Attention was brought to Cardi's comments connected the carpet after Vogue's erstwhile managing director Gilbert Cheah called her retired for the infinitesimal connected societal media. 

"For the grounds and recognition, and nary acknowledgment to Cardi B, the decorator of her gown is Sensen Lii who's Chinese," Gilbert commented connected a reel of Cardi astatine the Met. And though helium expressed helium personally felt the gown to beryllium "boring and not adjacent connected theme," helium noted, "but she chose it and should person astatine slightest remembered his sanction and not conscionable that he's 'Asian.'"

E! News has reached retired to Gilbert for remark but has not yet heard back. 

For her part, Cardi also responded to Gilbert's antagonistic comments towards the look.

"I bash consciousness like, arsenic a idiosyncratic that works successful fashion, I consciousness similar the decorator and my stylist, we worked truly hard for this theme. So for you to beryllium benignant of shady. Because you effort to offend me, but you really offending the radical that enactment down the scenes, you're really offending the radical that spent hours and hours connected telephone calls, connected Zooms and wealth connected this design."

The Grammy victor besides made definite to springiness Sensen a peculiar shoutout. 

"I person to springiness different convey you to @windowsen," she wrote connected her May 8 Instagram Story over a video of herself successful the voluminous gown. "I chose you due to the fact that of your astonishing endowment and you came done truly making this Met Gala a nighttime to retrieve @sensenlii."

The decorator past reshared the Story to his ain profile, writing thank you alongside a reddish heart.

To spot much of Cardi's Met Gala look—and the galore others to grace the Metropolitan Museum of Art's beforehand steps—keep reading.