The Met Gala 2025 has come to a close. India marked attendance, with Bollywood’s greatest superstar Shah Rukh Khan making his debut in Sabyasachi couture, mom-to-be Kiara Advani stunning in custom Gaurav Gupta, and Diljit Dosanjh turning heads in a regal Maharaja ensemble. As always, ‘Fashion’s biggest night’ was a spectacle, and the blue carpet with white floral details underneath those polished boots and sharp stilettoes witnessed it all.
This year’s carpet has an Indian connection. The base of it was manufactured by Neytt Homes, a Kerala-based brand founded by Sivan Santhosh and Nimisha Srinivas.
Sharing exclusive details, Sivan Santhosh told indianexpress.com that they manufactured the base carpet in Allappey, Kerala, which was then hand-painted by artists in New York.
“Manufactured using the finest and the best quality natural sisal fiber hand sorted from Madagascar in boucle weave, we sent 57 rolls of 4 x 30 meter for this project – totaling 6840 square meters. 480 people across different departments worked on the carpet for close to 90 days to perfect the weave and finish as per Met Gala standards,” he revealed.
Third time’s the charm
However, this wasn’t their first rodeo. Extraweave, the parent company of Neytt Homes, has been manufacturing and supplying the red carpet for the MET Gala for three years now—2022, 2023, and 2025.
When asked how it feels to be back at work for a third time, Santhosh shared: “Our carpet feels like more than just a fabric – it’s a vibrant thread in a tapestry of art, fashion, and culture. We’re absolutely thrilled and immensely proud to contribute to this extraordinary event again, a testament to our commitment to quality and our passion for making every entrance a moment,” he added.
In 2023, he told our publication that the Met Gala red carpet, which took between 60 and 70 days to make from scratch, was designed based on inputs shared by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. “It measured around 6,960 sq metres, and was manufactured with sisal fibre (taken from the Agave cactus) and woven using 120 cm of the raw material,” he added.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” to be on display from May 10 to October 26, 2025. In line with the theme, this year’s dress code, “Tailored for You,” is a nod to Dandyism – a stereotype-bending menswear style and code of conduct prevalent in Black culture during the 18th and 19th centuries, defined by tailored outfits and elegant and refined silhouettes.
