Met sets 2027 Gala theme around everyday fashion

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced “extraORDINARY Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday” as the theme for its 2027 Costume Institute exhibition and Met Gala, replacing a planned exhibition on designer John Galliano. The exhibition will consider how designers transform familiar clothing and everyday materials into fashion, the museum said. The show will examine two broad ideas: the reinterpretation of archetypal garments, including jeans, T-shirts and puffer jackets, and the use of ordinary or disposable materials such as paper, aluminum and plastic to create wearable art. The exhibition description also points to how clothing gains meaning through the ways people wear, style and care for it. Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute’s curator in charge, said he wanted the replacement exhibition to have its own purpose rather than serve as a substitute for the Galliano show. He said the idea developed from questions about value, consumption and what people overlook or discard. The exhibition follows “Costume Art,” the institute’s 2026 show, and continues its interest in how clothing is experienced in everyday life. The Met Gala is scheduled for May 3, 2027, and the...