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 Jurian Leune, a BSc student of Landscape Architecture.
‘Last summer I took over a sewing machine from a housemate of mine, and it opened up a whole new world for me. My housemate had made some trousers a bit like the ones I’m wearing in the photo. I wanted some too, so that’s what I started with. I made the top with the leftover fabric.
‘Making your own clothes really is the answer. I can now make clothes that exactly match how I want to express myself. I can’t get that from fast fashion. I also buy second-hand clothes, at Emmaus or on Vinted. I often buy clothes that are sold for women. I try to blur the definitions of women’s and men’s clothing a bit. Clothes are not for a man or a woman, they are just clothes.
‘My style changes every day. If I’m not feeling so good, I might put on a tracksuit, and if I’m feeling energetic, I go for colour and cheerful things. My wardrobe is full of all sorts of different garments.
‘I get a lot of reactions to the way I dress. Last weekend I was at a festival where I wore this outfit too. I think I got at least 50 compliments. Sadly, there are also some people who feel the need to say they think it looks awful. That doesn’t bother me too much, but I do hope it sets them thinking.’
