Sweatpants at the Met Gala? The new 2027 theme is a boring response to John Galliano backlash

Toronto Star · Leanne Delap · 2026-11-05 22:30 UTC

Next year's red carpet and Costume Institute exhibit will focus on 'everyday' fashion, a far cry from the disgraced designer's theatrical artistry.

The Met Gala committee, chaired by Anna Wintour, did a complete 180 today.

The 2027 gala theme and corresponding Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute exhibit has been in limbo since late August, when the proposed tribute to controversial designer John Galliano was kiboshed by backlash and donor pressure. Its replacement theme was announced fairly quietly Thursday morning: “extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday.” Capital letters included.

The polarizing fashion figure announced his withdrawal on Instagram early Monday.

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