Cherise Smith consulted for designer Gabriela Hearst's Met Gala looks for Questlove, Chris Rock, and Rashid Johnson

Dr. Cherise Smith, Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Affiliated Faculty in Art History, consulted with designer Gabriela Hearst who dressed Questlove, Chris Rock, and Rashid Johnson at this year's Met Gala. Alongside 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, Dr. Smith was consulted on the historical context of this year's theme, Black dandyism, and "its significance as a repurposing, a refashioning and a rebuke against the status quo," according to Gabriela Hearst.