Bernadette Is Bringing Its Beloved Floral Prints Home With Ceramics, Linens, and PJ’s

Bernadette de Geyter, matriarch of the de Geyter family, lives in a dream house. Scroll through her ready-to-wear brand’s Instagram page and, among their lovely floral-printed silk slips and gowns, you’ll see it all: the idyllic rose garden and hedges, the French Provençal-style house painted with blush pink walls and decorated with antique furniture in pops of colors, wicker, and gingham. De Geyter’s home just outside of Antwerp is where she and her daughter Charlotte, her partner in Bernadette, spent most of their time during quarantine. For interiors fanatics, especially those with a penchant for vintage Belgian and Danish design, it’s a feast for the eyes, even when viewed via a small square on a social media feed. As they spent those quiet months together at home during the early spring, the duo began homing in on their surroundings and realized that they could translate their love of their home into a new direction for their brand.

As a part of the label’s spring 2021 collection, Bernadette is introducing a capsule of ceramics, table linens, and sleepwear. The dishes, mugs, and tablecloths feature two of the brand’s most popular floral prints—a red and pink poppy and an ivory with pink and green rose bunches. The silk pajama sets, which can be worn for bed or for a party at home, also feature the flower motifs, as do the ruffled sleep masks. The ceramics are all handmade in Cape Town by Mervyn Gers, who specializes in making his own glaze colors, which the de Geyter’s felt was symbiotic with their prints that are all painted by Charlotte. As she explains of the motifs they chose for the new collection, “I liked these prints specifically for the ceramics because they have such an artisanal, rustic vibe to them.” She adds: “They’re painted quite nonchalantly and you can really feel the handmade touch.” Bernadette agrees, and even goes so far as to suggest which dishes work with which meals: “The ivory with the golden edge is more classic and suitable for a Sunday brunch. The pink feels more fun—lovely to combine with different vegetables like eggplant or a very colorful pasta.”