Fashion’s biggest night out returns to New York City this evening as the Metropolitan Museum of Art prepares to welcome couture-wearing celebrities back to its steps.
But as tech billionaires buy their way into the mainstream, the event is making headlines even before the kickoff—not for who might be the best dressed, but who is underwriting the festivities.
Held the first Monday of every May, the Met Gala is an invitation-only benefit fundraiser in support of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
The gathering has become an iconic event, synonymous with status and fashion, with its organizer, Anna Wintour, filling the tables with celebrities and those wealthy enough to afford the $100,000 tickets.
“Party like it’s 1939”
But in the weeks leading up to this year’s event, which takes place tonight (Monday, May 4), members of the British activist group Everyone Hates Elon have taken to the streets of New York City to voice their opposition to the 2026 Met Gala’s lead sponsors: Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos.
Around the city, various ads have been hacked by the activist group, like one in a bus stop that now reads, “The Bezos Met Gala invites you to party like it’s 1939.”
Below it is a picture of Bezos raising a flute of champagne, resembling Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Jay Gatsby, with the suggested dress code reading “willful ignorance.”
