{"id":182161,"date":"2025-10-02T09:51:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=182161"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:56","slug":"can-heeft-een-slechte-winkelgewoonte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/10\/02\/can-heeft-een-slechte-winkelgewoonte\/","title":{"rendered":"Can has a bad shopping habit"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Can (18) is late, he runs about a kilometre from Beurs metro station to Erasmus University College. So it’s important for him that his shoes are sporty. His black trainers have a springy white sole and a bright yellow stripe.<\/p>\n

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Can is wearing a 'basic' outfit.<\/span><\/p>

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Can is in his second year and studies international law. He has just come from a class in which a documentary about decolonisation was shown. There was a bowl of spiced biscuits and he took the last of them. He nibbles thoughtfully as he talks about his clothes: \u201cI like the colours yellow and red.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him he is wearing a \u2018basic\u2019 outfit today. \u201cIt depends on how much energy I have to get dressed. Today I didn\u2019t have much, because I slept very little.\u201d This morning he put on yesterday\u2019s socks again. His shirt is a white collarless polo, made from a thin fabric. Can bought it when he visited friends in New York. In the department store Macy\u2019s his eye fell on the button at the neck. Now it\u2019s his favourite T-shirt.<\/p>\n

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His favourite T-shirt, with a button on the neck. Can bought it when he visited friends in New York.<\/span><\/p>

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He wears black-and-white checked trousers. He actually bought them because he wanted baggy trousers, but they shrank in an overly hot wash. He also bought the trousers in a red version, because he likes how \u2018unique\u2019 the design is. \u201cI love shopping so much that it\u2019s a problem\u201d, admits Can. \u201cLast year I lived near Lijnbaan, and then it was really bad. All the shops are there: Uniqlo, H&M, Bershka. I used to go there often and always bought something.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother also loves shopping, so I think I get it from her.\u201d Can has mainly collected T-shirts and jackets, and it\u2019s difficult to store all those clothes in his student room. \u201cIn my first year it was really a drama. The wardrobe I have now is still not big enough, but I can just about cram everything in.\u201d<\/p>\n\t

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What is the nicest compliment you’ve received?<\/p>\n

“When I went to school in Turkey, we had a uniform. I did everything to make it my own: I rolled up my trouser legs and wore a chain. I remember walking out of school and someone I didn’t know at all gave me a compliment. At first I wasn’t sure whether it was a real compliment or a joke. I was happy about it anyway, because I don’t often get compliments.”<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

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