Editing Ann Demeulemeester (section)

==Early life==
Ann Verhelst was born in [[Waregem]] in 1959<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/ann-demeulemeester/ |title=Ann Demeulemeester |website=Fashion Model Directory |access-date=26 December 2019 }}</ref> to Albert and Monique Verhelst-Pappijn,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://probat.west-vlaanderen.be/uitgebreidzoeken/default.aspx?d=601713&k=ann%20Demeulemeester&l=4&p=0&id=-1&t=1&pn=1&pz=50 |title=Ten huize van... |language=nl |first=Dolf |last=Derammelaere |magazine=Waregemse Gidsenkring |date=Winter 2000 |via=Waregem City Archives |access-date=29 December 2019 |archive-date=18 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218135502/https://probat.west-vlaanderen.be/uitgebreidzoeken/default.aspx?d=601713&k=ann%20Demeulemeester&l=4&p=0&id=-1&t=1&pn=1&pz=50 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and later lived in the city of [[Antwerp]]. The reason why she made the decision to change her real name "Verhelst" to "Demeulemeester" remains unknown. Initially, Verhelst showed no interest in fashion. She attended art school for three years, where she discovered her fascination with people and portraiture, which led her to begin thinking about clothing design.<ref name="Dazed and Confused Interview" /> From this, she went on to study fashion design at the [[Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)|Royal Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Antwerp]] from 1978 to 1981.<ref name="Ann Demeulemeester Exits Fashion"/> In 1986, Verhelst, along with fellow graduates from the Antwerp Royal Academy, decided to showcase her collection in London. Though, as she was pregnant at the time and unable to make the trip to London, she only displayed a selection of sunglasses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mffashion.com/news/livestage/ann-demeulemeester-la-regina-dell-estetica-rock-202112231247483995/ |title=Ann Demeulemeester, la regina dell'estetica rock |date=8 January 2022 |website=MF Fashion |access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> This group of Belgian designers would soon be known as the '[[Antwerp Six]]', a radical and distinctive Belgian group of designers of the 1980s.<ref name="Ann Demeulemeester Exits Fashion"/> This group of avant-garde designers are known for their deconstructivist styles of creating untraditional clothing lines.<ref name="Ann Demeulemeester Exits Fashion"/> Other notables from the group include [[Dries van Noten]] and [[Walter Van Beirendonck]].<ref name="Ann Demeulemeester Exits Fashion"/>