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A childhood of discovery has inspired Mita Vohra in myriad paths from lawyer to jewellery designer and philanthropist. She speaks to Alexandra Newlove about growing up in one of Africa’s most prominent hotelier families, seeking challenges outside the fold, and her new jewellery company, Ortaea
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elf-assured, seeking the best from herself, and ready to face challenges head-on and unafraid. When coming up with concepts for her jewellery, Mita Vohra creates for a woman who “owns her own style”.
“No-one tells her what to wear, or how to wear it.” Vohra, in other words, is designing for a woman a bit
like herself. The softly-spoken daughter of the co-founder of one of
Kenya’s largest hotel chains, she rejects the idea of a muse, and in fact found it incredibly difficult choosing a model on which to photograph the collections of Ortaea. “I know it is aspirational to have a model woman,
but Ortaea is not about telling women how they should be. There is no ideal woman, every woman is ideal,” Vohra says. The resulting jewellery is bold, thoughtful, and form- focused, drawing on lines from nature and architecture.
Following the flow Raised in Kenya and of Indian descent, Vohra studied law in England before briefly joining the family business, Sarova Hotels, and realising fairly quickly that the cushy world of an heir was not for her. “When you join a family business [as a family
member], frankly, at the beginning you are not as accountable, people treat you with kid gloves and you get special privileges,” Vohra says.
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Ortaea is not about telling women how they should be. There is no ideal woman, every woman is ideal
Above: Mita Vohra takes inspiration for her designs from nature, astrology, symbolism and mythology
Top: The Ortaea range includes everything from rings and necklaces to ear cuffs and bracelets
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