ANN DEMEULEMEESTER was born in Courtayac, Belgium in 1959. In 1986, she exhibited her work together with five other Academy graduates at an exhibition in London, and suddenly came into the limelight as the "Antwerpsis" (Six from Antwerp). In 1992, he participated in the Paris Collection, and in 1996 he announced a men's line. Although he retired as a designer in 2013, he made a comeback in 2021 with the aim of enriching the brand's DNA with a new domain.