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Meet the Kerala Factory Behind the Met Gala Carpet

While cameras focused on celebrities at the Met Gala, hundreds of artisans in the southern Indian state were watching something else: the carpet they had made with their own hands.

Ahmer Khan

Ahmer Khan

May 12, 2026 — 6 min read
Meet the Kerala Factory Behind the Met Gala Carpet
Workers tend to spinning machines loaded with sisal fibre at the Neytt by Extraweave factory in Cherthala, Kerala, India. Photographs by Ahmer Khan for Noosphere.

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