For this design, we have taken cues from formal suiting trends, particularly the pinstripe, and reimagined it in a way that would celebrate Questlove’s brilliance. One thinks of the pinstripe historically signifying power and status. In our recreation, the pinstripe is constructed anew through the use of freshwater pearls that are finely hand-embroidered down the blazer and pant. Questlove wears a custom double-breasted six-button blazer with straight-cut trousers. The suit is made from black virgin wool barathea hand-embroidered with more than 30,000 freshwater pearls in a pinstripe pattern and worn with an ivory silk wool cady buttoned shirt. The embroidery of upwards of 30,000 freshwater pearls alone took more than 206 hours. It took 76 hours to embellish the suit trousers and 130 hours for the jacket. This work was all done by hand by skilled craftspeople in New York City. Canvassing and sewing the suit took another 72 hours, whilst the final tailoring assembly finishing details took another three days.     Questlove added jewelry by Brooklyn-based artists Bernard James and Burkindy from Burkina Faso, and shoes by Ferragamo under the creative direction of Maximilian Davis. As Dr. Smith and Dr. Byrd said: “Black dandies make the subtle details pronounced.” @questlove Styling by @katemarch_styling @christian_germoso — For this year’s Met Gala, the Gabriela Hearst team consulted with Dr. Cherise Smith, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in African American Studies in the Department African & African Diaspora Studies, and with Dr. Rikki Byrd, Assistant Professor of Visual Culture Studies in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin on the historical context of Black dandyism, and its significance asa repurposing, a refashioning and a rebuke against the status quo. @profcsmith @rikkibyrd