Анна Винтур технологийн салбарын нөлөө бүхий удирдлагуудтай нягт хамтран ажиллаж эхэлсний тод жишээ нь энэ жилийн Met Gala ёслолыг технологийн салбарынхан голлон ивээн тэтгэж, өргөнөөр оролцсон явдал юм
Энэ жилийн Met Gala арга хэмжээний үеэр Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez нар ерөнхий ивээн тэтгэгчээр ажилласан бөгөөд Google-ийн Sergey Brin, Meta-гийн Марк Цукерберг тэргүүтэй технологийн салбарын алдартай хүмүүс хүрэлцэн ирсэн байна. Мөн OpenAI, Meta, Snap зэрэг компаниуд тус бүр 350,000 ам.доллароор ширээ захиалан оролцсон нь уг арга хэмжээг “технологийн гала” хэмээн нэрлэхэд хүргэжээ. Өнгөрсөн жил Amazon-ий үүсгэн байгуулагчийн хуримласан Lauren Sanchez-ийг Vogue сэтгүүлийн нүүрэнд залсан нь технологийн удирдлагууд соёлын болон загварын ертөнцөд хүлээн зөвшөөрөгдөж буйн анхны томоохон дохио болсон аж.
Хэдийгээр Сан Франциско хот болон технологийн ажилчдын хувцаслалтын хэв маяг нь hoodie, кросс өмсөх зэргээр энгийн байдгаараа алдартай ч энэ байдал өөрчлөгдөж байна. Тухайлбал, Марк Цукерберг Prada брэндийн загварын шоунд эхнэрийнхээ хамтаар оролцож, Meta Glasses бүтээгдэхүүний шинэ сурталчилгаанууд өндөр зэрэглэлийн брэндүүдийн түвшинд хийгдэх болжээ. Түүнчлэн OpenAI болон Palantir компаниуд технологийн ажилчдын минималист хэв маягт суурилсан хувцас, бараа бүтээгдэхүүний хамтарсан цувралуудыг зах зээлд гаргасан байна.
Дэлхийн хиймэл оюун ухааны төв болсон Сан Франциско хотод Vogue World арга хэмжээг зохион байгуулах нь бизнесийн хувьд ашигтай алхам бөгөөд хотын урлаг, бүтээлч байдал, шинэчлэлийг дэмжих зорилготой юм. Анна Винтур хотын захирагч Даниел Луритай уулзсаны дараа уг арга хэмжээг тус хотод хийхээр болсныг зарласан нь технологийн салбар болон загварын ертөнцийн хамтын ажиллагааг улам бэхжүүлж байна
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Vogue World is coming to San Francisco next year — perhaps another indication that tech billionaires have become leaders in the fashion zeitgeist.
Of course, the announcement of the enormous fashion/art/music event doesn’t say that. Instead, Anna Wintour wrote that Vogue believes in celebrating cities and “San Francisco is a city like none other.”
“It’s a place of diverse communities living side by side, a place that loves the arts, loves creativity, and isn’t afraid of change.” She also noted the city’s history of rebelliousness and innovation.
“I love that San Francisco has always stood up for values and the things it believes in,” Wintour wrote. “Vogue World will support San Francisco’s creative minds and strengthen the entire ecosystem — and it will offer another opportunity to show San Francisco is on the rise.”
There were rumors that Vogue World would head to San Francisco after Winter was seen having meetings with the city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie.
Plus, in the past year, Wintour has cozied up to the most powerful names in tech, culminating in this year’s Met Gala, which saw Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez, serve as lead sponsors for the event. Google’s Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg were also spotted at the event (the latter’s first, that is). In fact, OpenAI bought a table, as did Meta and Snap (for $350,000 a pop). It’s true that TikTok, Apple, and Instagram previously sponsored the event, but the presence of the tech crowd this year was so much that the Met Gala this year was dubbed the “tech gala” in some places.
Last year, Vogue put Lauren Sanchezon the cover of the magazine afterher wedding to the Amazon founder. To the fashion world, this was Wintour’s stamp of approval — not just for Sanchez’s ascent into the fashion world, but that tech and its leaders were worthy of cultural recognition.
Though Bezos and Sanchez reportedly live in Florida (and Amazon is, of course, headquartered in the Seattle area), there is no city more associated with tech than San Francisco. By locating Vogue World there, this is another indication of Wintour’s approval.
Vogue, as a media publication, is always following the money, and as a cultural bible, is always looking for ways to stay relevant. Turning toward the worldwide headquarters of AI, good or bad, is brilliant for business (and Wintour is nothing if not brilliant).
But Vogue World was previously held in New York, London, Paris, and this year, Milan. Maybe because I live in an East Coast bubble, but I’ve not heard anyone in recent years refer to San Francisco as a beacon of style to rank alongside these other cities.
While the city has a reputation as the land of the free-spirited bohemian, tech and its workers have a reputation for hoodies, Patagonia vests, and expensive athletic shoes, if they even dress up that much.
For instance, billionaire Alexandr Wang, who is now running Meta’s all-important Superintelligence Labs, just did an interview with Y Combinator’s Garry Tan in front of a packed stadium wearing a faded Nintendo T-shirt and what looked like a pair of Crocs. Comfy? Yes. High fashion? Decidedly no.
But maybe that’s changing. Wang’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, who once always appeared in a plain gray T-shirt and jeans, has made efforts in recent years to become more fashionable. Zuck and his wife Priscilla Chan were spotted front row at a Prada show this season. The new campaign for Meta Glasses has a slew of celeb ambassadors and looks like it could be a Saint Laurent or Balenciaga ad.
OpenAI and Palantir have recently released merch collabs, playing on the minimalist style of tech workers (the merch line of the latter, I would argue, looks inspired by Virgil Abloh’s Off-White).
I concede that creatively there is much to be done with the understated, Northern California style. Surrounded by beautiful nature and cooler temperatures, plenty of fashion designers could be motivated by San Francisco’s tech industry. I look forward to seeing Claude-inspired terra cotta-colored gowns and Vogue-emblazoned quarter-zips soon.
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