{"id":907065,"date":"2026-11-05T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/907065\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:22:13","slug":"met-gala-2027s-unexpected-new-theme-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/907065\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Gala 2027\u2019s unexpected new theme revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmw3n9j91001z27p69gut4csk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Two months after causing public outcry for planning a 2027 Met Gala exhibit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/31\/style\/john-galliano-2027-met-gala-cancelled\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">centered on John Galliano<\/a>, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced a new theme: Dressing down.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmw3p8fh100083b6tsqpa1zag@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Next May, \u201cExtraOrdinary: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday\u201d will explore the artistic craft behind the kind of mundane garments we live our lives in, like jeans and T-shirts. There will also be clothes constructed literally from common materials like paper and plastic, as well as nods to the luxury fashion designers who have embraced or subverted fashions\u2019 timeless staples \u2014 such as a leather biker jacket from avant-garde Japanese designer Junya Watanabe, Pierpaolo Piccioli\u2019s puffer coat ball gowns made with Moncler, or the \u201cI can\u2019t believe it\u2019s not denim\u201d Bottega Veneta pieces that first brought Matthieu Blazy acclaim. \u201cThe ordinary is never quite as simple as it seems,\u201d The Costume Institute\u2019s lead curator Andrew Bolton said in a press statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/shutterstock-editorial-12891512c.jpg\" alt=\"Matthieu Blazy's illusion denim from his time at Bottega Veneta.\" class=\"image_expandable__dam-img image_expandable__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_expandable__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3000\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gettyimages-2274583942-f.jpg\" alt=\"Bhavitha Mandava's full look from the 2026 gala. (Photo by Taylor Hill\/Getty Images)\" class=\"image_expandable__dam-img image_expandable__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_expandable__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3000\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmw3p8fh200093b6tp0qr3g7f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The new exhibition will feature around 230 pieces of clothing, many of which will be sourced internally within the museum\u2019s current collection. Bolton reportedly told journalists he saw this theme as an extension of the thesis explored in this year\u2019s Met Gala exhibit, Costume Art, which focused on the way in which clothes were worn. Referring to the rescinded Galliano show, Bolton said he \u201cdidn\u2019t have a plan B.\u201d \u201cIt was really important to come up with an exhibition that was just a masterwork show or something that we could do a little bit more easily,\u201d he continued. \u201cI wanted it to be as challenging and as provocative and as beautiful as a John show would have been.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmw3p8fh2000a3b6t72y81dde@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to the New York Times, Anna Wintour was not part of the selection process for the replacement theme.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gettyimages-1464923323.jpg\" alt=\"Pierpaolo Piccioli, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Tina Craig and more model the designer's famed puffer coats.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmw3p8fh2000b3b6tbnydgmvn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While an official dress code for the Met Gala\u2019s red carpet is yet to be announced, Bolton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/11\/05\/style\/met-gala-theme-extraordinary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> he hoped visitors of the exhibit might choose to wear their own jeans and beloved T-shirts (perhaps unaware it is the de facto choice for most people). But what might fashion\u2019s biggest night of the year look like with a Casual Friday dress code? Maybe something more interesting than the slick, professionally styled circus of the last two decades. After all, the gala initially was once a much more<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/article\/met-gala-rarely-seen-photos-2023\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> low-key affair<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmw3p8fh2000c3b6tcez3m3tt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At the last Met Gala in May, model Bhavitha Mandava caused a stir online after she was outfitted in a pair of Chanel jeans and a half-zip many thought to be far too workaday. Turns out she was just 12 months ahead of her time.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two months after causing public outcry for planning a 2027 Met Gala exhibit centered on John Galliano, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-907065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}