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Fashion\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
But as tech billionaires buy their way into the mainstream, the event is making headlines even before the kickoff\u2014not for who might be the best dressed, but who is underwriting the festivities.<\/p>\n
Held the first Monday of every May, the Met Gala is an invitation-only benefit fundraiser in support of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> to afford the $100,000 tickets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But in the weeks leading up to this year\u2019s 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\u2019s lead sponsors: Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n\u201cParty like it\u2019s 1939\u201d<\/h2>\n