ANN DEMEULEMEESTER was born in Courillac, Belgium, in 1959. In 1986, she presented her work at an exhibition in London with five graduates of the Academy, and was catapulted into the limelight as "Antwerpsis" (six people from Antwerp). In 1992, he joined the Paris collections and launched a men's line in 1996; he stepped down as designer in 2013, but made a comeback in 2021, enriching the brand's DNA with new domains and more.