Until Sept. 30, The Gallery at Rosewood Amsterdam is dedicated to Piet Paris, the renowned Dutch fashion illustrator. In his residency "The Dress, The Drawing & The Draftsman," he transforms the space into an open studio where he sketches fashion and experiments with line, movement and form.
What makes this project special: visitors can witness his working process live. It shows not only the final product - the illustrations - but also the actions preceding it: pencil lines growing, corrections, ink transfers. The garments of designers such as Iris van Herpen, Claes Iversen and David Laport form a dialogic basis in which the illustrations resonate.
In the hotel interior of Rosewood, on Prinsengracht, he works among haute couture pieces and sketch materials. The elegant setting is a counterpoint to the rough sketching: precision in a luxurious setting, contrast reinforcing. Rosewood themselves refer to it as one of their guest experiences, "Piet Paris in Residence" in which the hotel temporarily opens up as a work of art.
"With Pete Paris, you don't see the dress - you see its soul in lines and shadows."
Visitors are free to walk in during opening hours (10:00-20:00), except on Mondays and Tuesdays, when Pete is not present. Admission is free - an accessible stage for fashion, art and audiences who otherwise only see the outside of illustrations through magazines or exhibition panels.
The exhibition is much more than a show; it is an encounter between fashion, technology and imagination. You walk through spaces where sketchbooks lie open, working materials are on tables, and lines gradually take shape. For lovers of fashion, graphic work or illustration, this project is a chance to read a creative mind up close.