The Met Gala is one of fashion’s biggest nights of the year, and one of its most controversial. This year’s event is being chaired by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos
With billionaires and income inequality in the spotlight, the event is raising new questions about wealth, power and who gets to shape culture.
Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan talks with New York Times fashion director and chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman about what this moment says about the gala now.
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