Party time! Lauren Sanchez celebrates her grand Met Gala debut while mingling with fashion A-listers and her billionaire fiance Jeff Bezos… after Anna Wintour invited her on one STRICT condition

Lauren Sanchez made her Met Gala debut working alongside fashion A-listers, while she was joined by her Amazon billionaire fiance Jeff Bezos — who skipped the red carpet — as they let the stars party the night away.

The 54-year-old former co-host of Good Day LA – who was invited to the event by Vogue boss Anna Wintour on one condition – looked like she was having the time of her life at New York City’s biggest fashion night.

Every year on the first Monday in May, Hollywood’s most elite gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Big Apple for a dazzling ball that is hailed by some as fashion’s biggest night.

At the affair, Sanchez was spotted hanging out with supermodels Gigi Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, along with actress and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough.

Her wealthy fiancé Bezos, 60, even joined her for a moment with boyfriend Kris Jenner, 68, and her much younger boyfriend Corey Gamble, 43.

At the gala event, Lauren put on an incredible show in a custom Oscar de la Renta gown.

And it appears the dress was a major sticking point regarding her invitation to the event, as it was previously said that Wintour “personally helped” her select a dress, as the Vogue editor believes Jeff Bezos’ fiancée has ‘bad taste’.

Famous icy hostess Anna, 74, is known for being meticulous about who gets an invite to the coveted event, and according to previous reports, she wanted Lauren to come on one condition: she had a say in what she wore.

An insider told this to a fashion journalist Amy O’Dell recently that Anna works with Lauren to “select her dress,” and the pair “chooses between custom looks from Oscar de la Renta and two other designers.”

“Anna isn’t always personally involved in what guests wear,” the reporter wrote, but an insider said the Vogue editor knows Lauren has “bad taste.”

And while the dress itself was indeed eye-catching at the event, even more breathtaking was the enormous new diamond Lauren wore on her wedding finger, a huge pear-shaped design that dwarfed even the giant stone Bezos had proposed with. back in 2023.

It’s unclear whether Lauren simply borrowed the stunning jewel for the event – ​​or if her fiancé chose an upgraded design – but she opted to let it shine, largely without any other accessories save for another diamond ring on her pinky and and a pair of diamond earrings hanging from her lobes.

Meanwhile, her dress still managed to attract a lot of attention.

The strapless dress, designed to look like ‘shattered glass’, perfectly accentuated Lauren’s enviable figure, with the voluminous skirt flowing around her as she walked up the iconic steps of the Metropolitan Museum and entered the event.

While the top of the dress was relatively simple, featuring a black bustier with a strapless sweetheart neckline, the skirt was covered in intricate floral patterns that looked a lot like a garden mosaic – in keeping with this year’s dress code, The Garden of Time. .

Meanwhile, Kendall Jenner was seen having a good time while chatting with JJ Abrams’ musician daughter Gracie Abrams.

The 28-year-old model and 24-year-old singer shared an animated conversation during the star-studded affair.

Matt Damon and his wife Luciana were chatting with friend Elsa Pataky, wife of actor Chris Hemsworth, one of the co-chairs of this year’s Met Gala.

The Costume Institute’s Spring Exhibition falls on the first Monday in May each year and is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

This year the event was called Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, while the dress code is The Garden of Time.

Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth served as this year’s co-chairs. Vogue’s is also on the committee Anna Wintour.

The chairs of honor for the evening are Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.

“This year’s co-chairs reflect a variety of career achievements and each has their own style history at the Met Gala,” Vogue said.

The display will feature approximately 250 items from The Costume Institute’s permanent collection. Many of the pieces are too fragile to ever be worn again.

The pieces are all rendered using elements such as AI, GCI and more, while themes such as land, sea and sky are played out.

“It is very much an ode to nature and the emotional poetics of fashion,” says Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu Curator responsible for The Costume Institute, about the upcoming exhibition.

“One thing I hope this show will activate is the sensory appreciation of fashion.”

Gwendoline Christie, La La Anthony and Ashley Graham will be hosted while YouTuber Emma Chamberlain is expected to interview stars on the red carpet.

Last year’s gala honored the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.