Ann Demeulemeester SS14: Nocturne in black

Ann Demeulemeester's SS14 menswear show hit all the high notes back in June, with its candy cane stripes and soft burnt-salmon hues. It seems the designer may have to chosen to continue on that high note, with a womenswear collection that was the second movement to the first act. Some of the same leitmotifs remained: the wide stripes and flushes of rose, but they were made woman with sweeping lengths of sheer silk chiffon, delicate fronds of flock snaking up silk sleeves or skin-toned tights, and swathes of cherry red. With trailing ribbons and enormous wimple-like head-pieces, there was an overall impression of soft twilight murmurings and that delicate sense of poetry that Demeulemeester has made all her own.