May 5, 2026

QUESTIONS NOBODY IS ASKING: Who says Lauren Sánchez Bezos doesn’t belong at the Met Gala?

Sánchez Bezos showed up to the Met red carpet in a navy-blue gown that nodded to John Singer Sargent’s painting of Madame X, a socialite and the wife of a French banker. The painting’s portrayal of a pale, corpse-like, high-society woman was considered indecent because of the single strap falling off her shoulder. Sánchez Bezos’s look featured the strap, designed to fall off her one shoulder, and the same extremely nipped waist, but her skin was tanned.

The dress was a knowing nod to the controversy around her involvement in the Met Gala. Like Madame X, Sánchez Bezos is accused of being indecent, though for other reasons. Outside the Met, people protested over working conditions at Amazon and left vials of urine emblazoned with Jeff Bezos’s face and the words “Boycott the Bezos Met Gala.”

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Absurdities abounded. Gigi Hadid described the evening as “our version of high school art class,” before saying how she just felt “like herself” in a transparent Miu Miu gown and matching satin Miu Miu underwear. One interviewer asked Amanda Seyfried if she drank her male goat’s milk.

Speaking of absurdities:

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Posted at 5:30 pm by Ed Driscoll