Wouters & Hendrix: Bending the rules of fine jewellery

Katrin Wouters and Karen Hendrix graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1984, the same year they began their collaboration, with a shared ambition that was clear from the start: to produce jewellery that was elegant yet daring, intelligent and bold, exclusive as well as accessible.

In 1986, alongside the Antwerp Six, they took part in the British Designer Show in London, where their striking collections and self-built trade stands attracted international attention and helped ignite the global moment of Belgian fashion. Four decades later, the brand remains entirely in Antwerp, production entirely in-house, with the same conviction that jewellery should conduct a dialogue with art, surrealism, and the unexpected. Retaining production in-house is, for Wouters & Hendrix, not just a quality decision but a creative one — it keeps exceptional craft knowledge alive and allows for the kind of experimentation that defines every collection.