Born in Brussels and raised in Paris, de Saint Sernin graduated from the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré in Paris. The designer, who cut his teeth at Balmain before launching his eponymous label in 2017, is due to present his first collection for Ann Demeulemeester in March during Paris Fashion Week.

“When I started the brand, the most important thing was to be able to tell my story through the collections, so a lot of them are very autobiographical because I always feel I relate to people’s stories more than a story that’s invented,” he told WWD last year. “The same way a musician or an artist is going to pour their feelings into an album, I’m kind of going to do the same thing in a collection.”

Ann Verhelst, Belgian made her label, Ann Demeulemeester a success. It is mainly showcased at the annual Paris Fashion Week and she is known as one of the Antwerp Six in the fashion industry. Good luck to de Saint Sernin for this new role.

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