US actress Blake Lively arrives for the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 4, 2026. (AFP Photo)
November 06, 2026 10:16 AM GMT+03:00
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2027 Costume Institute exhibition and Met Gala will celebrate the fashion of everyday life, from T-shirts and jeans to garments made of paper and aluminum, organizers announced Thursday.
The theme, “extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday,” will anchor the museum’s spring 2027 show.
The exhibition will run from May 9, 2027, through January 2028. The gala, one of the most coveted invitations in the entertainment and fashion worlds, is set for May 3.
The show will approach its subject from two directions, organizers told Vogue.
One will look at how archetypal garments, such as tees and jeans, are elevated to high fashion. The other will examine how humble and even disposable materials, including paper, aluminum and plastic, are transformed into wearable art.
Sudanese-US model Anok Yai arrives for the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 4, 2026. (AFP Photo)
Change of plans
The new theme follows the withdrawal of designer John Galliano from the 2027 event. His exit led to the cancellation of a planned exhibition that was to honor the work of the controversial French designer.
The Galliano show had been overseen by Anna Wintour, Vogue’s global editorial director and a Met trustee.
Andrew Bolton, curator of the Costume Institute, said he deliberately chose not to replace Galliano with another celebrated designer.
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“I didn’t have a plan B,” Bolton said. He said it was important to create a show that was not simply an easier “masterwork” exhibition, but one as challenging, provocative and beautiful as a Galliano show would have been.
“That was really important to me, to come up with an idea that wasn’t a substitute,” Bolton said. He added that the concept also had to have “some sort of contemporary resonance.”
The Met Gala, held annually on the first Monday in May, is the Costume Institute’s major fundraiser and draws top celebrities, designers and artists.
November 06, 2026 10:16 AM GMT+03:00
