Billionaire\u2019s role as honorary chair and main source of funding has led to boycotts and criticism event has lost its cachet<\/p>\n
The Met Gala in New York is the grandest and ritziest event in the fashion calendar, and an indicator of the growing ties between designers, celebrity and power. But with tech billionaires now joining the cohort, this year\u2019s party may be its most controversial yet.<\/p>\n
All eyes are on the guest list \u2013 and their outfits \u2013 to launch the fashion exhibition Costume Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute. Beyonc\u00e9, Venus Williams and Nicole Kidman are chairing the event with Vogue\u2019s Anna Wintour, and tickets cost about $100,000 (\u00a373,500). But in a plot twist worthy of the new Devil Wears Prada film, Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos, the Met Gala\u2019s new honorary chairs, will be joining the 450 guests on the museum steps on Monday.<\/p>\n