Who Is Bernadette Antwerp? The Mother-and-Daughter Print House Explained

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Gemma Deeks

September 22, 2026

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Who Is Bernadette Antwerp? The Mother-and-Daughter Print House Explained

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Gemma Deeks

September 22, 2026 On September 22, 2026

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Bernadette is the Antwerp label founded in 2018 by Charlotte de Geyter and her mother, Bernadette de Geyter, and almost everything distinctive about it follows from one working method: Charlotte draws the prints by hand. The house trades as Bernadette Antwerp, which is worth knowing when you search for it, because the bare name also belongs to a saint, a Broadway actress and a river. This page is the plain answer to who the house is, what it makes, where it is made and what it costs, checked against the brand’s own pages and the 77 pieces Coveti has in stock on 22 September 2026.

The founders

Charlotte de Geyter trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, the school that produced the Antwerp Six, and is the creative director. Her own account of the founding, given to Liberty London, is that she moved to London after graduating with plans to join a fashion house, found within months that it was not for her, and came home to start a label with her mother instead. The Gloss records a spell with Simone Rocha before that. Bernadette de Geyter, who gave the house its name, spent her career on the other side of fashion as a buyer, including at Ralph Lauren, where the house says she absorbed the idea of ready-to-wear and homeware sold as one world. She is co-founder and full-time creative consultant. Read the longer profile in our page on Charlotte de Geyter.

What the house is known for

Botanicals, drawn rather than licensed. Lingerie Roses, hydrangea, delphinium, cherries, blackberries and foxgloves recur season to season in colour that sits closer to a July garden than to a fashion palette, and the prints glossary names every one in the current stock. The second signature is fabric with body: taffeta, moire, velvet and silk crepe de chine cut on couture lines, with a bow at the back, the shoulder, the waist. The third is that silk pyjamas and peignoirs are part of the main line rather than a sleepwear sideline. The house also makes ceramics and homeware in the same prints, which Coveti does not carry.

In the current Coveti stock that reads as 24 dresses from the Short Dress Will in Icy Pink at $1,150 to the Dress Lena Embroidered in Red Bouquet Embroidery on Pink at $3,040, 12 skirts, 11 knits, 7 tops/shirt/" class="cvx-al cvx-al--category">shirts and tops, 5 silk pyjama sets and peignoirs, and for the first time the accessories: 6 hand-embroidered brooches, 3 velvet bucket bags, 3 silk scarves, socks, long gloves and the two Classic Pumps.

How the collections work

Shapes repeat, prints do not. Dress George, Dress Ezra, Dress Madeline and the Camille skirts come back each season with new drawings on them, and the studio does not reissue the archive. Charlotte de Geyter told SheerLuxe in 2023 that the house does not carry stock, which is the practical side of the same fact. If you are choosing between two Bernadette pieces, choose on the print, because the silhouette will probably return and the drawing will not. Three current examples: the Dress Ezra in Hydrangea Green on Black, the Dress Ezra in Taupe and the Dress Ezra in Black Moire are one dress in three cloths.

Where it is made

Designed in Antwerp, made in six countries, and the house names the country on every product page. Across the 77 pieces at Coveti: 24 are made in Romania, 16 in Portugal, 11 knitted in China, 4 knitted in Bulgaria, 17 made and hand-embroidered in India, and 5 made in Italy (the silk scarves and the pumps). Fabrics and yarns come from Italy for most of the collection, and the founders told Liberty London they work with European suppliers only, most of them with a contact in Belgium. The materials and care page goes cloth by cloth.

Sizing

The house cuts on the European ladder, EU 34 to 46, and states its fit sentence on every page: true to size almost everywhere, with the Kane sweater cut oversized on purpose and the Kira cardigan the one piece the house says to size down in. Coveti shows the ladder as UK 6 to 18, so an EU 36 is a UK 8. The house model is 172 cm and wears EU 36 on most pages. The size guide has the body measurements.

Who wears it

The house’s own press page lists Rose Byrne in Dress Lenette in 2025, Gillian Anderson in the black Taffi dress in 2022, Gwyneth Paltrow in the Audrey dress in 2021 and Dakota Johnson in the Robe in 2021; SheerLuxe adds Sandra Bullock in a red robe. The full sourced list is on who wears Bernadette.

Key facts

Founded in Antwerp in 2018 by Charlotte de Geyter (creative director) and her mother Bernadette de Geyter (co-founder and creative consultant); trades as Bernadette Antwerp.
Charlotte de Geyter is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, and draws every print by hand; her mother is a former Ralph Lauren buyer.
Ready-to-wear, accessories and homeware; the pyjamas and peignoirs are main-line ready-to-wear.
77 pieces at Coveti on 22 September 2026, $260 to $3,040; ready-to-wear $890 to $3,040, accessories $260 to $1,240.
Made in Romania (24), Portugal (16), China (11), Bulgaria (4), India (17) and Italy (5); fabrics from Italy.
Sizes EU 34 to 46, shown at Coveti as UK 6 to 18; the house says true to size.

“BERNADETTE is the Antwerp-based fashion label founded by mother-daughter duo Bernadette and Charlotte de Geyter,” the house writes on its About page, and it dates the launch: Charlotte “launched BERNADETTE in 2018, shortly after graduating, in creative partnership with her mother, Bernadette.”

Frequently asked questions

Who owns Bernadette Antwerp?

The label is independent and family run. Charlotte de Geyter is the creative director and her mother Bernadette de Geyter the co-founder; no group ownership is stated anywhere on the house’s pages.

Is Bernadette a luxury brand?

Yes, in the contemporary luxury bracket: ready-to-wear runs $890 to $3,040 at Coveti, the cloth is Italian silk, taffeta, velvet and cashmere, and the embroidery is worked by hand in India. The full case is here.

Where is Bernadette Antwerp based?

In Antwerp, Belgium. The founders told Liberty London that the city’s space and time shape the way they work.

What is Bernadette famous for?

Hand-drawn botanical prints in saturated colour, taffeta and moire dresses with bows, silk pyjamas sold as ready-to-wear, and now hand-embroidered silk brooches and velvet bags.

Where can I buy Bernadette?

From the house directly, from a small number of department stores and multi-brand retailers, and from Coveti, which carries 77 pieces and ships worldwide. Where to buy lists them.

Does Bernadette have a Wikipedia page?

No. There is no Wikipedia article and no Wikidata entry for the label, which is why searches for the bare name land on the saint and the actress. The house’s own About page is the primary source.

More Bernadette guides

Every Bernadette Antwerp page by Coveti’s fashion editor Gemma Deeks: Brands like Bernadette, 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.