BABILDRI

Alma d’Amazônia jacket and trousers, Açaí earrings

Caupé collection, 2024

Cotton, glass beads, cold porcelain

 

This two-piece set pays homage to the fruits of family farming on the river islands of Pará, particularly cocoa and açaí, pillars of the food culture of the city of Belém. The garments are

hand-painted with water-based dyes and embroidered with glass beads, creating rich textures that evoke the abundance of the forest. Part of the Caupé collection, the assemble

honours female deities of the Amazon, proposing a fusion between the sacred and the everyday, the body that carries and the earth that nourishes. In Tupi-Guarani mythology,

Caupé is the goddess of beauty, also known as the Indigenous Aphrodite.

 

Established in 2020 by Bruno Sacramento and Luiz Cordeiro, Babildri is an independent brand that seeks to celebrate the Amazon. Through embroidery, painting and ceramics, the

brand reimagines local cultural elements proposing an affective and conscious fashion, in tune with the rhythms of the forest and the narratives of the people who inhabit it.

 

Courtesy of the brand