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Cecilie Bahnsen

The independent Copenhagen womenswear label of the designer Cecilie Bahnsen, known for voluminous dresses in embroidered and layered sheer fabrics.

Founded
2015
Founded by
Cecilie Bahnsen
Based in
Copenhagen

Visit ceciliebahnsen.com

Rails of dresses in the Vermundsgade studio
Rails of dresses in the Vermundsgade studio
A white embroidered look from the Autumn Winter 2026 show
A white embroidered look from the Autumn Winter 2026 show

Pictures © Cecilie Bahnsen, from ceciliebahnsen.com.

Why it is renowned

Cecilie Bahnsen was one of the finalists of the LVMH Prize for young fashion designers in 2017.1 A year earlier she had won the Danish Design Talent Award.2

The story

Cecilie Bahnsen took an MA at the Royal College of Art in London and worked for international fashion houses before starting her own label in 2015.2 She works with traditional techniques in new ways: simple, feminine shapes carry fine embroidery and layers of sheer and opaque fabric.2 The label is independently owned.3 It left its first studio on Kristianiagade for a two-floor space at Vermundsgade 38C in Østerbro, with the design studio and atelier on the top floor and a showroom below.3 Patchwork curtains there are sewn from upcycled fabric from past seasons, in the spirit of its Encore collection.3

Works

What to know it by

  • Embroidered sheer dresses2Cecilie BahnsenSimple silhouettes in layered transparent and opaque fabrics
  • Encore3Cecilie BahnsenA collection made from fabrics of past seasons
  • Stine Goya, another designer-led Copenhagen womenswear label
  • GANNI, another Copenhagen ready-to-wear house
Sources
  1. 2017 Edition - LVMH Prize. lvmhprize.com, read 28 September 2026.
  2. Cecilie Bahnsen by Cecilie Rosted Bahnsen - LVMH Prize. lvmhprize.com, read 28 September 2026.
  3. Cecilie Bahnsen Studio. ceciliebahnsen.com, read 28 September 2026.

Checked 2 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.