When the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the 2026 Met Gala theme, hosts, and dress code, organizers wanted fashion onlookers to discuss the question at the heart of the "Costume Art" exhibit: Is fashion art? Instead, social media users have been calling for a boycott against this year's honorary co-chairs, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
The second-richest man in the world right now, according to Forbes' real-time billionaire index, and his wife were named to the 2026 Met Gala's organizing group earlier this year, alongside Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams. Bezos has been a presence on the guest list since 2012; he and Sánchez attended together in 2024.
