Cardi B makes fashion moves again with Vernon-based brand Fashion Nova

Rap star Cardi B stopped the show at the Metropolitan Museum’s Met Gala in New York on Monday, wearing a sprawling burgundy Thom Browne gown complete with a glittering breastplate, an opulent headpiece, an unfurling train and a sprinkling of feathers. Cardi is anticipating the release of “Season 2” of the Fashion Nova X Cardi B collaboration, which she mentioned during her acceptance speech at the Billboard Music Awards last week. In a phone interview with The Times, Cardi said she had been intrigued by Fashion Nova’s astronomical success, which reminded the 26-year-old Grammy Award winner and Bronx native of her own fortune, especially after the release of her hit song “Bodak Yellow” in 2017. “I like how they came up from Instagram, and that’s the same way I came up,” Cardi said of Fashion Nova. Richard Saghian, Fashion Nova’s chief executive and founder, said he first discovered Cardi B on Instagram before she achieved mainstream fame, back when she was an influencer with 1 million followers.. “She caught our eye because not only was she a huge fan of Fashion Nova, but her style and personality matched ours,” he said in an email to The Times.