Photo Linde Klop
Text Linde Klop
You see the most fabulous looking people and the coolest outfits on the Wageningen campus. We shine the spotlight on them here. This time, Belle Swanenberg, a Bachelor’s student of Biology.
‘The way some people can put together a whole outfit the day before, from shirt to socks, doesn’t work for me at all. Only when the time comes can I decide what I want to wear, what I fancy today. Sometimes I want to dress up, but if I’m going to be toiling in the library all day, I’m more likely to go for the tramp look: a big shirt, an even bigger jumper and wide trousers. I always wear my jewellery, though, to brighten it up a bit. I made some of my jewellery myself – a Covid hobby that got out of hand. It started with putting dried flowers I made as a child in epoxy, and now it’s grown to butterfly wing earrings and shell rings. Like that, I express my own style a bit even on those boring days at the uni.
That said, my style is largely dictated by my bank balance these days. Not to let my style suffer too much from being a broke student, I frequent second-hand shops and sale rails. And if something’s torn or stained, I fix it or I go on wearing it. But my favourite trick is to go shopping with my mother. Our tastes don’t often match but when they do, my mother will sometimes treat me to something. This whole outfit came from one of those trips. Thanks, Mum!’
