Met Gala Names 'extraORDINARY' Everyday Fashion Theme After Scrapping Galliano Exhibit

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute announced Thursday, Nov. 5, that its 2027 exhibition and Met Gala theme will be "extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday." It replaces a planned tribute to British designer John Galliano, scrapped about two months earlier after backlash over his past anti-Jewish and anti-Asian remarks. Vogue published the announcement, describing a show devoted to the undersung beauty of everyday garments such as T-shirts, jeans, raincoats, sweatshirts and puffer jackets. The gala is set for May 3, and the exhibition opens to the public May 9, 2027, and runs through Jan. 9, 2028. Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute's curator in charge, said the show will approach its subject two ways: how designers have elevated archetypal garments into runway-worthy creations, and how humble, even disposable materials such as paper, aluminum and plastic become wearable art. Bolton said he had no Plan B after the cancellation and chose not to replace one celebrated designer with another. The theme typically sets the gala dress code, and the gala, a Costume Institute fundraiser, traditionally falls on the first Monday in May.

NBC News, on the left, frames the story as a pivot. It names the anti-Jewish and anti-Asian remarks behind the cancellation, quotes the museum's press release, and features Bolton's remarks to the Associated Press about having no Plan B. The Daily Mail, on the right, leads with the reaction: it says the internet was "divided" and that fans on X were split between excitement over possible outfits and disappointment. It refers only to "growing backlash" against Galliano and adds a photo of Kim Kardashian at the 2026 gala. Both quote Vogue and Bolton's two-perspective description. The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard largely match this, though The Hollywood Reporter calls the theme "seemingly safer."