Book launch: Mode van A tot Z

During Paris Fashion week `Mode van A tot Z´ was presented in Paris at Le Saut Du Loup on Saturday the 1st of October.
The book, written by Georgette Koning and illustrated by Piet Paris, is a fashion alfabet previously published in newspaper Het Parool.

Piet Paris, Bregje Lampe (Het Parool) and Georgette Koning

In `Mode van A tot Z´ Piet Paris drew the essence of 26 fashion concepts such as glamour, elegance and haute couture. Georgette Koning explains these concepts in a witty, sharp way which makes this a fun book to read.

From the A of Accessories to the Z of the dreamy fashion world (zzzz) - everything is covered and each text has its own illustration. The letters not only reinforce the texts, but also stand as illustrations on their own.

To give you an impression of the presentation, we have some pictures of all the fashion journalists from Belgium and Holland that gathered last Saturday. Enjoy!

Piet Paris, Terron Schaefer (Saks Fifth Avenue), Marc Kwakman (Studio Piet Paris)

Lieven Vanparys (Never On Wednesday Communication), John de Greef (Elsevier), Michou Basu (De Telegraaf)

Christel Geelen & Nica Broucke (ELLE Belgium), Terron Schaefer, Piet Paris

Cécile Narinx (Dutch ELLE)

Veerle Windels (De Standaard), Bregje Lampe (Het Parool), Piet Paris, Simone Dernee (Dutch Marie Claire), Michel Bos (Never On Wednesday Communication), Agnes Goyvaerts (De Morgen), Evelien van Veen (De Volkskrant)

Georgette Koning, Esther Coppoolse (Dutch ELLE), Bregje Lampe (Het Parool)

Paul van Mameren (Lecturis publishing), Georgette Koning

Nica Broucke (ELLE Belgium), Piet Paris, Simone Dernee (Dutch Marie Claire), Milou van Rossum (NRC Handelsblad)

The book will be available from Wednesday the 5th of October .

Further information
Authors: Georgette Koning, Piet Paris
ISBN: 978-90-70108-00-7
Price: € 19,95
Publisher: Lecturis Publishing

Piet Paris for Viktor & Rolf

Fashion illustrator Piet Paris designed the invitation, backdrop and catwalk for Viktor & Rolf's spring/summer 2011 collection presentation in Paris. Never On Wednesday was in Paris and took a close look.


Piet Paris and Viktor & Rolf /image: Peter Stigter

Paris wanted to capture the concept of the show in a lifesize sketchbook filled with contrasts.
Viktor & Rolf: "Piet was one of our teachers at the art academy. We immediately thought of him for this season's show, because of the graphic, crisp and colourful nature of the collection. His work is very graphic and sometimes borders on the abstract, but is also always extremely fashionable. We love the modern tension of that. We admire him for his authentic style, and it was a great pleasure to work with him.”




Backdrop and catwalk /images: Peter Stigter


Watch the full show:



RTL Boulevard interviewed Piet Paris after the show. Paris talks about his characteristic way of work and his rendez-vous with Dutch princess Mabel. The item was broadcasted in their show last Monday.