Books By Style

Rapper and actress Cardi B became an international sensation overnight after she released her hit song “Bodak Yellow” in 2017. She was the first female solo artist to win Grammy Award for Best Rap Album with her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy. She is recognized as one of the most influential female rappers of all time and holds numerous records among women in hip hop. With Billboard honoring her as Women of the Year, even Time magazine knows she is one of the most influential people in the world.

Cardi is most known for her popular music and film appearances, but the rapper has also become influential in the fashion industry. After collaborating with numerous brands and designers to create her own products and collections, she joined Playboy as a Creative Director and founding member of their Centerfold website. Her unique style has continued to evolve, becoming more refined and glamourous. She’s stunned fans with her bold statement pieces and colorful, extravagant outfits on and off the red carpet.

The rapper prefers more sultry, seductive clothing like the crystal rib cage dress from Area Couture that she wore for Interview magazine in 2021. Her unconventional dress perfectly sculpts and fits to the body, revealing plenty of skin while still providing coverage. Its distinct silhouette, glittering crystals, flashes of skin, and eccentric framework makes it look like giant jewelry draped over the body. Only a magician could create the structure and make it shine as bright as it does on Cardi.

Le Cirque des Rêves, or The Circus of Dreams, has a few magicians who can create unbelievable illusions and astonishing fantasies. Renowned magician Celia Bowen could easily construct the Area Couture dress to fit her own style. The dress is perfect for someone who wants to stand out, like a performer whose job is to entertain large crowds. Celia has been training her entire life to perform in a deadly competition on the world’s biggest and most magical stage. She’ll need to stand out to stay alive, and the Area Couture dress would ensure she is the center of attention.

Le Cirque des Rêves is a magical circus the mysteriously appears randomly with logic defying performers and otherworldly inhabitants. The circus is the backdrop for a deadly competition between two powerful magicians who have trained their entire lives to fight each other. Only when the two fall in love does the game begin change in ways no one saw coming. A battle will happen behind the scenes of the most fun show you’ll ever experience, changing the fate of the circus and its inhabitants forever in The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

Fans of the Area Couture look worn by Cardi may like the Retrofete Irina crystal mini dress from Farfetch. Fans who like the couture dress but want more coverage may like the Kairi crystal two piece mini dress from Acmefun. Fans who like to show more skin will love the Drea pearl chain mini dress from Finesse. Readers interested in historical fiction, magic, mystery, the circus, and romance will love The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; you can buy the book in stores and online.