In video footage from the red carpet, posted by NSS Magazine, Cardi B walks down several steps as she holds a crow. After the bird flaps its wings a bit, the rapper can be heard saying, “Can you tell them not to scream?”

Paris couture week opened Monday not with sequins or red carpet pageantry, but with the surreal sight of Cardi B and a live crow. Wrapped in a custom Schiaparelli gown of graphic fringe, the U.S. rapper stood beneath the gilded columns of the Petit Palais,

Cardi joined more stars including Cooper Koch, Karol G, Vera Wang, and Law Roach at Monday morning’s show. Ahead, see all the celebrities who kicked off Paris Couture Week at Schiaparelli.