Caroline Frost

jeff bezos and lauren sanchez get involved in all of this was it purely a financial transaction or do they have a specific interest in the fashion world well um i mean we've seen jeff bezos's makeover in the last couple of years since he had his new bride on his arm and this is an extension of that we know um

And anecdotally, that Amazon, for example, has the James Bond franchise and that Lauren is taking a very strong interest in the casting of the new James Bond.

So clearly, he's maybe made the decision, happy wife, happy life.

And that extends to this latest expedition into Manhattan.

And so what happened was that

They're being called, they're very careful to call them the new honorary chairs, but they are also the lead sponsors of the event.

So I think we can probably glean which spoke louder, their interest in fashion or their checkbook.

Oh, I mean, Anna Wintour, I mean, she is Teflon, but she's had to move with the tide.

We've seen that her role at Condé Nast, for years she was that sort of epoch-making editor at Vogue where if she blinked, the sales price of a skirt could go up, that sort of thing.

Her influence was so, so strong.

She's actually moved slight, well, up is the press release.

There is a new editor at Vogue, but Anna is clearly still the power behind the throne.

But the whole point of the Met Gala is its elite value.

It's the fact that even though a ticket will set you back as of this year, $100,000, it's still the ticket that money can't buy.

Anna has to decree whether you get to even go through the door, let alone which table, which prize table you sit at.

So for her to be wandering around on the arm of this, what should we call it?

If we were Henry James, we'd call it new money.

I'm sure that she is perfecting her Richter's grin and she's probably very, very happy to have those sunglasses.

Yes.

I mean, people like Zendaya, who has been a regular star of the red carpet at the Met Gala for years now, she didn't make it.