Ann Demeulemeester has had many friends, old and new, as she defined her designs, conceived throughout her prolific career spanning three decades — but she’s not one to look back or indulge in nostalgia.
One of the original Antwerp Six who helped put that small Belgian city on the global fashion map with her soigné tailoring and dark glamour, “Queen Ann,” as WWD anointed her in a headline following a blockbuster collection in 1995,