In honor of Queen's Day last month, Edwin changed his display to a hang-dyed silk orange dress he had made. It's really hard to see because of the glare but it's pretty awesome.
I worked on the cape today and we talked about religion and prostitution, specifically the whole Loverboy con. This is where a guy seeks out a girl with low self esteem and other qualities that make her vulnerable, befriends her and eventually prostitutes her. It's not technically illegal because the girl do it voluntarily/do not object. Why? Here's the kicker: he makes the girls fall in love with him! A loverboy has an actual relationship with the girl (it is, in fact, a lie but not to the girl) and ends up threatening her and prostitutin her. Despire their poor treatment of the girls, they feel real affection for the guys and very often stay because, although their situation is bad, they still feel better than if they were not with them. SO CRAZY! But it happens and one of the interns is reading a recently popular Dutch book that is a true story of a girl who fell for a loverboy. So...interesting day. I'd say we bonded :-)
Speaking of prostitution (have you noticed we have moved from Starbucks to prostitution as the main topic of this blog? I don't know what's next but I'm thinking you should brace yourselves), I've walked by this sign in this alley/street perpendicular to the main road the atelier is on and it has always intrigued me. It's hidden away in a really small street and the sign says "Thai Massage" but the windows upstairs have red lights. I'll give you one guess as to whether you should recommend this to your friends with backpain.
After grabbing a Kaassoufle at Central Station, I had this for dinner. Awesome.
And Edwin is in this month's Dutch Marie Claire with a dress from the last collection. This is also the dress the one for Nijntje was based on.
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