{"id":24686,"date":"2026-05-05T07:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/24686\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:33:14","slug":"lauren-sanchez-walks-met-gala-carpet-without-jeff-bezos-amid-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/24686\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren S\u00e1nchez Walks Met Gala Carpet Without Jeff Bezos Amid Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos arrived at the Met Gala<\/a> on Monday night sans her very notable plus one.<\/p>\n

\n\tJeff Bezos<\/a> did not walk the iconic Met steps at this year\u2019s event, despite the fact that he and his wife are honorary chairs for fashion<\/a>\u2018s biggest night. And the duo is not only appearing alongside co-chairs Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour at the helm of the evening, but is also sponsoring both the Met Gala and the accompanying spring Costume Institute exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bezos and S\u00e1nchez previously walked the carpet<\/a> together at the 2024 gala, and the tech mogul has been in attendance a handful of other years as well.<\/p>\n

\n\tS\u00e1nchez Bezos \u2014 dressed in custom Schiaparelli \u2014 was among the first arrivals, posing for photos solo as she helped open the carpet alongside Kidman and Wintour. Per her rep, the inspiration behind the gown is the story of Sargent\u2019s\u00a0Madame X, and how a small detail, like the fallen jeweled strap, once sparked such strong public reaction. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt was also revealed that, timed to the Met Gala, the Bezos Earth Fund, which Lauren serves as the vice chair of, announced that it was awarding $34 million in grants to institutions studying and developing materials that may one day replace polyester and cotton, including biodegradable textile fiber and plastic-free synthetic silk, among other alternatives.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere has been public pushback <\/a>in recent weeks surrounding the Bezos\u2019 involvement in the Met Gala, as critics accused the billionaire of buying influence with the major event and speculation swirled<\/a> that some stars may boycott the event due to his involvement. It\u2019s likely that Bezos just opted to skip the carpet photos and will meet up with his wife inside the event, rather than skipping it entirely, but he has not yet been spotted. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 Met Gala theme and associated exhibition is \u201cCostume Art,\u201d which \u201cexamines the centrality of the dressed body throughout time and culture, juxtaposing garments and works of art from across the Museum\u2019s vast collection to create pairings that highlight the indivisible connection between clothing and the body,\u201d per The Met.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Gala Host Committee is co-chaired by Anthony Vaccarello and Zo\u00eb Kravitz, with members including Adut Akech, Angela Bassett, Sin\u00e9ad Burke, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Gwendoline Christie, Alex Consani, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Debicki, Lena Dunham, Paloma Elsesser, Rebecca Hall, LISA, Chloe Malle, Aimee Mullins, Tschabalala Self, Amy Sherald, Sam Smith, Chase Sui Wonders, Teyana Taylor, Lauren Wasser, Anna Weyant, A\u2019ja Wilson and Yseult.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee all the\u00a0celebrity looks here<\/a>, and catch up on all of\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter\u2018s Met Gala coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos arrived at the Met Gala on Monday night sans her very notable plus one. Jeff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4809,8,2527,15107,14912,14798,9,171,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-24686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-fashion","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-jeff-bezos","11":"tag-lauren-sanchez-bezos","12":"tag-met-gala","13":"tag-met-gala-2026","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-style","16":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/116520812693485975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}