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How this family in Kerala made Met Gala 2023's viral sisal fibre carpet
Updated On: 07 May, 2023 09:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Nidhi Lodaya
Behind the viral Met Gala sisal fibre carpet is a family in Alleppey challenging the carpet belt’s supremacy with a century-old legacy that wants you to look south
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Alia Bhatt and designer Prabal Gurang walk the now-famous carpet at the 2023 Met Gala celebrating Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1 in New York City. Pics/Getty Images
Doja Cat responded to all questions with a meow. Alia Bhatt wore a one-lakh pearl studded gown at her Met Gala 2023 debut that we thought was too safe for its legacy. And Jared Leto, who posed in an oversized mascot version of Karl Lagerfeld’s much-loved cat Choupette, grabbed eyeballs on the red carpet. But wait, this year’s carpet wasn’t red. It was beige with red and blue swirling lines painted by designers in America. Not wool, it was sisal. Not firang, it was made in Alleppey.
The ground that the celebrities stood on, posing for the photographers to click them at what is the world’s biggest annual fashion extravaganza, has become as famous as them. When last did a carpet go viral?
Unlike the Oscars, the Met Gala didn’t always have a red carpet experience. British fashion editor Hamish Bowles is seen walking up the concrete steps of the MMoA in 1998
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