The hot trend at this year's Met Gala? Trolling Bezos and billionaires

Anna Wintour's choice to honor Lauren Sánchez Bezos at this year's Met Gala has caused an anti-billionaire flame-up. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos are lead sponsors and honorary chairs of this year's Met Gala .

In response, activists and fashion insiders have called for boycotts of the event.

The move comes amid rising anti-billionaire sentiment.

At this year's Met Gala, a new trend is taking shape: blowback against billionaires.

From a video projected onto a nine-figure Manhattan pied-a-terre to social posts directed to Anna Wintour, protesters are staging stunts and counterprogramming in opposition to fashion's biggest night, and some insiders are boycotting the event, which is sponsored by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos.

The outcry is a symptom of a broader frustration with extreme wealth.

As billionaire wealth balloons — the billionaire set was worth a collective $15.8 trillion last year, up…