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FOLKLORE INSPIRES SLOW-FASHION LABEL BOITO'S DESIGNS, HANDWOVEN BY COMMUNITIES ACROSS ODISHA.

September - October 2025

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AD Architectural Digest India

A forest comes alive on the length and breadth of the Tara coat.

- SOHINI DEY

FOLKLORE INSPIRES SLOW-FASHION LABEL BOITO'S DESIGNS, HANDWOVEN BY COMMUNITIES ACROSS ODISHA.

A tree grows, dense with foliage, surrounded by birds in flight, peacocks and temples, and life flourishes under the benevolent eyes of goddesses. Crafted from organic, handwoven Kotpad cotton and dyed with colours derived from the aal tree, the Tara coat is folklore you can wear. It narrates the Odia folktale of Tara and Tarini, twin sisters born in a forest-dwelling family and endowed with the abilities of healing and prophecy, who disappear into the fo

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