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Received today — 5 May 2026 The Business of Fashion
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  • The Loudest Met Gala Yet Joan Kennedy
    The event declared “fashion is art” with an exhibition in a new, dedicated gallery space, a record-setting $42 million in funds raised and the return of Beyoncé. But much of the attention won because of backlash against donors Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos.
     

The Loudest Met Gala Yet

5 May 2026 at 04:09
The event declared “fashion is art” with an exhibition in a new, dedicated gallery space, a record-setting $42 million in funds raised and the return of Beyoncé. But much of the attention won because of backlash against donors Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos.

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Beyoncé attended her first Met Gala in 10 years, serving as co-chair of the evening.
Received yesterday — 4 May 2026 The Business of Fashion

How to Sell Aspiration in 2026

4 May 2026 at 04:30
From Nike’s controversial Boston Marathon ad to the Met Gala, brands are grappling with how to sell aspiration without alienating people in a politically charged US market. ‘Exclusivity shouldn’t be about shutting people out, but calling the right people in.’

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Nike removed a sign meant to motivate runners on the punishing Boston Marathon path.

OPEC+ Set to Agree Third Oil Output Quota Hike Since Hormuz Closure

4 May 2026 at 01:45
OPEC+ is set to agree on Sunday to a modest oil output hike, but the increase will remain largely on paper as long as the US-Iran war continues to disrupt Gulf oil supplies, sources told Reuters.

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The Iran war, which began on Feb. 28, and the resulting closure of Hormuz ‌have throttled exports from OPEC+ members Saudi ​Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait, as well as from the UAE.
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