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Ben Weiss

Anna Wintour’s people told Bankman-Fried he would ‘never step foot in fashion’ after he blew off the Met Gala

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Sam Bankman-Fried is no fashionista. His crypto billionaire uniform was a wrinkled T-shirt and baggy cargo shorts, and his attire as an alleged crypto criminal is an ill-fitting suit.

However, during his reign as crypto wunderkind, when celebrities, magazines, and former leaders of the free world courted him every step of the way, not even the queen of fashion and editor of Vogue, Anna Wintour, could resist someone with no concern for his clothing. Well, that’s until Bankman-Fried blew her off.

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