84% matchRenaissance Renaissance
Shirred tulle romance with the same craft-first volume
What changes: Smaller atelier scale, more blouse-and-separates focus
Brand profile
CECILIE BAHNSEN
Copenhagen label pairing couture craft with ready-to-wear, known for voluminous quilted and broderie anglaise dresses in a romantic Scandinavian register.
CopenhagenOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Avant-gardeStyle
$$$$$Price
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What to know about CECILIE BAHNSEN
Womenswear, built around volume
A Copenhagen label founded in 2015 doing voluminous babydoll and tiered dresses, plus soft knitted sets, separates and a bridal edit — no menswear line.
Couture techniques at ready-to-wear scale
Matelasse quilting, broderie anglaise and hand-applied floral applique explain the very high prices; the house shows on the Paris calendar.
Technical collaborations cut the romance
Outerwear and footwear projects with The North Face and Asics put the label's applique and quilting onto performance shapes, sold via roughly 70 stockists worldwide.
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71% matchRoksanda
Sculptural dress volume, but colour-blocked not appliquéd
What changes: Bolder colour, less handcraft detailing
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Embroidery and broderie occasionwear, more classically pretty
What changes: Traditional occasion dressing rather than runway-avant
Brand facts
Cecilie Bahnsen is a Copenhagen womenswear label founded in 2015 by its namesake designer, who remains owner and creative director. Working between couture and ready-to-wear, it is known for voluminous babydoll and tiered dresses in matelassé quilting, broderie anglaise and hand-applied floral appliqué, alongside soft knitted sets, separates and a bridal edit. The house shows on the Paris calendar, sells through roughly 70 international stockists, and has produced outerwear and footwear collaborations with The North Face and Asics. Mie Marie Ejdrup joined as chief executive in September 2024.
- Founded
- 2015
- Origin
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Made in
- Europe
- Price
- $$$$$
- Typical prices
- Footwear $573–$639 · Jackets $569–$949
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Facts checked
- September 2026
- Styles
- Avant-garde, Minimalist / Contemporary, Quiet luxury