Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez Make Energy Strikes For Met Gala

The 2026 Met Gala theme has been unveiled, and Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are set to play a major position within the occasion.

The celebrated occasion, scheduled for mid-next 12 months, will even rejoice a brand new exhibition on the New York Museum of Artwork. 

Information of Bezos and Sanchez’s involvement within the Met Gala comes months after the 2 tied the knot in June, in a star-studded wedding ceremony that happened in Venice. 

The theme for the following Met Gala has been unveiled as “Costume Artwork,” and it’ll mark the primary for the 

New Vogue Editor-In-Chief Chloe Malle. With curator-in-charge Andre Bolton on the helm, the theme explores transformative trend by spotlighting trend and artwork on the identical airplane. 

In accordance with Vogue, energy couple Bezos and Sanchez will contribute closely as one of many major donors for the occasion. Nonetheless, the precise sum of their contribution to the Costume Institute was not revealed.

The occasion will even rejoice the “Costume Artwork” exhibition, which can start on Might 10 and can run till January 2027. 

Bezos and his new bride will not be strangers to the Met Gala, as they attended final 12 months’s occasion as a pair. The theme for the occasion in 2024 was “Backyard of Time,” and Sanchez hit the crimson carpet with a floral-inspired gown, whereas Bezos opted for a black tuxedo. 

Bezos and Sanchez’s massive transfer for the upcoming Met Gala comes after The Blast reported that the Amazon founder spared no expense in refurbishing his $90 million property in Florida to create a cushty house for his new bride to remain.

The property underwent a serious facelift to remodel its aesthetic worth, and the garden was stated to have been full of timber akin to oaks and royal palms. Bezos additionally employed an arborist to supervise the method of importing the varied unique tree species to the property. 

The renovations weren’t solely carried out on the property’s exterior but in addition within the inside. The six-bed, nine-bath will now reportedly have luxurious facilities akin to a spa, sauna, and poolside cabana workplace, whereas the storage doorways have been upgraded at $103,000.

Bezos and Sanchez’s luxurious wedding ceremony in June was little doubt the occasion of the 12 months. Nonetheless, the drama that unfolded throughout the star-studded affair, which had a number of high-profile figures in attendance, was the principle spotlight.

One such second was when Oprah Winfrey, who donned a glamorous pink robe for the marriage, appeared visibly uneasy when she boarded a water taxi to go to the marriage venue. 

An knowledgeable lip reader confirmed to The Blast that Winfrey insisted {that a} porter climb into the taxi earlier than she did.

“I must seize the underside of my robe,” she informed a porter. “Dangle on, let me wave, I am gonna wave… No, you climb in first,” she ordered. 

The billionaire was additionally heard telling the porter, “Let me maintain onto you. Do not let me fall. Watch out with me.” 

Winfrey wasn’t the one high-profile visitor who had hassle with the water taxi on the costly Venice-held ceremony. Khloé Kardashian, who was joined by different members of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, additionally had her second.

Khloé, whose birthday was on Bezos’ wedding ceremony day, donned a pale pink robe for the occasion. Whereas approaching the water taxi, she requested, “Is that this our taxi?” earlier than telling her sister, Kim Kardashian, “It is so difficult. Oh, down we go.”

As soon as lastly on board, Kim stated, “Right here we go, I am on,” whereas Khloé confessed, “I’d tumble, let’s sit inside.”