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\n\tWhile\u00a0The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a> <\/em>opening this weekend will no doubt be fashion\u2019s top drama at the box office<\/a>, Monday night\u2019s Met Ball will have plenty of its own. Sure, its theme \u201cFashion Is Art\u201d is true \u2014 but lest we forget, it\u2019s also commerce.<\/p>\n \n\tThis Monday\u2019s Met Gala<\/a> \u2014 \u201cfashion\u2019s biggest night of the year,\u201d as the clich\u00e9 goes \u2014 will deliver beaucoup theatrical looks, with Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and of course Vogue\u2019s Anna Wintour<\/a> as co-chairs, and a host committee that includes Saint Laurent\u2019s Anthony Vaccarello, Doja Cat, Elizabeth Debicki, Teyana Taylor, Lena Dunham and Zo\u00eb Kravitz. But the intrigue off the red carpet runs just as hot, with billionaires Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos as co-chairs and Amazon as lead sponsor. That\u2019s the commerce part. The Bezos pair are being accused online of \u201cbuying their way into culture.\u201d\u00a0Whatever works<\/em>\u00a0is no doubt their sentiment.<\/p>\n \n\tThe first question: will Amazon\u2019s involvement drive celebrities away? With the anti-oligarch\/anti-tech activist group Everyone Hates Elon (@everyonehateselon) papering New York for the past month with \u201cBoycott the Bezos Met Ball\u201d \u2014 and social media speculation that celebs who do show up might get \u201cBezos-listed\u201d \u2014 the pressure is real. Of course, some famous faces have never needed a political reason to skip: Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling and The Rock have never attended. But Zendaya, after seven straight years as Met Ball star, is sitting this one out<\/a>. Is it a political boycott? Or is she simply feeling a little overexposed, with four movies out in 2026? Lady Gaga\u2019s name has also yet to appear on any confirmed list.<\/p>\n \n\tThe biggest name not attending is Wintour\u2019s onscreen doppelganger, Meryl Streep \u2014 who was set to co-chair a number of years ago, before she backed out. Word is she was invited to co-chair again this year, and her well-documented friendship with Wintour certainly seems to suggest an offer was made. But Amy Odell \u2014 who wrote the book on Anna Wintour, literally \u2014 and many social media talking heads believe Streep is flatly opposed to Bezos\u2019 involvement, and passed on Wintour\u2019s invitation. Since she\u2019s never actually set foot in the place, hard to say. One thing we know: Streep has never been shy about her politics.<\/p>\n \n\tA few rumors circulating: Emily Blunt is attending, though husband John Krasinski is skipping. Krasinski was meant to wear an important L.A.-based menswear designer \u2014 as was Seth Meyers, who is also going. Blunt is reportedly seated with what may be the evening\u2019s star guest outside of Beyonc\u00e9: Tom Ford, making a rare public appearance since selling his brand. So naturally she\u2019s wearing an original Tom Ford \u2014 not a design by Haider Ackermann, his recently appointed successor \u2014 a runway sample that was never produced.<\/p>\n \n\tMany of the brand allegiances will be no surprise: Kidman is contracted to Chanel, Kravitz to Saint Laurent, Anne Hathaway to Prada \u2014 and with Vaccarello as one of the hosts, expect more Saint Laurent on the red carpet than at any Met Ball in recent memory.<\/p>\n \n\tWill celebs dress in homage to art-world fashion history: an Elsa Schiaparelli surrealist number? A Mondrian-inspired YSL dress? A Versace\/Warhol collab? \u201cFashion Is Art\u201d is open to a lot of interpretations. As for the tech bros: Mark Zuckerberg and his wife attended a recent Prada show; Silicon Valley billionaire Bryan Johnson hit the Paris shows \u2014 expect a contingent of their peers Monday night. Not in their usual jeans and hoodies, but in whatever Anna Wintour has selected for them. Despite being kings of the world, in this world, Anna still reigns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While\u00a0The Devil Wears Prada 2 opening this weekend will no doubt be fashion\u2019s top drama at the box office, Monday night\u2019s Met Ball will have plenty of its own. Sure, its theme \u201cFashion Is Art\u201d is true \u2014 but lest we forget, it\u2019s also commerce. 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