With Amazon founder Jeff Bezos co-chairing this year’s Met Gala alongside his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, the unrepentant billionaires have inspired creative protests ahead of the fashion world’s big night on Monday.
Bezos and Sánchez are known to be allies of President Donald Trump, and amid skyrocketing public disapproval of the Trump administration’s immigration policies and warmongering, the left-wing activist group Everyone Hates Elon is calling on people to boycott the event at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“The Bezos Met Gala Invites You To Party Like It’s 1939,” read a parody advertisement the group put up in New York.
Underneath, the spoof reads, “Democracy is so last season” and “Dress code: willful ignorance.”
One of the first ads the group put up to protest the Met Gala appeared in New York about a month ago. The ad read “The Bezos Met Gala” and was captioned: “Brought to you by the firm that powers ICE.”
