EXCERPT: ANN DEMEULEMEESTER. FALL 2024 - PARIS FASHION WEEK.

  

"...As noted in my review, it may have been prudent, before the resurrection of the Ann Demeulemeester gothic inclination, to ritually clear the brand name prior to redefining it.

As both Demeulemeester's feminine goth romanticism, and then Meunier's more focused Byronic antihero, encapsulated that very appealing 18th, 19th Century poetic darkness of the misunderstood and misaligned rebel.  Maintaining a stalwart following amongst the many goths who could afford a Demeulemeester and Meunier ensemble.  Newcomer Stefano Gallici, with just one season under his belt, has attempted to raise the bar into a more darker, and intensified element to the iconic goth brand.  

For his Fall 2024 collection, Gallici has instilled an enduring myth of Western folklore, and one of the most intriguing, the vampiric legend.  From the medieval fear in trying to understand the spread of pathogens, through to the seductive and brooding mysterious stranger..."

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Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/05/ann-demeulemeester-fall-2024-paris.html 

(A.Glass 2024)