5. Ann Demeulemeester

Deconstructuionist, avant-garde, radical, distinctive, funereal, poetic balance of shadow and light, melancholy, textured, dishevelled, androgynous

Ann Demeulemeester was born in Belgium in 1959. She studied fashion design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1978-1981. She became a member of the Antwerp Six Designer Group representing avant-garde style Her work is influenced by the gothic, punk, and Japanese styles; she worked with artist Jime Dine and also inspired by singer Patti Smith, Jackson Pollock and her husband and photographer Patrick Robyn. She avoids ornament and colour in favour of close concentration to detail and unusual mixing of fabrics bot for men- and womens-wear.

Her own label operates stores in Antwerp, Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York.

Website: https://www.anndemeulemeester.be/

Headquarter: Antwerp, Belgium

"I could do it the easy way, give the same pieces, but if I don't try new things then I'm not pushing myself, and I feel bad. I feel lazy." (Ann Demeulemeester)

Paris Fashion Week - Soring/Summer Collection 2012

http://www.fashion156.com/collections/ann-demeulemeester-paris-fashion-week-ss12-2/

Winter/Autumn Collection 2011

Source: http://www.fashionqanda.com/runway/ann-demeulemeester-fall-winter-2011-runway-collection-paris-fashion-week.html

Spring/Summer Collection 2009

Source: http://beautifulinsidemymind.blogspot.hu/2009/07/blog-post.html

Autumn/Winter Collection 2009

Source: http://beautifulinsidemymind.blogspot.hu/2009/07/blog-post.html

Other Sources:

http://www.theamazingmodels.com/fashion-designers-details/528/Ann_Demeulemeester.php

https://www.anndemeulemeester.be/page/biography

http://joaniti.blogspot.hu/2014/10/5-ann-demeulemeester.html