Met Gala 2023 saw a host of celebrities and artists pay homage to the legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld. This year's theme was "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," based on the new Costume Institute exhibition exploring the work of the iconic designer. The designer passed away in 2019 at the age of 85, and spent decades creating clothes for Balmain, Patou, Chloe, Fendi and Chanel in addition to his own namesake label, Page Six reported.
On Monday evening, stars descended upon Met Gala 2023’s red carpet which was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ALSO READ | Met Gala 2023: Selena Gomez’s Absence From Lavish Moment Stirs Frenzy; Fans Share Singer’s FAKE And Photoshopped Image On Twitter-SEE PIC
The lavish star-studded event saw the appearance of heavyweights like Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Robert Pattinson, and Dua Lipa to trendy faves like BLACKPINK's Jennie, Jenna Ortega, Jackson Wang, and most of your favourite celebs were in attendance.
But, did you know, apart from the Indian celebrities, who walked the red carpet; this year’s Gala night had yet another big Indian connection!
The glamorous red carpet on which the celebrities walked was actually ‘Made in India’.
Moreover, the carpet wasn’t exactly red, but it was indeed beige with a smattering of red and blue lines on it and was designed by an Indian design house based by Neytt by Extraweave, a design house based in Kerala.
Taking to Instagram, Neytt shared the news on their official Instagram handle and captioned it, "A proud moment for our team to provide carpets to the Met Gala for the second time in a row. Contemporary design, woven with love, rooted in Kerala. Made in India," they wrote along with a picture of the carpet at the gala.
As per the reports, the carpet for Met Gala 2023 took 60 days to make and the 6960 square metre carpet was made out of 58 30x4 metre trolls. ALSO READ | Met Gala 2023 Red Carpet Looks: From Nicole Kidman, Jared Leto To Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra; These Stars Pay Homage To Legendary Designer Karl Lagerfeld
Several big celebs like Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Karlie Kloss, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Kylie Jenner, Isha Ambani, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Pattinson, Jared Letto, Zendaya, Rihanna. Kim Kardashian and Gigi Hadid among others marked their presence at the Gala.
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