The Sharmila Sweatshirt

It was the summer of 1966. As India awoke, the August issue of entertainment magazine Filmfare waited at doors and graced newsstands. Jaws dropped as soon as readers saw the cover: a young woman sitting cross-legged with a defiant look. But the stunned reactions perhaps had more to do with the outfit she wore: a black-and-white bikini.

Since French designer Louis Réard unveiled the bikini on July 5, 1946, it had filtered into wardrobes in the West but not India. Sharmila Tagore, the face on the Filmfare cover and the first-ever Bollywood actor to don a bikini, changed that. The gravity of the moment was perhaps lost on Tagore. To an observer, her choices are trailblazing. But, to the woman who made them, they were the ones that felt right.

• 80% organic cotton, 20% recycled polyester
• 100% organic cotton exterior
• Frenchy terry knit
• Set-in sleeves
• 2×2 rib at collar
• Self-fabric neck tape
• Blank product sourced from Bangladesh

Disclaimer: US customers should order a size up as the EU sizes for this supplier correspond to a smaller size in the US market.

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

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