Is It Ann Demeulemeester? Test Your Designer Savvy

How well do you know your designers? Take this quiz to find out!

1. Which of the following designers attended the same fashion school?

a) Alfred Sung and Christian Dior

b) Dries Van Noten and Ann Demeulemeester, AKA, the two Belgians

c) Paloma Picasso and Stella McCartney

Answer: b) the two Belgians

Bonus factoid: These Belgian designers may have benefitted from having names that were hard for the international community to pronounce. When they broke onto the scene with some fellow classmates, their group in spite of having a range of styles was immediately, affectionately, branded as the Antwerp Six.

2. Which of the following designers is the only one to reside in Paris, the City of Light:

a) Rick Owens

b) Stephen Wong

c) Philippe Dubuc

Answer: a) Rick Owens.

Rick Owens left his native California for Paris in 2003. Some designers, however, notably in Belgium, have spoken publicly of their determination to stay in their native countries. A handful of designers is said to be keeping the garment trade alive in Antwerp.

Bonus factoid: For years, rumours circulated that, having left California, Rick Owens had yet to return for a visit.

3. Which of the following designers are known for their unisex designs?

a) Rick Owens

b) Dries Van Noten

c) Ann Demeulemeester

d) All of the above.

Answer: d) All of the above.

All three of these designers have produced unisex pieces.

Bonus factoid: Ann Demeulemeester went beyond producing unisex pieces: she produced a unisex capsule wardrobe, which consisted of four unisex pieces to be mixed and matched.

4. Which of the following designers lives in a Le Corbusier pavillion?

a) Walter Van Beirendonck

b) Dries Van Noten

c) Ann Demeulemeester

Answer: c) Ann Demeulemeester

Bonus factoid: The Belgian designers Le Corbusier pavilion is the only Le Corbusier-designed home in Belgium.

5. Which of the following designers has identified Patti Smith as a muse?

a) Marina Yee

b) Dirk Van Saene

c) Ann Demeulemeester

Answer: c) Ann Demeulemeester

Bonus factoid: Ann Demeulemeester named her spring and summer 2000 collection Woolgathering, after a 1992 novel by Smith, who has been called the Godmother of Punk. But creative collaborations between rock stars and fashion designers are quite common. Another member of the Antwerp Six, Walter Van Beirendonck, has designed costumes for mega group U2.

Thats the end of the quiz. How did you do?

A score of four or higher indicates an advanced knowledge of fashion.

A score of two or three indicates an intermediate knowledge of fashion.

A score of one or lower indicates more work needed.

by: Percy Evans

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