Lauren Sánchez may have risen to fame thanks to her high-profile relationship with Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, but on Monday night she proved she can stay in the spotlight when she made a stunning solo arrival at the Met Gala 2024. .
The former television presenter, 54, hit the red carpet without her fiancé on her arm and opted to make a solo appearance at the glittering gala, where she put on an incredible display in a custom-made Oscar de la Renta dress .
But while the dress itself was truly eye-catching, what was more surprising was the huge new diamond Lauren wore on her ring finger, a massive pear-shaped design that dwarfed even the giant rock Bezos had proposed in 2023.
It’s unclear whether Lauren had simply borrowed the stunning jewel for the event, or whether her fiancé splurged on an upgraded design, but she decided to let it shine, largely forgoing other accessories save another diamond ring on her pinky and a a pair of diamond earrings dangling from her lobes.
Lauren Sánchez arrived on the Met Gala red carpet without her billionaire fiancé Jeff Bezos
The 54-year-old put on a stunning show in a custom-made Oscar de la Renta dress designed to look like “broken glass.”
However, what stole the show on the red carpet was the huge new stone that the former television presenter wore on her ring finger.
Meanwhile, her dress managed to attract a lot of attention.
Designed to look like “broken glass,” the strapless dress perfectly accentuated Lauren’s enviable figure, with the voluminous skirt flowing around her as she walked up the Metropolitan Museum’s iconic stairs and into the event.
While the top of the dress was relatively simple, featuring a black bodice with a strapless sweetheart neckline, the skirt was covered in intricate floral designs that looked like a garden mosaic, very much in keeping with this year’s dress code, The Garden of Time. .
The dress featured several silver panels to give the illusion of “broken glass,” and Lauren said Fashion who wanted to get away from her typical ‘extremely sexy and low-cut’ look.
According to Lauren, designers Fernando García and Laura Kim sent her several options, all much more in line with her usual style.
“If you saw them, you’d say, ‘Oh, that’s very Lauren’: extremely sexy, low-cut,” she told Vogue.
“I said, ‘No, I think I’ll try something different.’
The dress was meant to give the illusion of “broken glass,” courtesy of the silver panels that dotted the mosaic-style pattern on the skirt.
Lauren told Vogue about the dress that she wanted to step away from her usual “sexy” look and do something a little “different.”
Bezos didn’t walk the carpet with his future wife, however, joining her at the top of the Met Museum’s iconic stairs for a quick photo before entering.
While Bezos didn’t walk the carpet with his future wife, he did join her at the top of the Met Museum’s iconic steps for a quick photo before entering the event.
On Sunday, the couple attended a pre-Met Gala event together, looking every inch the glamorous couple as they mingled with their fellow celebrities.
Lauren and her fiancé Jeff Bezos, 60, attended the Monse Maison Pre-Met Celebration Cocktail Party, held at La Mercerie in New York City on Sunday night.
The award-winning journalist wore a striking, sheer, tight-fitting black dress to the event, even though Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is rumored to dislike the outfits she usually wears.
DailyMail.com reported last week that the future Mrs. Bezos was only allowed to attend the $350,000-per-table table dance if the Vogue editor has a say over what she wears.
A source recently told Anna’s biographer Amy Odell that the famously demanding editor knows Lauren has “bad taste” and is willing to personally help her select a dress.
On Sunday night, Sánchez, 54, and Bezos, 60, attended the Monse Maison Pre-Met celebration cocktail party held at La Mercerie.
The couple posed for photos with fashion designer Fernando García and Laura Kim, creative director of Oscar de la Renta.
Lauren is known for wearing bold outfits. Photos here with her fiancé Jeff Bezos at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills
The journalist is always pushing the boundaries with her fashion choices (pictured with Jeff Bezos in April)
Lauren is known for wearing figure-hugging, skin-covering ensembles that leave little to the imagination.
“Anna doesn’t always get personally involved in what guests wear,” the author wrote, adding that she was working with Lauren to choose between custom designs from the classic Oscar de la Renta style and two other as-yet-unnamed designers.
Anna Wintour isn’t alone in her criticism of how Lauren dresses, apparently, as broadcaster Megyn Kelly recently said she “looked like a prostitute” in Milan and just a few weeks ago, restaurateur Keith McNally unleashed a rant about her sartorial choices .
Balthazar’s owner posted a series of seemingly unprovoked photos of the couple on April 15, along with the caption: ‘Does anyone else find Jeff Bezos’ new wife Lauren Sanchez ABSOLUTELY REVOLTANT?’
‘What an ugly, fucking stuck-up couple they make. Is this what having $1,000 billion does to people?’
New York City restaurateur Keith McNally slammed those who criticized him for calling Lauren Sanchez disgusting.
On Sunday, McNally criticized people who spoke out in Sanchez’s defense, including his famous friends.
On Sunday, McNally criticized people who spoke out in Sanchez’s defense, including his famous friends.
“Although 90 percent of the 3,000 comments I received on my post about Sanchez were light and funny – and in keeping with the post – the comments I received from the wives of other billionaires were strange and unfunny,” McNally said.
‘The least funny was that of comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s wife (whom I adore): Jessica Seinfeld. Seinfeld must have been embarrassed by her comment because she quickly deleted it.
‘Here’s part of it: “THIS POST IS A REFLECTION OF YOUR TWISTED, REGRETTABLE, HORRIBLE MIND. LAUREN HAS TWICE THE CHARACTER OF YOU.”‘
‘”Twisted, pitiful and gruesome.” That bastard must have read my memoirs,” he said.
