Onakkodi,
made properly.
GOTS-certified organic cotton, made in India. For the ten days — and every day after.
The short version
GOTS-certified organic cotton
The Global Organic Textile Standard certifies the entire chain — growing, spinning, dyeing, stitching — against strict environmental and social criteria. A certification, not an adjective.
Azo-free, low-impact dyes
No azo dyes, no harsh chemical finishes, no optical brighteners sitting against your child's skin all day.
No synthetic blends
Organic cotton and organic cotton–linen. Nothing hidden in the weave to make it cheaper to produce.
Made in India
Designed and stitched here, in small runs, for children between two and six.
15% off everything
No minimum spend. No exclusions. Applied at checkout, until 28 August.
Onam in Kerala is thirty degrees and humid.
Most children's festive wear in this country is polyester with a zari trim. It looks the part in the photographs and it is miserable by eleven in the morning — hot, static, scratching at the neck and the wrists.
Ours is organic cotton and cotton–linen. It breathes. There are no synthetic blends, no stiff linings, and nothing sharp sewn into a collar.
You read the label on their food.
When did you last read the one in their clothes?
Ours starts as GOTS-certified organic cotton — a standard that covers the whole chain, from how the cotton is grown to how it is spun, dyed and stitched. Not “cotton-rich.” Not “cotton blend.” Certified.
The dyes are azo-free and low-impact. There are no harsh chemical finishes. It is grown and made in India.
Made to be washed, not saved.
Sambar. Payasam. Avial. And a white outfit. We know.
These are not clothes to be kept in tissue paper for one morning a year. Organic cotton softens with every wash rather than stiffening — which is why the good ones get handed down, and why the polyester ones end up at the back of the cupboard by December.
Some traditions don't need explaining.
You just hand them over, folded.
The Onakkodi has always come from the elders of the house — placed in small hands on Thiruvonam morning, worn straight out to the pookalam. It is the one gift of the year that nobody has to be persuaded to give.
All we would ask is that the thing being handed over is worth the gesture.
Atham to Thiruvonam
Ten mornings of flowers, one very long lunch, and a great deal of running about in between.
Twenty pieces. One palette.
Cream, white and soft stripe — the colours of Onam, in clothes they can actually run in. Sizes 2–3, 3–4, 4–5 and 5–6 years.
SETCapri Blouse & Amalfi Skort Set
The full look — embroidered blouse and striped skort.
SETCapri Blouse & Nice Shorts Set
Blouse and shorts, cut for a humid August.
SETFlorence Lounge Set
Floral cotton–linen co-ord. Easy all day.
Riviera Rose Dress
Floral puff-sleeve, cotton–linen.
Cairo Blouse
Soft, breathable cotton–linen.
Pookalam
The flower carpet is not made in one go. A ring is added each morning from Atham, so it grows for ten days and is at its widest on Thiruvonam.
Petra Shirt
Cotton–linen. Unisex, 2–6.
Provence Dress
Panelled cotton–linen dress.
Oslo Shirt
Clean cotton–linen shirt.
Portofino Dress
Smocked stripe. Sits beautifully with kasavu.
Santorini Dress
Flutter sleeve, in white.
Onasadya
The sadya is served on a banana leaf, tip pointing left, and eaten with the right hand. The order things are laid out matters more than the count.
Milan Shirt
Soft lilac cotton–linen.
Positano Pants
Lightweight trousers, unisex.
Capri Blouse
Floral embroidery, peter-pan collar.
Mykonos Dress
Embroidered and smocked.
Palermo Shorts
Cotton–linen. Made to move.
Onakkodi
New clothes are given on Thiruvonam morning, before the sadya — which is why they need to survive a long lunch, not just a photograph.
Amalfi Skort
Skirt and shorts in one.
Vienna Blouse
Pleated, sleeveless, white.
Cannes Shirt
Crisp white organic cotton.
Copenhagen Shirt
Fine blue stripe, collarless.
Nice Shorts
Blue-and-white stripe.
Thiruvonam is Wednesday 26 August.
Orders placed by 19 August reach you before Thiruvonam. Dispatched within 24–48 hours. After the 19th we'll still send it as fast as we can — we just can't promise the date.
Four sizes, two to six.
True to age, with a little room to grow. Between sizes? Size up — it'll see them through to next Onam.
Full measurements are on every product page.
Before you order
Will it arrive before Thiruvonam?
What size should I order?
What does GOTS-certified actually mean?
Is it comfortable in Kerala's August?
Can I use ONAM15 on the sets?
What if the fit isn't right?
Onakkodi, made properly.
15% off everything with ONAM15, until 28 August.
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