Text and photo Coretta Jongeling
You see great-looking people in the coolest outfits around the Wageningen campus. In this feature, we put one of them in the spotlight. This time Valex Nacci, a Master’s student of Urban Environmental Management.
‘I like to keep moving. I like to be able to run, jump or climb onto something whenever I need to. That’s not possible in really tight shirts and pants, so I prefer to wear casual, oversized clothes. It’s also a more gender-neutral look, clothes that both girls and boys could wear. I feel at home when I’m dressed like this.
I found the pants I’m wearing today in a secondhand shop. They fit perfectly and I really enjoy them because they give me a bit of a professional look, and I don’t have a suit or anything formal.
My socks are Gymshark socks that a friend of mine gave me for going to the gym with them. I like socks. You look at an outfit and you never notice the socks – until you do. And then that’s the only thing you can look at.
My shoes are really chunky, I don’t like narrow ones. I actually got these in two colours because I couldn’t decide.
I’d love to shop secondhand more, but it takes a lot of effort. I really enjoy the feeling of giving something a second life. I tailor it myself or cut it. And I don’t feel bad because I haven’t bought something new, something that probably took a lot of resources to make.’
