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Why the Bezos-backed Met Gala is so controversial
Hello and welcome to the Met Gala live blog 2026!
Chloe from the Guardian’s fashion desk here. My colleague Lauren and I are here to bring you all the best looks, the possible questionable looks and of course, what everyone is talking about from this year’s extravaganza.
For anyone unfamiliar with the event, a brief recap. For the fashion industry the Met Gala is the equivalent of Hollywood’s Oscars or the Super Bowl. It takes place every year on the first Monday in May to mark the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute latest exhibition. Anna Wintour, the global editorial director of Vogue and chief content officer at publisher Condé Nast, is responsible for making the Met Gala what it is – namely the biggest party in fashion and a lucrative fundraiser for the Costume Institute.
