Text and photo Ana Mattiuzzi Martins
You can spot great-looking people and cool outfits on Wageningen campus. This column highlights some of them. This time, it’s Margherita, an International Land & Water Management Master’s student.
‘A lot of the clothes that I wear are family members’ old ones that they just gave to me, so I really cherish those. I also make some of my clothes. I try not to buy stuff, I try to work with what I find. I do embroidery, sewing and crochet patches that I then sew onto my clothes. When I was younger, I would always make my costumes with my mum for events like Halloween, and I think this creativity has continued throughout my life.
Key words for my style are: swamp fairy, wizard and gremlin. I like to layer, with lots of long skirts, and I like loads of accessories. I’ve always dressed in a silly way. As a child I would mix and match lots of bright colours and patterns, but now I mainly wear earth tones.
When I alter my clothes, it makes me think of all the work that was put into manufacturing the garment itself. That makes me appreciate each garment a lot more. And altering and decorating is super fun when you just let your imagination go wild.’
