Paris couture week opened not with sequins or red carpet pageantry, but Cardi B 's crow moment.Wrapped in a custom Schiaparelli gown of graphic fringe, the U.S. rapper stood beneath the gilded columns of the Petit Palais,

Amid a record-breaking heatwave in the City of Lights, fashion designers prepare their pièce de résistance for Paris Haute Couture Week, which runs from 7-10 July.

Cardi B made an impression at Paris Couture Week, not just with her dramatic style, but her attention to the wellbeing of a live crow she brought along as an accessory. The rapper was filmed quietly telling paparazzi to lower their voices so they wouldn’t startle the bird perched on her gloved hand.