Lauren Sánchez Wears Sheer Black Dress During Pre-Met Gala Outing with Jeff Bezos

Lauren Sánchez is having a major fashion moment ahead of the Met Gala!

The pilot and journalist, 54, stepped out with fiancé Jeff Bezos over the weekend to celebrate ahead of a big week in looks — and she wore an eye-catching sheer black dress in the process.

On Sunday, May 5, Sánchez and Bezos, 60, mingled at the Monse Maison Pre-Met Cocktail Celebration at New York City's La Mercerie for a night of greeting others, taking some photos and enjoying the big city.

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During the get-together, Sánchez wore a memorable sheer black number with lace detailing, all while pairing it with dangling diamond earrings, some jewelry on her wrist and her hair parted to the side.

Bezos opted for a more casual look including a white collared shirt, a navy blazer and apparently another collared shirt inside the blazer.

Last month, Page Six first reported on April 20 that Sánchez would be making her Met Gala debut this year with an assist from Anna Wintour.

At the time, fashion journalist (and Wintour expert) Amy Odell noted that the Vogue editor in chief would be deciding on Sánchez's look for the annual event. "Anna Wintour is personally helping Sánchez with selecting her dress," an insider told Odell, adding that "she was choosing between custom looks by Oscar de la Renta and two other designers."

This year's Met Gala features a theme of “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" and dress code of “The Garden of Time." The dress code itself is inspired by J.G. Ballard’s 1962 short story of the same name about a count and countess living “in their utopia of leisure, art and beauty,” per Vogue, which notes that fans of the event should expect to see some florals.

Odell wrote on her Back Row Substack that for Sánchez, who has worked with Wintour in the past for her December 2023 profile in the magazine, the Met Gala should elevate her celebrity status.

Sánchez's latest looks have included her revealing crimson corset dress that she wore to the White House for a black-tie event in April and a chic peplum blazer layered over a dress that she wore during a night out in New York City last month as well.

Just a month before, Sánchez joined Bezos at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March 2024, when she rocked a red sheer, low-cut Lever Couture gown.

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