Met Gala 2023: Know All About The Red Carpet Which Was Made In India By Kerala Design House

The carpet used for the Met Gala 2023 was designed by Neytt by Extraweave, a Kerala-based design firm dealing in weaving.

The Red Carpet Was Made In India By Kerala Design House

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New Delhi: The 2023 Met Gala took place on Monday, May 1, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. This year’s Costume Institute exhibition, which was called, 'Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty', celebrated the full work and life of Karl Lagerfeld. The dress code for the 2023 Met Gala was 'in honour of Karl' and the exhibition featured an analysis of Karl Lagerfeld's (1933–2019) work by Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu Curator in Charge at the Costume Institute. 

But, this year there was a lot of Indian touch to the event. From Alia Bhatt walking the red carpet at MET Gala for the first time to the very 'Red Carpet' which was made in India by Kerala Design House, it was indeed a proud moment for the country.

The Red Carpet At MET Gala 2023:

The carpet used for the Met Gala 2023 was designed by Neytt by Extraweave, a Kerala-based design firm dealing in weaving. The design firm shared various stories on their official Instagram page complimenting them for the carpet. “A proud moment for our team to provide carpets to the Met Gala for the second time in a row,” they wrote along with a picture of the carpet at the gala.

Reportedly, it took 60 days to make the carpet. The 6960 square metre carpet was made up of 58 rolls of 30x4 metres a piece. Additionally, they were hand-painted by painters in the United States before being installed at the Met Gala.

The carpet was in shades of blue and crimson over an off-white base. It is also not the first time the Indian brand has collaborated with the prestigious Met Gala. Speaking about the design, event planner Raul Avila was inspired by serpentine lines, commonly known as the lines of beauty. The S-shaped lines reflected the popular hypothesis as a salute to the year's theme, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty.

The famed 18th-century English painter William Hogarth introduced the Line Of Beauty aesthetic or idea, featuring S-shaped curved lines. According to the notion, the vitality and movement of the line attract more attention than straight and parallel lines, which are generally linked with death and stillness. Raul's work for this year's Met Gala was created in India and then hand-painted in the United States, drawing inspiration from the same.