Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-Cardi B Debuts New Look in First Public Appearance Since Giving Birth to Baby No. 3

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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. 

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. 

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.” 

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...

At Patou show.

At Patou show.

At Ashi Studio show.

At Ashi Studio show.

At Ashi Studio show.

At Ashi Studio show.

At Dior show.

At Elie Saab show.

At Elie Saab show.

At Balenciaga show.

At Balenciaga show.

At Viktor & Rolf show.

At Viktor & Rolf show.

At Chanel show.

At Chanel show.

At Chanel show.

At Chanel show.

At Giorgio Armani Privé show.

At Giorgio Armani Privé show.

At Stéphane Rolland show.

At Dior show.

At Dior show.

At Thom Browne show.

At Schiaparelli show.

At Iris Van Herpen show.

At Giambattista Valli show.

At Vogue World: Paris show.

At Vogue World: Paris show.

At Vogue World: Paris show.