The designer described the similarities as “sensuality, tension, silhouette, fluidity, [and] wildness,” and his debut collection moored itself on those comparisons. Having rifled through Demeulemeester’s back catalogue, de Saint Sernin presented loose-lined tailoring with trailing cuffs and front-tied blazer shirts, while models walked with hands clasped to their breasts in reference to the label’s AW95 show.
Photography Morgane Maurice