris Van Herpen show.

Olivia Palermo

At Giambattista Valli show.

Kendall Jenner

At Vogue World: Paris show.

Katy Perry

At Vogue World: Paris show.

FKA twigs

At Vogue World: Paris show.

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