84% matchWynn Hamlyn
Ribbed knitwear and draped tonal silhouettes
What changes: More antipodean-relaxed, less overtly sensual eveningwear
Brand profile
Gauge81
Amsterdam label making sensual, minimal knitwear and dresses that blur the line between eveningwear and daywear.
AmsterdamOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Minimalist / ContemporaryStyle
$$$Price
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What to know about Gauge81
A knitwear designer's construction logic
Founder Monika Silva came from knitwear, and it shows: fine-gauge knit dresses, draped jersey and cut-out pieces rather than conventional cut-and-sew tailoring.
Day and evening deliberately blurred
Slip dresses, 1990s-leaning miniskirts and tailored separates sit in muted, skin-toned palettes, so the same pieces read as daywear or eveningwear.
Wholesale-led, luxury-floor placement
Since its 2019 wholesale launch the womenswear line has sold through Net-a-Porter, Ssense, Browns and Bergdorf Goodman at mid-to-high, not full luxury, pricing.
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Brand facts
Gauge81 (pronounced "go-sh eighty-one") is an Amsterdam womenswear label founded in 2019 by Colombian-born knitwear designer Monika Silva, developed with the Parrot agency and a small creative team including Vogue Netherlands contributor Gijsje Ribbens. The brand blurs eveningwear and daywear: fine-gauge knit dresses, cut-out and draped jersey pieces, slip dresses, tailored separates and 1990s-leaning miniskirts in muted, skin-toned palettes. Collections launched at wholesale in 2019 and sell through Net-a-Porter, Ssense, Shopbop, Moda Operandi, Browns and Bergdorf Goodman, with a bridal-adjacent summer offering.
- Founded
- 2019
- Origin
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Made in
- Europe
- Price
- $$$
- Typical prices
- Bottoms $254–$339 · Tops $256–$407
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Minimalist / Contemporary, Quiet luxury, Avant-garde