The 2026 Met Gala theme has been unveiled, and Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are set to play a big position within the occasion.

The celebrated occasion, scheduled for mid-next 12 months, will even rejoice a brand new exhibition on the New York Museum of Artwork. 

Information of Bezos and Sanchez’s involvement within the Met Gala comes months after the 2 tied the knot in June, in a star-studded wedding ceremony that occurred in Venice. 

The theme for the subsequent Met Gala has been unveiled as “Costume Artwork,” and it’ll mark the primary for the 

New Vogue Editor-In-Chief Chloe Malle. With curator-in-charge Andre Bolton on the helm, the theme explores transformative vogue by spotlighting vogue and artwork on the identical airplane. 

In keeping with Vogue, energy couple Bezos and Sanchez will contribute closely as one of many major donors for the occasion. Nonetheless, the precise sum of their contribution to the Costume Institute was not revealed.

The occasion will even rejoice the “Costume Artwork” exhibition, which is able to start on Could 10 and can run till January 2027. 

Bezos and his new bride aren’t strangers to the Met Gala, as they attended final 12 months’s occasion as a pair. The theme for the occasion in 2024 was “Backyard of Time,” and Sanchez hit the pink carpet with a floral-inspired gown, whereas Bezos opted for a black tuxedo. 

Bezos and Sanchez’s massive transfer for the upcoming Met Gala comes after The Blast reported that the Amazon founder spared no expense in refurbishing his $90 million property in Florida to create a cushty area for his new bride to remain.

The property underwent a significant facelift to remodel its aesthetic worth, and the garden was mentioned to have been full of timber equivalent to oaks and royal palms. Bezos additionally employed an arborist to supervise the method of importing the varied unique tree species to the property. 

The renovations weren’t solely carried out on the property’s exterior but additionally within the inside. The six-bed, nine-bath will now reportedly have luxurious facilities equivalent to a spa, sauna, and poolside cabana workplace, whereas the storage doorways have been upgraded at $103,000.

Bezos and Sanchez’s luxurious wedding ceremony in June was little doubt the occasion of the 12 months. Nonetheless, the drama that unfolded throughout the star-studded affair, which had a number of high-profile figures in attendance, was the primary spotlight.

One such second was when Oprah Winfrey, who donned a glamorous pink robe for the marriage, regarded visibly uneasy when she boarded a water taxi to go to the marriage venue. 

An professional lip reader confirmed to The Blast that Winfrey insisted {that a} porter climb into the taxi earlier than she did.

“I have to seize the underside of my robe,” she advised a porter. “Cling on, let me wave, I am gonna wave… No, you climb in first,” she ordered. 

The billionaire was additionally heard telling the porter, “Let me maintain onto you. Do not let me fall. Watch out with me.” 

Winfrey wasn’t the one high-profile visitor who had bother with the water taxi on the costly Venice-held ceremony. Khloé Kardashian, who was joined by different members of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, additionally had her second.

Khloé, whose birthday was on Bezos’ wedding ceremony day, donned a pale pink robe for the occasion. Whereas approaching the water taxi, she requested, “Is that this our taxi?” earlier than telling her sister, Kim Kardashian, “It is so difficult. Oh, down we go.”

As soon as lastly on board, Kim mentioned, “Right here we go, I am on,” whereas Khloé confessed, “I would tumble, let’s sit inside.”