Born in Belgium in 1959, Ann Demeulemmeester studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium between 1978 and 1981.
She hired a truck with five of her fellow-students - the now legendary 'Antwerp Six' - and presented her first collection at London Fashion week in 1987. Between 1987 and 1988 she created her first Autumn / Winter fashion collections for women. It was in 1992 that Ann Demeulemeester held her first fashion show in Paris .
By 1996 Ann Demeulemeester had also moved into creating mens fashions and that year saw these designs exhibited with her womens fashions at Paris FashionWeek. A successful saw Ann Demeulemees win the "Culture Award '96" by the Belgian Government.
Sometimes defined slick yet sensual, soft with big attitude each new collection the fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester send out garments that seem perfectly right for our times.
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