Sébastien Meunier is a French fashion designer. He was the creative director of Ann Demeulemeester's label from 2010 until 2020.
Biography
Sébastien Meunier was born in Versailles in 1974.
He graduated from ESMOD, the Paris-based fashion school, in 1997. The next year, he presented his first collection at the in Hyères. The collection, that drew inspiration from fetichism and body transformations, was awarded with the first fashion prize from the jury presided by Martine Sitbon, Hussein Chalayan and Jean Colonna - the later offering him immediately his first position. Sébastien Meunier assisted Jean Colonna until he decided to launch his own menswear label in 1999.
Through his brand, which is autobiographical, Sébastien Meunier explored for 7 years specific areas of masculinity and identities, and is noted for the focus on the sexualization of the male body in fashion.[1]
As early as 2000, Sébastien Meunier's work caught the attention of Martin Margiela, inaugurating a decade-long collaboration with the revered designer, first as head of design for MM6, then as creative director for all men's lines of