Lena Waithe, who became the first black woman to win an Emmy award for comedy writing last fall, has claimed what must be another landmark: the first person to wear a pride-flag cape to the Met Gala.

Waithe arrived to the event, with the theme “Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” wearing the most undeniable symbol for L.G.B.T.Q. rights draped around her shoulders, with a classic black suit on underneath. E!’s Brad Goreski said he had been DMing with the creator of The Chi earlier in the evening, and she said of her look, “This is for all the legendary children.”

In her Vanity Fair April cover story, Waithe was photographed at home with her fiancée, Alana Mayo, who is the head of production for Michael B. Jordan’s company. With writer Jacqueline Woodson, she practiced a line from an upcoming speech at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Ceremony: “Being born a gay Black female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay Black female is.”

She also told Woodson about the impact of her identity on her style:

“Being black and gay, having dreadlocks, having a certain kind of swag, and dressing the way I do,” she explains, she is sometimes told by certain well-meaning admirers or fashion wannabes, “‘That’s dope, you’re cool.’ I don’t feel validated by that. . . . I don’t want to be White. I don’t want to be straight. I don’t want to blend in. . . . I try to wear queer designers who happen to be brown and makin’ shit.”

The suit and cape were designed by Carolina Herrera, who shared details on the design process.