Brands Like Bernadette Antwerp: 10 Alternatives We Stock, Ranked

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Gemma Deeks

September 22, 2026

On September 3, 2026

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Brands Like Bernadette Antwerp: 10 Alternatives We Stock, Ranked

Posted by

Gemma Deeks

September 22, 2026 On September 3, 2026

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Bernadette Antwerp is a specific kind of house: hand-drawn botanical prints, saturated colour, taffeta and silk cut on couture lines, made by a mother and daughter in Antwerp since 2018. If you are looking for alternatives, you probably want one of three things: the drawn print, the occasion construction, the same optimism at a different price. Here are ten brands Coveti stocks, ranked by how close they get, with what each does better and what it does worse.

Every brand below is in stock at Coveti on 22 September 2026 with a live collection, and the counts are from that date. For the house itself, the Bernadette collection at Coveti carries 77 pieces from $260 to $3,040.

1. La DoubleJ

La DoubleJ, the closest match. Milanese, founded by an American editor, and the other house in luxury that draws and archives its own prints. La DoubleJ is bigger, bolder in scale, heavier on homeware and more 1970s in its references; Bernadette is more romantic, with bows, bustiers and taffeta where La DoubleJ has kaftans and A-lines. Prices overlap almost exactly. If you want a printed dress that will be recognised across a room, this is the alternative to check first. 436 pieces at Coveti.

2. Erdem

Erdem, for the botanical and the occasion. London, founded 2005, and the house that taught the market to buy a botanical print as an occasion dress. Erdem is darker, more historical and about double the price, with lace and jacquard where Bernadette uses taffeta and silk. Buy Erdem when you want the print to be sombre and the construction to be visible; buy Bernadette when you want it to be a July garden. 490 pieces at Coveti.

3. Zimmermann

Zimmermann, for the same print instinct at scale. Australian, much larger, and built on the same idea of a drawn floral treated as the whole garment. Zimmermann is lighter, more resort, more linen and broderie; Bernadette is a winter house with velvet and wool in the mix. Zimmermann is easier to find in your size, and it is the alternative when you need the dress this week. 1953 pieces at Coveti.

4. Alemais

Alemais, for colour and craft. Sydney, founded 2020, and the closest thing to Bernadette’s optimism in the southern hemisphere: hand-drawn prints, heavy embroidery, saturated colour, and a stated interest in craft. Alemais is more relaxed in cut and lower in price. If what you love about Bernadette is the drawing rather than the bustier, start here. 1516 pieces at Coveti.

5. Stine Goya

Stine Goya, for the same colour, less structure. Copenhagen, founded 2006, another founder-drawn print house with a painter’s palette. Stine Goya is softer and easier, with sequins and jersey where Bernadette has taffeta, and it costs less. The alternative for a print you can wear to work. 76 pieces at Coveti.

6. Essentiel Antwerp

Essentiel Antwerp, the Antwerp neighbour. The other Antwerp label a shopper meets first, founded 1999, and a useful contrast: more separates, more colour blocking, more play, and a good deal cheaper. Essentiel is where you go for the Belgian sensibility without the occasion pricing. 1421 pieces at Coveti.

7. Emilia Wickstead

Emilia Wickstead, for the construction. London, made-to-measure roots, and the house that beats Bernadette at its own construction game: boned bodices, cloth that stands, and a client list of women who dress for daytime formality. Fewer prints, more silhouette, higher prices. Buy it for a wedding where the dress code is strict. 103 pieces at Coveti.

8. Markarian

Markarian, for occasion dressing in New York. New York, small, hand-finished, and known for gowns with a bow, a bead, placed exactly. Markarian overlaps with Bernadette on the occasion dress and not at all on the day pieces; its palette is more jewel-toned and less garden. 177 pieces at Coveti.

9. Needle and Thread

Needle and Thread, for embroidery at a lower price. London, and the direct answer to the Bernadette embroidered dress at a fraction of the cost: floral embroidery on tulle, ribbon work, occasion dressing for a younger buyer. Less cloth, less construction, much less money, and the closest thing to a Lena dress on a budget. 905 pieces at Coveti.

10. Ulla Johnson

Ulla Johnson, for the hand-made feeling. New York, and the other house that makes a printed, gathered, crafted dress feel personal. Ulla Johnson is earthier, more artisanal, more cotton and hand-dye; Bernadette is glossier. The alternative if the taffeta is too much shine. 428 pieces at Coveti.

How they compare

Brand	Closest on	Price against Bernadette	Pieces at Coveti
Bernadette	the house itself	$890 to $3,040 ready-to-wear	77
La DoubleJ	drawn prints, an archive	the same	436
Erdem	botanical occasion dressing	about double	490
Zimmermann	print as the whole garment	a little below	1,953
Alemais	hand-drawn prints, embroidery	below	1,516
Stine Goya	a painter’s colour	well below	76
Essentiel Antwerp	the Antwerp sensibility	well below	1,421
Emilia Wickstead	construction and formality	above	103
Markarian	occasion gowns	about the same	177
Needle and Thread	embroidery on a budget	well below	905
Ulla Johnson	a hand-made feeling	about the same	428

Which should you choose

If you came for the print, La DoubleJ and Alemais. If you came for the occasion dress, Erdem, Emilia Wickstead and Markarian. If you came for the price, Stine Goya, Essentiel Antwerp and Needle and Thread. And if what you actually want is Bernadette, the thing to know is that the shapes return each season and the prints do not, so the piece to buy is the one in the drawing you love: the Dress Ezra in Hydrangea Green on Black, the Dress Dette in Rosebranches Red on Black, the Dress George in Dark Lime. Every dress in stock is here, and the resale guide covers a colourway that has sold through.

Key facts

Bernadette: Antwerp, founded 2018, hand-drawn botanical prints and taffeta construction; 77 pieces at Coveti, $260 to $3,040.
Closest on prints: La DoubleJ (Milan) and Alemais (Sydney), both founder-drawn print houses.
Closest on occasion construction: Erdem, Emilia Wickstead and Markarian, all above Bernadette on price except Markarian.
Lower-priced alternatives: Stine Goya, Essentiel Antwerp and Needle and Thread.
Every brand listed is stocked at Coveti with a live collection on the date above.

“Antwerp is a creative city, there’s a lot of designers and artists living here. It’s a city where you get to have a lot of space and time. This influences our brand in being timeless, and us having our own way of thinking and working,” the de Geyters told Liberty London.

Frequently asked questions

What brands are similar to Bernadette Antwerp?

La DoubleJ and Alemais for the hand-drawn prints, Erdem and Emilia Wickstead for occasion construction, Stine Goya and Essentiel Antwerp for the same colour at a lower price, Needle and Thread for embroidery on a budget.

Is La DoubleJ like Bernadette?

It is the closest match: another house built on prints it draws and archives, at much the same price. La DoubleJ is bolder in scale and more 1970s; Bernadette is more romantic, with bows and bustiers.

What is a cheaper alternative to Bernadette?

Stine Goya and Essentiel Antwerp for printed day pieces, Needle and Thread for an embroidered occasion dress. All three sit well below Bernadette at Coveti.

Is there a Bernadette dupe?

Not in the sense of a copy worth buying. The prints are drawn for the house and not reused, so a dupe is either a different house’s own print, and otherwise a past-season Bernadette on the resale market.

Bernadette and Erdem: which is better?

Different jobs. Erdem is darker, more historical and about double the price, for a formal occasion. Bernadette is brighter and more wearable by day, and it makes pyjamas and knitwear Erdem does not.

More Bernadette guides

Every Bernadette Antwerp page by Coveti’s fashion editor Gemma Deeks: Who is Bernadette Antwerp?, Is it a luxury brand?, History timeline, Charlotte de Geyter, Price guide, Where to buy, Sale, Review, Size guide, The prints, Who wears it, Materials and care, New arrivals 2026, How to wear it, Resale, vintage and rental, Dresses, Wedding guest dresses, Skirts, Knitwear, Shirts and tops, Pyjamas and robes, Embroidered pieces, The George dress, Accessories, Brooches, Silk scarves.

Sources and method

Checked on 22 September 2026 by Gemma Deeks, fashion editor at Coveti. Product facts, the compositions, fits, model measurements, heel heights and countries of manufacture, are the brand’s own product-page text; counts, prices and price ranges are Coveti’s live catalogue on that date and move with stock; the house history and the wearers come from the brand’s own pages and the interviews listed below, each read on the date above. Where a claim could not be checked against one of these it was left out, and where the fitting room is giving its own advice the page says so.