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    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.
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    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.

    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.

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    2. Darkele on

      The wrong billionaires are now there? Before someone mistunderstands: fuck all billionaires and especially the corrupt ones. So again ALL of them

    3. knarf3 on

      I’m really conflicted about watching TDWP 2 now. On the one hand, the original is iconic (because it’s based on a memoir and rightfully portrays said the Wintour-esqe Priestly as bitchy); but not only does the sequel sanitise the Wintour character, the RL Wintour is now a full stooge of the tech feudalists.

    4. sushiroll465 on

      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.

    5. zorkieo on

      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

    6. kmoon89x on

      Hey now, a lot of tech went into keeping Lauren Sanchez’s lizard skin slightly in place.

    7. Visible-Scientist-46 on

      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.

    8. glitteratiandpopcorn on

      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 

    9. Narrow_Grapefruit_23 on

      Previous attendees who really value what the Met Gala stood for should be boycotting.

    10. throwaway77914 on

      “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.

    12. quangtran on

      That “what changed” section is lousy because there are no direct comparisons. The part of the co-chairs is purely selective and dishonest because BeyoncĂ©, 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.

    13. BadAspie on

      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

    15. Cautious_Buffalo6563 on

      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.

    16. Early-Yak-to-reset on

      Is that better or worse than a Rothschild, or a Kennedy being the honourary chair in 2002 and 2004? (2003 didn’t have one)

    18. Bubbly_List274 on

      I feel like they should charge people who can afford to pay more, more

    21. MysteriousOne3404 on

      Ughhhh. These people are so grotesque and infest everything that could possibly bring joy. Just absolute ghouls.

    24. Zelenskyystesticles on

      So can the cool people just start another one and call it something different?

    25. Charming-Reading-586 on

      It always a place for richest people 😂😂😂😂

    26. beans_is_life on

      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.

    27. The_Hunt725 on

      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.

    30. heypresto2k on

      Oh no! I’m crying 😭 poor little rich people waaaaaah wahhhhhhh

    31. citynomad1 on

      I’m certainly not saying this photo looks in any way ‘normal’ now, but imagine being shown this photo 10-20 years ago.

      If I saw this photo back before the rise of fillers I’d prob assume this was a still from some movie and that she was wearing prosthetics on her face.

    32. cheezy_dreams88 on

      It doesn’t even have to be filled with people who aren’t cool.

      The Bezos are attached- it’s done. Met gala is dead.

    33. PlaneGeneral5782 on

      Billions and those are the teeth you choose? Girl looks like a cartoon.

    34. upplahuthla on

      The nerds finally got invited to the party, only to be surrounded by other nerds.

    35. RoxyLA95 on

      I’m no longer interested in the Met Gala. It seems like a free ad for celebrity plastic surgeons.

    36. catcatscatsandcash on

      THE BEZOS ARE CO-CHAIRING, WTF. They don’t have any fucking style or taste.

    38. magicalfolk on

      I just lose interest once the tech bros go into a certain space or buy up a media company. It’s making me read more and focusing on my hobbies.

    42. Safe-Reason1435 on

      Idk, I get what the graphic (and what the general conversation around outrageous wealth) is saying, but like
it’s always been this? It seems a bit revisionist to me for all of us in a pop culture discussion space to act like we don’t fuck with wealth?

      Idk, a lot of these comments feel like “The Met Gala was cool when *I* liked it but *you’re* immoral for liking it now.”

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