Kerala firm weaves Met Gala 2025’s expansive carpet for the third time

The carpet on the Met Gala 2025

Yearly, the Met Gala’s carpet goes by way of its iterations, metamorphosing every time with a brand new theme. In 2023, one noticed a surprising off-white material, to be a canvas for the theme of the yr: Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence. In 2025, the purple carpet took on a blue hue, dotted with beautiful dainty yellow and white daffodils, on the star-spangled occasion — all in order that celebrities may look their dandiest to accommodate the theme: Superfine: Tailoring Black Type.

Identical to Shah Rukh Khan, who made his debut in an all-black ensemble by designer Sabyasachi, and musician Diljit Dosanjh enthralled in a regal Maharaja-themed outfit; the carpet, too ended up having its second. 

Shah Rukh Khan at 2025 Met Gala

Woven by Extraweave, the guardian firm of Neytt Properties from Kerala, it took 480 folks to work on the carpet for over 90 days to satisfy the Met Gala requirements. However this isn’t new to them. The corporate had its first Gala outing in 2022. It wove the carpet the next yr too.

For the staff of the posh residence furnishings model primarily based in Cherthala, Alappuzha, it’s a second of pleasure, says Sivan Santhosh, director, Extraweave, the guardian firm; and CEO of Neytt. “Plenty of care and energy have gone into the carpet. Your complete crew, throughout departments, labored collectively to create this lovely piece of artwork,” he says.

Whereas it was hand-painted by artists in New York, the white base carpet was despatched by Neytt in 57 rolls (of 4 metres x 30metres). Protecting an space of 6,840 sq. metres, the wall-to-wall carpet was woven from pure sisal fibre imported from Madagascar. 

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Recognized to be the longest, best, and whitest of fibres, the artisans at Extraweave, needed to type the fibre by hand to keep away from shade variations. “Even a barely off-coloured thread can present up as a shade variation. We did a number of high quality checks to make sure the color was uniform,” says Sivan. “The crew lined each single element. The boucle weave (a kind of flat weave) was accomplished in a specialised loom. For us, it appears like greater than only a carpet. It’s a distinctive confluence of artwork, vogue and tradition,” Sivan provides.

Neytt attracts from its legacy within the carpeting house. This firm was began by Sivan’s grandfather Okay Velayudhan, who arrange Travancore Mats and Matting firm in 1917. The model grew over time, exporting rugs and carpets to locations the world over. Sivan’s father Santhosh Velayudhan launched Extraweave Pvt. Ltd. 20 years in the past, taking the enterprise a notch increased with imported equipment and increasing the corporate’s horizons. 

Neytt, based by Sivan together with Nimisha Srinivas, works in the direction of creating sustainable rugs and carpets utilizing silk, sisal, seagrass, water hyacinth, lyocell, bamboo silk, linen, and recycled PET. The corporate additionally works in the direction of empowering ladies from the area; over 40% of Neytt’s workforce is ladies, together with in management roles.

“Now we have been working intently with the Met Gala crew for 3 years now and we’re proud that the carpet we create is a canvas for the long-lasting occasion,” says Sivan.