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Lauren Sanchez Basos is gearing up for her Met 2026 role. Hours before fashion's biggest night May 4th, Jeff Basos's wife, who is serving as an honorary co-chair, expressed her gratitude for Anna Wintor. She said during a speech at the Costume Institute exhibit press preview, quote, "As we all know, no one has done more to elevate fashion as an art form or to create in this industry the respect it deserves. Thank you, Anna." Orin also said she's grateful to be in a room alongside of Anna and co-chair Venus Williams. She continued with a nod to the evening's fashion is art theme. Quote, "The Met has always understood something the rest
of the world is finally catching up to. Fashion is art. The designers we celebrate tonight are true artists. The Costume Institute is the custodian of their work the way the Met is the custodian of any great painting or sculpture. That's what this museum definitely understands. She and her husband understand it, too." as Lauren shared exactly how the couple are prioritizing the future of fashion, saying, quote, "The future of art deserves investment. That's why the Bezos Earth Fund is backing scientists reimagining what fabric can be. Sustainable silk grown in labs. It is happening. Cotton rebuilt from the ground up." As she put it, quote, "The designers in this exhibit and the ones coming up after deserve an industry as forwardthinking as they are.
