Ann Demeulemeester Reflects on Career and Antwerp Six Exhibition at MoMu
Belgian fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester discusses her career and the upcoming exhibition 'The Antwerp Six' at MoMu in Antwerp. The exhibition, opening forty years after the group's influential London showcase, features six designers from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts who gained prominence in the 1980s. Demeulemeester shares her journey from art studies to fashion, highlighting her collaborative work with her husband Patrick Robyn and early support from Belgian government initiatives like the Golden Spindle prize. The exhibition includes individual curated spaces for each designer, with Demeulemeester presenting looks from 1992 to 2014. The Antwerp Six, known for their independent approach, helped establish Belgium's fashion identity.
Key facts
- The Antwerp Six exhibition opens at MoMu in Antwerp forty years after the designers' first London presentation.
- Ann Demeulemeester is one of six Belgian designers from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts featured in the exhibition.
- Demeulemeester began her career after winning the Golden Spindle prize in the early 1980s.
- The exhibition includes individual curated areas for each designer, with Demeulemeester showcasing looks from 1992 to 2014.
- The Antwerp Six group, formed in the 1980s, is credited with putting Belgian fashion on the international map.
Entities
Artists
- Ann Demeulemeester
- Dirk Bikkembergs
- Walter Van Beirendonck
- Dries Van Noten
- Dirk Van Saene
- Marina Yee
- Martin Margiela
Institutions
- MoMu
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Locations
- Antwerp
- Belgium
- London