At Eco-Age, we know the power of the red carpet, and The Met Gala is the biggest red carpet moment in the fashion calendar. The first Monday in May is one of our favourite times of year and has seen some of our most powerful Green Carpet Challenge moments, from Emma Watson in 2016 wearing a multi-functional look by Calvin Klein made from recycled plastic bottles, to Emily Blunt, who wore a daring black Carolina Herrera gown, made with vintage 1960’s Italian black wool with a vintage 1940’s French black silk chiffon lining in 2013.
2018 is now the seventh consecutive year that the Green Carpet Challenge has brought cutting edge sustainable design to the world famous Met Ball.
‘It really proves that there are no limits when applying sustainable criteria to fashion at this level,’ says Livia Firth, Founder and Creative Director of Eco-Age, the home of the GCC, ‘This is the seventh year we’ve aligned our mission to bring sustainable design principles to fashion with the theme of the Met Ball. Each year, we work with world class design talent and production, bringing the best from the artisanal supply chain and merging this with cutting edge techniques. Each year it becomes more exciting!’
Delve in to the archives below and follow the history of the GCC at the Met Ball.