US EditionMet Gala 2026: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos' Roles Revealed
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez will lead the 2026 Met Gala as main sponsors, managing invites and event logistics alongside Condé Nast and Saint Laurent.
- On Nov. 17, Vogue announced Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, and Lauren Sánchez Bezos as lead sponsors of the 2026 Met Gala and primary donors for the Costume Art exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- As the Costume Institute's main fundraiser, the Met Gala relies on corporate donations, with Sánchez's Vogue ties and Bezos's $6.25 million Bezos Earth Fund partnership explaining their selection.
- The couple will preside over invitations, logistics and overall presentation of the 2026 event, with Condé Nast and Saint Laurent named as secondary donors and curator Andrew Bolton calling it transformative.
- Expect a very different Met Gala in May as designers and creatives may see which work is prioritized under the new donor-led direction, highlighting concerns over concentrated cultural influence.
- Their appointment breaks a legacy-fashion-house precedent after Louis Vuitton's 2025 lead sponsorship, and Amazon MGM Studios' creative moves plus the Bezoses' Venice wedding costing $400 million to $500 million raise influence concerns.
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez will play key roles in the 2026 Met Gala, but this time behind the scenes. The famous couple will be the main donors of the prestigious fashion event, whose theme for the next edition has been announced as "Art in Costume". Major sponsors It has been confirmed that Bezos and Sanchez will financially support an event celebrating the opening of a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Jeff and L…
Jeff Bezos, the third-richest man in the world, and his fashionablely ambitious wife Lauren are new main sponsors of the "Met Gala 2026" in New York. In the year when the museum's fashion wing is named after the founder of the weak "Vogue" publishing house Condé Nast, this is a clear sign.
Does the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Met Gala sponsorship spell doom?
As the Amazon billionaire and his wife are announced as the financial backers for the biggest event on the A-list social calendar, Ellie Muir looks into what their involvement means for the institution and the couple's inroads into cultural domination
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