The Met Gala is now the Tech Gala. What was once cool is now a big-box clout store for the richest people on the planet. A look a the numbers behind the Met Gala.
by mlg1981
The Met Gala is now the Tech Gala. What was once cool is now a big-box clout store for the richest people on the planet. A look a the numbers behind the Met Gala.
by mlg1981
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the met gala is a fundraiser.
The wrong billionaires are now there? Before someone mistunderstands: fuck all billionaires and especially the corrupt ones. So again ALL of them
I’m really conflicted about watching TDWP 2 now. On the one hand, the original is iconic; but not only does the sequel sanitise the Wintour character, the RL Wintour is now a full stooge.
The world is burning, do we really care about what’s “cool”? Why are we glazing these design houses/people with high “taste level” that are themselves worth billions.
Also was the Met Gala ever a networking event? Wasn’t it a fund raiser? From that perspective, surely expanding it would be a net positive for the museum?
Also this post is giving me chatgpt vibes.
Tl;dr: Eat the rich.
Am I the only one who thinks the met gala has always been the epitome of out of touch elite culture? There people look like the residents of the capitol in hunger games. A ticket costs 100k now? Who cares
Hey now, a lot of tech went into keeping Lauren Sanchez’s lizard skin slightly in place.
We’re doomed. First they’ll destroy the Met Gala by making it uncool, then they’ll destroy the world. AI is a power drain.
The reason this matters is that Big Tech is infiltrating everything and shaping our algorithms. They are the most extractive force right now and they refuse to pay taxes while threatening unemployment on half of all workers. But it’s not enough because they want to be cool too. Bezos doesn’t just want your money; he wants the culture and fashion.
Was it staffed by good people before? Yeah no. Is this worse? Yes
Previous attendees who really value what the Met Gala stood for should be boycotting.
“The arts” and especially fashion has always been tightly intertwined with “industry” as patrons of the arts.
“Industry”just happens to be tech in 2026. Back in the day couture was for wives and heiresses of titans of steel, rail, oil, banking.
A sign of the times
Is Law styling Lauren Sánchez for this?
That “what changed” section is lousy because there are no direct comparisons. The part of the co-chairs is purely selective and dishonest because Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour are the real cochairs, while the Bezoses are *honorary* co-chairs. Being a sponsor and buying a table aren’t the same. The part about taste verses clout is just an opinion, and not at all a correct one given that this is a charity event.
And the fact is that people LIKE that it’s no longer a closed door networking event, but instead a fashion event where celebs get to wear the wildest fashion.
the met gala hasn’t been relevant to fashion for a very long time.
hmmm I’m one of those people who thinks social media has kind of ruined the gala, both in terms of who gets invited and the looks they wear
But ‘taste level was the point’ seems like revisionism/nostalgia to me. I feel like elite philanthropy has always been about networking with other rich people and flexing wealth, the group of people ‘important’ enough to be invited has just changed and expanded (if I was feeling spicy, I’d say democratized) over time
Wait who is the Pixar monster that she looks like again?
The rich-I-fication of everything. Burning Man, Met Gala, climate change, etc.
Nearly every cultural event that the uber rich get involved in ends up excluding the non-rich and not right enough.
Is that better or worse than a Rothschild, or a Kennedy being the honourary chair in 2002 and 2004? (2003 didn’t have one)
“taste level was the point” “clout is the point” wtf no???
> Funds support the Costume Institute, which is the only department at the Met that must fund itself.
> The money raised directly funds the Costume Institute’s annual exhibitions, acquisitions, and capital projects,
> The Costume Institute’s collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.
> The collection is open for research appointments by scholars, graduate students, doctoral students, and designers in relevant fields
i know the “eat the rich” thing has been a staple on the internet for years and hating on fancy events is the norm now, but the met gala is, and always will be an event to fund the arts. i hate jeff and lauren as much as any other person, but as someone who loves art and fashion i’m glad the costume institute is able to keep going. but yes, i would prefer if tech billionaires, especially jeff and lauren stayed out of it.
> If the Met Gala fills up with people who aren’t cool, it will eventually become obviously uncool.
jfc this isn’t high school
These rich nerds just enshittify *everything*
Nerds will never be cool!
I feel like they should charge people who can afford to pay more, more
TAX THE RICH AND CHURCHES AND PEDOPHILES
Damn Bezo’s bitch looks horrible
Ughhhh. These people are so grotesque and infest everything that could possibly bring joy. Just absolute ghouls.
Money can’t buy class
The Met Gala is cool for those who simp for the 1% lol.
So can the cool people just start another one and call it something different?
It always a place for richest people 😂😂😂😂
This is so depressing.. I hate how these billionaires are infiltrating into every space to destroy it. Unfortunately with the kind of money they have, they can get away with anything. There’s nothing one can do other then to mourn the Met Gala cuz it’s forsure not going to be the cultural moment it’s been in the past.
Lauren Sanchez should never smile, it’s nightmare fuel. Even more so than her straight face 😬 she is the poster child for money not buying class.
I will definitely side-eye everyone who goes this year.
“It really does feel more like a billionaire flex event now
I don’t really understand this post.
The title makes it seem as if the tech billionaires have taken over the Met but it only talks about Bezos. It also talks about how expensive the tickets are when they were outrageously expensive many years before this one.
And while Bezos is the lead sponsor, all the co-chaire not in tech: Beyonce, Serena Williams, Nicole Kidman and Anna Wintour. The second sponsor is Yves Saint Laurent.
What a shame 😔