Following the cancelation of a controversial exhibition dedicated to fashion designer John Galliano, the Metropolitan Museum of Art ‘s Costume Institute will move forward with its 2027 Met Gala and an accompanying exhibition in May, this time under a theme that is unlikely to rile up anybody.

The anodyne-sounding replacement show is fittingly about that which seems plain or banal. Titled “ extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday ,” it is about “how designers transform familiar garments, materials, and objects, inviting visitors to see them anew,” per a description.

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“From jeans, T-shirts, and puffer coats to paper, plastic, and metal, the exhibition will reveal how the seemingly unremarkable can inspire delight, surprise, and wonder,” that description also notes.…