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Big Tech in Fashion Feels New. History Says Otherwise.

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The Met Gala has always been about style icons—and the world of art and fashion they illuminated with their presence. But this year, the light from these celestial bodies had been outshined by a different glimmer: the dull brightness of a pocket size screen, brought to us by tech companies. From social media discourse to opinion pieces dissecting the guests list, Met Gala attendees like Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Snap co-founder Evan Spiegel, and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg have enjoyed so much public attention on one of the fashion industry’s most prestigious events that the internet called it the “ Tech Gala.” By the end of the night, the tech giants had arguably eclipsed the stars that graced the Metropolitan   of Art’s famous stairs. This shouldn’t have been a surprise—the night was sponsored by one of the richest ( and controversial ) men in the world, Jeff Bezos, billionaire founder of e-commerce giant Amazon , and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos.…

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