But Zuck is not the only tech bro who has made an appearance in fashion lately. Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez infamously appeared at the Paris couture shows in late January, sparking waves of discourse around fashion, power, consumerism and politics. Netizens found it egregious because, while Jeff and Lauren straddled luxury in Paris, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were killing American citizens. In January, Forbes reported that ICE had made a $25 million purchase of Amazon Web Services’ cloud systems the previous September, through reselling partners like Dell Federal Systems.
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Plus, Lauren’s appearance alongside the most powerful woman in fashion, Anna Wintour, only added fuel to rumours that Jeff has his sights set on buying Condé Nast, Vogue’s parent company. These rumours were published in the Daily Mail in July of last year.
Again, Louis Pisano pointed out the irony of Mr and Mrs Bezos appearing in Paris at the same time as massive layoffs were occurring at the Bezos-owned Washington Post. Louis drew attention to a comment by fashion writer Dana Thomas, which read: “I saw him and his wife at a couture show today in Paris, shopping for made-to-order outfits, each of which costs one or more reporters’ annual salaries.”