Cardi B, however, ran in the opposite direction. While the rapper avoided the media circus of a trial by pleading guilty to two charges stemming from a strip club fight, she still had her day in court. For her arraignment, she wore a navy and pink suit with seemingly no undershirt, and carried a neon pink and white Birkin. Earlier this year after she failed to meet the requirements of her plea deal, she returned to court in a sweeping black feathered coat with a lengthy train, a white button-up with a skinny black tie, Louboutins, and an oversize fuzzy black hat. On another occasion she opted for a tight white long-sleeved dress with white Louboutins, and a floor-length white fur coat. Some derided the looks as making a mockery of the justice system, while others deemed them instantly iconic—a display of Cardi B remaining unwaveringly true to herself.
Courtroom style can make or break how a defendant is perceived by the judge, jury, and the court of public opinion, and celebrities know better than anybody about the power of perception. As Alexis Neiers knows all too well, the difference between $29 four-inch Bebe heels and six-inch Louboutins is astronomical.
