Rashid Johnson, who walked Gabriela Hearst’s Fall 2025 show in Paris, wears a custom double-breasted peak lapel six-button blazer with a flare trouser, a black silk wool cady shirt, and Pierre moccasin loafers in black calf hair texture. Specifically designed in a tonal oversized herringbone jacquard and woven in Como, Italy for Johnson, the fabric is inspired by an onstage photo of the legendary rocker Chuck Berry.  It has a silk and wool barathea base that nods to traditional tuxedo fabrics reinterpreted with the textural jacquard herringbone. @rashidjohnson photo @mweinbergerr — 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