Piet Paris

Born in 1962, Piet Paris is a fashion illustrator. After completing his studies in fashion design at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem, Paris went on to work for both editorial and corporate clients such as Vogue (Japan, Russia, Netherlands), W Korea, Elle (Netherlands, UK), Glamour (Netherlands, Italy), l'Officiel, Saks Fifth Avenue, Selfridges and Cartier, amongst others. 

Paris is both founder of the Fashion Design Master program at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, and of three editions of the Arnhem Fashion Biennale: MOBA since 2013 and the international cultural event on fashion design from 2002 to 2009. Paris is also co-founder of Studio Piet Paris, bureau for fashion illustration and design, which was founded in 2008. 

Paris is the recipient of numerous awards including the first prize of Paris Capitale de la Mode in 2001, the Emmy van Leersum prize from the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts in 2002, Grand Seigneur 2008 and Marie Claire's Prix de la Mode 2009 for Best Fashion Ambassador.