Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And look, we're in a different climate than where we have been.
And the Met Gala has been running for many years now.
And we're seeing, you know, I would say it's getting bigger and bigger.
But this is sort of the first year it feels, I mean, controversy has always surrounded it just based on the exclusivity of the guest list.
And previously we've had controversy about, I feel like the first wave was like reality TV stars being invited.
So like the Kardashians being there was like a really big like, oh, we've lost it.
Then we moved into YouTubers.
We moved into the TikTokers.
Now it appears that this year's controversy is very much centered around, I would say, the technology players and maybe some controversial sort of billionaire figures with the likes of Jeff Bezos' wife, Lauren Sanchez, being on the committee and them buying tables and things like that.
I can't help but string the bow together as well, that the Devil Wears Prada show, having come out last week, so hotly speculated.
Oh, it's just also the fact that Vogue had collaborated with the Devil Wears Prada to obviously have that incredible cover with Meryl Streep and...
There's a little beep sound effect on that one, Kate.
Yeah, I mean, there's a big difference this year.
I mean, if we looked back 10 years ago, there were tables being bought by the likes of Topshop, you know, and they would always sort of have a guest collaborator there.
You know, we had the likes of Zach Poison and Stella McCartney, and it was very much