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Ann Demeulemeester
The dark mistress of gothic romanticism and one of the revered ‘Antwerp Six’ fashion designers, Ann Demeulemeester’s singular vision brings a deconstructed and poetic elegance. Her menswear and womenswear has garnered a following for her slim cut black suits, draped overcoats and military-inspired boots.
The Belgians An Unexpected Fashion Story
The Belgians An Unexpected Fashion Story is an exhibition at The Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, Belgium. The exhibition gives a unique historic overview of the DNA of Belgian fashion, starting with the legendary Antwerp Six (including Dries van Noten, Walter Van Beirendonck and Ann Demeulemeester) and working up to the individualistic creations of Martin…
Patti Smith Helps Celebrate Ann Demeulemeester's New Book
Ann Demeulemeester was at Barneys in New York last Wednesday night to sign copies of her new monograph. The thick, linen-wrapped book, published by Rizzoli is priced at $100 and documents the retired designer’s career from 1982 to 2014. The event boasted another unmissable attendee: Patti Smith. The singer-songwriter, artist and poet is a longtime…
Ann Demeulemeester Monograph Published By Rizzoli
This book tells the whole story of my work in pictures and is dedicated to all of the people who have believed in me and helped me to bring my work into the world and to all of the women and men who have added their personalities to my clothes to make them complete -…
Ann Demeulemeester Spring Summer 2015
A year into the post-departure era at Ann Demeulemeester and the design team by Sebastien Meunier have remained true to the eponymous founder’s sensibility while moving ahead on their own for. Layering and featherweight fabrics combine with razor tailoring and thick, textural materials with the silhouettes forming a cohesive and true reflection of the Demeulemeester aesthetic. Ann…
Ann Demeulemeester Autumn Winter 2014 Menswear Collection
Ann Demeulemeester AW14/15 menswear collection is now available to purchase in-store and online. This season’s collection is all about fluidity, asymmetric cuts, and light fabrics draped impeccably around the body. Ann Demeulemeester is exclusive to 4. Shop the new collection here.
Ann Demeulemeester To Exit Label
We were sorry to hear that Ann Demeulemeester is leaving her eponymous label. The designer – who established her brand in 1985 – announced the news on Wednesday November 20th, 2013 with a PDF of a handwritten letter. “A new time is coming both for my personal life and the brand Ann Demeulemeester,” she wrote, before…
Ann Demeulemeester Spring Summer 2012 Womenswear
The creature Ann Demeulemeester created for SS12 was part androgyne, part decadent, a poetic hybrid of East and West. As she did with her men’s collection in June, Demeulemeester imagined a European wardrobe “infected” by the tribal dress her explorer encountered. With the spectral pulse of Harold Budd on the soundtrack sounding like mournful desert…
Menswear Spring Summer 2012 Collection By Ann Demeulemeester
We are happy to share a selection of images from the new Ann Demeulemeester Spring Summer 2012 Menswear collection. Recently shown during Menswear Paris Fashion week, Ann’s creations are still one of our firm favourites chez 4. If you want to find out more, check out the her website. Ann Demeulemeester (womenswear and menswear) is…
Jennifer Aniston Wearing Ann Demeulemeester
Though not really our thing – celebrities in their finest, we make the odd exception… Presenting; Jennifer Aniston wearing Ann Demeulemeester (Marie Claire US) , in a Fall Winter 2011-2012 Jacket. Ann Demeulemeester is exclusive to 4. Image via Ann Demeulemeester.
The Tribes Of Vivienne Westwood, Ann Demeulemeester And Rick Owens
One of the fundamental effects that clothing has is to identify and categorise people in the minds of everyone else around them. It serves as one of our basic ways of aligning ourselves with others, a way of belonging to a certain tribe. While some designers tend to beat to the drum of being on-trend,…
Ann Demeulemeester Autumn/Winter 2011 Show, Paris
After our recent post featuring images from her show: We present the video of the Autumn Winter 2011 womenswear collection from Ann Demeulemeester. If we could dress Pocahontas, she would look like this. Ann Demeulemeester is exclusive to 4. > Video via ASVOF.
Ann Demeulemeester Womenswear Autumn Winter 2011, Paris
This season’s new collection was a poetic and fantastical return to what Demeulemeester does best. Last season, Ann Demeulemeester tried her hand at wearable abstract art to purposefully go to an experimental place but this seasons show was about poetically playing out with familiar elements – feathers, lace-up detailing, fringing – to reach the heights…
The Most Action-Packed Fashion Week In History
Fall 2011 may have been the most action-packed Fashion Week in the history of action-packed Fashion Weeks: So says Hint Mag. Why? Dominatrix Effect: for fall several designers dove headfirst into the dungeon, sending out a seemingly endless parade of fashion dominatrixes outfitted for every taste imaginable. These ranged from Maison Martin Margiela’s intellectual doms,…
Joyce 40th Anniversary: Diane Pernet Interviewing Ann Demeulmeester
We now give you Diane Pernet from ASVOF interviewing Ann Demeulemeester. The interview is part of the 40th Anniversary celebrations of Joyce, one of the most innovative Chinese retail stores, having Diane and Ann talking about Joyce, inspiration and fashion in Asia. Ann Demeulemeester is exclusive to 4. ANN DEMEULEMEESTER INTERVIEWED BY DIANE PERNET from…
The History Of Contemporary Art Fashion Vol. 2 In Paris
The museum Les Arts Decoratifs in Paris is exhibiting “The History of Contemporary Art Fashion vol. 2 1990 & 2000 until May 2011. One hundred and fifty designs were selected from the most emblematic collections of the decade 1990-2000 which includes: Azzedine Alaïa, Chanel par Karl Laggerfeld, Hussein Chalayan, Junya Watanabe, Lanvin par Alber Elbaz,…
Walter Van Beirendonck
Not satisfied with being known for inspiring and politicising fashion or curating numerous exhibitions and publications on popular culture, Walter Van Beirendonck has also been heavily involved in the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Art course. He is far from a guest lecturer, and in 2007 became the head of the department. Numerous forward thinking…
Ann Demeulemeester Angelina Jacket
The Angelina jacket by Ann Demeulemeester is of course more than an ordinary piece. It’s a full leather piece which comes full lined. It is also not your typical piece. Those looking for something out of the ordinary have found it. Ann Demeulemeester is stocked at 4. Read the original blog post here on Selectism.
Ann Demeulemeester: Male Retrospective, 1996 - 2009
A Blog Curated By (Haider Ackermann) points us at a great retrospective look at Ann Demeulemeester from Nomenus Nº7 - see below. American photographer Erik Madigan Heck has carved a sure path through the cultural spheres of art, fashion, and film in the past decade – having graduated Parsons School of Design and going on to…
Kobe Bryant is 'White Hot' for the LA Times
We were certainly surprised to see these images making their way online this week… LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant looks a little out of his depth wearing a selection of 4 favourites Damir Doma, Kriss Van Assche, Ann Demeulemeester and Rick Owens in a shoot for the LA Times. We’re not entirely convinced of the pairing but…
Monograph: 'Complete Works' by Vincent Van Duysen
For more than two decades, Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen has created a series of exquisite buildings and residences, from the Low Countries to New York, with profoundly elemental spaces enriched by a refined palette of materials. The results are sublime, rich, minimal yet tactile. This is the complete monograph of Van Duysen’s work, including…
Ann Demeulemeester Autumn/Winter 2010/11
In eager anticipation of Ann Demeulemeester’s (exclusive to 4) arrival this autumn, we couldn’t resist sharing our thoughts on the label’s latest offering. The focus remaining on a seasonal silhouette with a minimalist colour palette allowing the spotlight to sit squarely on the impeccable craftsmanship of the clothes. Black, charcoal and taupe took precedence, with flashes of pillar-box red punctuating at regular…
YSL & Atelier NY join forces!
News of the New York and London fashion weeks have been stealing the headlines for the last couple of weeks now, and it’s easy to get caught up in all the runway chaos. However, when we heard the news that there was to be a YSL collaboration, it was enough to make us flee the front row in…
