India, July 7 -- Cardi B stepped out at the Petit Palais in a custom Schiaparelli gown - bold, fringed, and black. What stole everyone's attention was not her dress but the live crow sitting on her arm. Feathers puffed, eyes scanning the crowd, the bird squawked and flinched, making photographers back up. The moment was captured at the opening show of the Paris Couture Week, ABC News reported.

Cardi B's Schiaparelli is the latest in the fashion house's list of dramatic ensembles. Elsa Schiaparelli, the founder of the house, built her legacy on fashion that leaned toward the absurd. Lobster dresses, hats shaped like shoes, unexpected textures, objects placed where they didn't belong - and that was the point. Her clothes played with ideas,...