Paris, 20th January 2026 - When I started working on precollections last season - a first in the
history of Ann Demeulemeester - the idea was to drift from the narrative of the shows, and
reason in terms of wardrobe rather than venture on the path of my own obsessions - life,
literature, experiences. I was looking for a dialogue between past and present, between the
signs, the codes, and shapes that have quietly defined this house and my own gaze on them.