"AI-generated deepfakes garnered millions of views (no, Anna Wintour did not don a Mona Lisa dress), reporters sported Meta glasses, and Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos were honorary co-chairs. Monday night's event is even being called the "Tech Gala" in certain circles, as public dissent around Big Tech's involvement grabbed as many headlines as the most eccentric celebrity looks."
"Apart from the involvement of the Amazon founder, tech companies from OpenAI to Snapchat bought nearly as many tables as major fashion houses, raising a record $42 million for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. Forbes deemed the gala a "cultural Turing Test," suggesting that who "passed through the narrowest gate in media" was not only a matter of visibility, but now verifiability. The tech bros, per their invitations, have now been embraced as cultural insiders."
"Lest we forget, the fundraiser is tied to the opening of the Costume Institute's spring exhibition, " Costume Art," which "explores depictions of the dressed body" through garments and artifacts spanning some 5,000 years. Curator Andrew Bolton chose to explore fashion as an embodied art form through 13 thematic body types, citing the way the body is "under attack from different places - first and foremost from artificial intelligence" as a source of inspiration."
"Bolton was also behind the 2016 Met Gala exhibit " Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology," so it stands to reason this earlier foray into the tech sphere informed this radically inclusive, human-centric exhibition a decade later. Given the tech exec attendees and current obsession with AI, I expected more looks to buck the given theme of "Fashion Is Art&"
AI-generated deepfakes drew millions of views, reporters wore Meta glasses, and Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos served as honorary co-chairs. OpenAI and Snapchat bought nearly as many tables as major fashion houses, helping raise a record $42 million for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Public dissent about Big Tech involvement generated headlines alongside celebrity looks. The gala is linked to the spring exhibition “Costume Art,” which examines depictions of the dressed body through garments and artifacts spanning about 5,000 years. Curator Andrew Bolton framed fashion as embodied art and cited the body being “under attack” from artificial intelligence as inspiration, building on his earlier technology-focused Met Gala work.
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