Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownThe 2026 Met Gala Theme Has Been RevealedHere's all you need to know.by Larry FitzmauriceBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on the Met Gala We're only six months away from one of the biggest yearly events in fashion: the 2026 Met Gala. Mike Coppola / Getty Images Now, you may or may not know that every year's Met Gala theme is specifically tied to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's Spring exhibition. ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images Last year's Spring 2025 exhibition - and, by extension, the overarching theme of the 2025 Met Gala - was Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, inspired by Barnard Professor of Africana Studies Monica L. Miller's 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images If you've been wondering what the 2026 Met Gala theme is, wonder no

MORE: CNN reports that the exhibition and event will be centered around "Costume Art." Confused? Don't worry - the Costume Institute's curator Andrew Bolton explained it all during a press conference earlier today. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicLet's chat about all things Met GalaSee our Met Gala Discussions "The title 'Costume Art' refers to the history of the Costume Institute," said Andrew, before emphasizing that fashion itself has "the status of art because of, and not in spite of, its relation to the body." John Shearer / WireImage "What connects every curatorial department and what connects every single gallery in the museum is fashion, or the dressed body," he added. "It's the common thread throughout the whole museum, which is really what the initial idea for the exhibition was, this epiphany: I know that we've often been seen as the stepchild, but, in fact, the dressed body is front and center in every gallery you come across. Even the nude is never naked. It's always inscribed with cultural values and ideas." Cindy Ord/MG22 / Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue OK then! Only six months for the celebs to wrap their heads around what that might mean for their outfits. If you want to read more about the exhibition, head here. Now to await the reveal of the co-chairs...