Met Costume Institute Names 'extraORDINARY' Theme After Scrapping Galliano Exhibition

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute announced on Thursday, Nov. 5, that its 2027 exhibition and Met Gala will be titled "extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday," two months after it scrapped a planned show honoring British designer John Galliano. The earlier idea was dropped following backlash over Galliano's past anti-Jewish and anti-Asian remarks. The new exhibition will look at T-shirts, jeans, raincoats, sweatshirts and puffer jackets, and at how designers turn humble materials such as paper, aluminum and plastic into wearable art. Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute's curator in charge, said it will ask visitors to see the everyday anew. The exhibition opens to the public on May 9, 2027, and runs through Jan. 9, 2028. The gala, an annual fundraiser for the institute, is scheduled for May 3. Vogue published the announcement, and the theme typically sets the gala dress code.

Left-leaning outlets NBC News and The New York Times frame the story as a pivot after a cancellation. NBC leads with the museum's press release, details the backlash over Galliano's remarks, and quotes Bolton telling The Associated Press he had "no Plan B." The Times headline likewise stresses the move to the everyday after calling off the Galliano show. Right-leaning Daily Mail covers the same theme and quotes Bolton's description of the two perspectives, but its headline and lead focus on the internet being "divided." It highlights fans on X, some excited about possible outfits and others disappointed, and mentions the Galliano controversy only briefly. The left side gives more space to the museum's internal scramble and the reason for the change, while the right gives more to public reaction. Billboard, the alternative outlet, largely tracks the announcement itself and Vogue's description, with dates for the exhibition and gala.