The Met Gala is the grandest event in the fashion calendar, but this year’s event has sparked backlash thanks to its new honorary chairs, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s fashion and lifestyle editor, Morwenna Ferrier.

Billionaire’s role as honorary chair and main source of funding has led to boycotts and criticism event has lost its cachet

Bella Hadid liked a video on Instagram calling out celebrities who plan to attend the Met Gala this year and wear “ICE OUT” protest pins, noting event sponsor Jeff Bezos’ ties to…

Stasera l’evento più mondano della metropoli in cui ha fatto ingresso come finanziatore il padrone di Amazon. Il sindaco Mamdani rompe la tradizione e non va

L'ingresso del fondatore di Amazon come sponsor principale ha scatenato le proteste degli attivisti a New York. Ma Anna Wintour difende i Bezos: "Lauren è una grande risorsa"

The Met Gala is the grandest event in the fashion calendar, but this year’s event has sparked backlash thanks to its new honorary chairs, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos. Lucy…

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One activist group has taken it upon itself to get people to boycott the Bezos-backed Met Gala this year.

Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams co-chair annual New York event alongside Anna Wintour; Bezos sponsorship has sparked criticism

Event chairs Nicole Kidman, Beyoncé, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour had guests dress to the theme ‘fashion is art’, at the event controversially funded by new honorary chairs…

Taraji P. Henson revealed she is not on board with the 2026 Met Gala, which is sponsored by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos.

Celebridad, poder y arte se dieron la mano en una Met Gala que prometía cierta polémica al estar patrocinada por Jeff Bezos.

Labor is Art gathered protesters in New York before gala in which billionaire Amazon founder and his wife are honorary chairs for their $10m donation

The glitzy annual fashion event has drawn controversy after Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos were announced as lead sponsors and honorary co-chairs…

It was almost inevitable that the gala — the site of several protests in recent years — would face backlash this time around.

During the event, critics on X channeled their pent-up rage into bashing Sánchez Bezos’ dress.