Doja Cat’s style evolution continues with Celine’s Teen Triomphe in tow
By The Fashion Editorial Team
When it comes to genre-bending and groundbreaking visual art, few match the magnetism of Doja Cat. On April 30, the Grammy-winning artist was seen in New York with Celine’s Teen Triomphe bag in shiny calfskin, paired with a tactile overcoat, grounding the look in cold-weather practicality.
This appearance followed closely on the heels of her sensational turn at the 2025 Met Gala, where she joined forces with Marc Jacobs to create one of the night’s most arresting ensembles. Her look—a sharply tailored, 1980s-inspired pinstripe bodysuit with exaggerated shoulders and a tiger-print bustier cutout—struck a bold chord between nostalgia and provocation. Paired with towering platform boots and a cloud of voluminous hair, the look was a visual distillation of the chaos and drama that define her style.
What makes the artist such a compelling fashion presence is her ability to fluidly shift between theatrical spectacle and calculated minimalism. Among her most memorable moments was her jaw-dropping appearance at Schiaparelli’s Spring 2023 Haute Couture show in Paris, where she appeared encrusted in over 30,000 hand-applied red Swarovski crystals. The look, created by legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath, took nearly five hours to complete and was paired with a silk faille bustier, lacquered wooden bead skirt, and trompe l’œil toe boots designed by Daniel Roseberry. The ensemble, dubbed “Doja’s Inferno,” was a literal and luxurious interpretation of bold abandon, cementing her status as fashion’s perennial pop culture muse.
"I'm in this kind of chaotic place right now when it comes to fashion," Doja Cat told Harper's Bazaar in 2023. "It's a little punk. It's experimental for sure. It's very manic." Her self-described "mashed potato" philosophy is precisely what makes her an ideal muse for a house like Celine, which under Slimane has redefined luxury through an aesthetic of curated rebellion.
As she continues to tease her forthcoming album Vie—including a new Marc Jacobs campaign featuring her track “Jealous Type”—Doja’s fashion choices read as visual prelude to her sonic evolution.
Her fearless navigation of fashion’s extremes—oscillating between the avant-garde and the classically refined—reminds us that true style resists categorization. It thrives in contrast: structure and fluidity, tradition and disruption, restraint and exuberance. As she delves deeper into a self-described “darker direction” in both music and image, her alignment with Celine suggests a partnership grounded not in predictability, but in the shared pursuit of creative evolution.