The elegant suit color trend Lupita Nyong'o wore to the Met Gala will be in every home in 2025, say designers

The Met Gala 2025 is a highlight in the fashion calendar. It is one of the most highly-anticipated events of the year, and a good source of inspiration for our homes, too.

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style was the theme this year, which emphasized the beauty and masculinity of men’s fashion.

The color trends were particularly dazzling, and one color, a pale seafoam green, as worn by actress Lupita Nyong'o, stole the show. I expect it to be seen in everyone's home in 2025 and beyond.

A beguiling hue that reminds us of warmer climes, pale seafoam green has the ability to be invigorating and calming. Pale seafoam green is a blue-green that is never cold.

Evocative of warm tropical seas, paradise islands, and luxurious infinity pools, it is a color that brings calm and happiness to every surface. With its associations of the ebb and flow of a gently lapping sea, it promotes a sense of calm and relaxation. Ancient Egyptian, Aztec, and South American civilizations believed this color to be a protector and bringer of good fortune.

Another reason for the popularity of this shade is its intrinsic link to nature. Fresh, airy, and imbued with the restorative power of nature, light seafoam greens have this year been tipped by interiors experts as the perfect backdrop to modern living.

‘I am a big advocate for color, and love to pair pale blue greens with rich tones of red and burnt orange to create the perfect contrast,' says Sarah Fortescue, founder, of Sarah Fortescue Design. 'It’s particularly suitable in a north-facing room where strength of color can replace the lack of natural light and sunshine.’ It is an ideal spring-summer color and the perfect antidote to a harsh winter.

Tricia Guild, founder and creative director, of Designers Guild, adores decorating with coastal color schemes, such as seafoam green. ‘Reminiscent of endless tropical skies and oceans, this color is full of vitality even on a grey day. Some consider blue to be cold (and it can be sometimes), but this powerful, punchy shade is anything but; rather it is enlivening in its strength. Use it with white for crisp simplicity, make it dramatic with darker hues, or take it to the Caribbean with pastel tones. It responds beautifully to sunlit rooms, but looks equally stunning with low lighting and candlelight.’

Naturally soothing, but equally energising and hopeful, the shade promises to bring the outside in to enhance well-being.

‘Whether we are working or relaxing, creating or exercising, it is essential to have a space that reflects the optimism and desire for a fresh, new start that is top of the agenda for the year ahead,’ says Marianne Shillingford, creative director of Dulux.

This is a guaranteed crowd-pleasing color with lots of positive associations. It embodies both the recessive quality of a blue and the calming quality of a green, making it very easy to work with. I’d be inclined to say it will be the most desirable color of 2025.

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If you're feeling inspired to decorate with the color of the moment, I've sourced my favorite decor and soft furnishing to help you replicate the captivating look at home.