{"id":3256,"date":"2016-06-15T15:59:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/06\/15\/woudestein-vs-hoboken-modepopjes-en-witte-jassen\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:11","slug":"woudestein-vs-hoboken-modepopjes-en-witte-jassen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/06\/15\/woudestein-vs-hoboken-modepopjes-en-witte-jassen\/","title":{"rendered":"Woudestein versus Hoboken: Fashion dolls and white coats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mila Ivanova tussen Woudestein en Hoboken<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Students on Woudestein wear suits or a smart blazer at the very least, but a jumper and a pair of old trainers is fine on Hoboken. Is the stereotypical image of Business Administration students all wearing suits actually based on fact? And are medical students so absorbed in their studies that they usually walk about without any make-up and with their hair carelessly tied back?<\/p>\n

Gentlemen in suits on Woudestein?<\/h3>

Woudestein is bigger and there\u2019s more diversity in the programmes offered as well as in the prevailing fashions. You can see a whole range of dress styles here, from three-piece suits and elegant dresses to tracksuits and trainers \u2013 including a number of sports bags, all of which are of course slung over the same shoulder. But it does seem as if today\u2019s well-dressed gentleman is wearing shirts and suede shoes in every shade of beige. And if you walk about on campus for a quarter of an hour, you can see a large number of Clarks shoes all in the same style, but in different colours.<\/p>\n

But medicine students still have different ideas about their fellow students on Woudestein. As medical student Marijn Veerman puts it: \u201cStudents and lecturers all walk about in posh clothes as if they\u2019re about to give a sales pitch or appear in court. They always wear shirts, ties, blazers and shoes with heels no matter what gender they are.\u201d His fellow student Machteld van Rooijen has an explanation for this phenomenon: \u201cMaybe more people expect you to go around in a suit on Woudestein,\u201d she adds. \u201cAnd because there are so many students there, you don\u2019t notice the whole lot, only the ones in suits. So you tend to think that people are better dressed there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Of course, elegant dresses and high-heeled shoes are more often to be found on Woudestein than on Hoboken, but you can see just as many people in jeans and fluorescent training shoes there. You can also see students in summery trousers with interesting prints, long \u2018statement\u2019 necklaces and rolled-up \u2018boyfriend jeans\u2019, even if the weather\u2019s chilly. And the discerning observer on Woudestein can even spot some of them wearing old trainers that haven\u2019t been cleaned properly after last night\u2019s night out on the tiles.<\/p>\n

On Hoboken, on the other hand, you don\u2019t see so much glamour and glitter or jeans with holes or bare knees, or even the striking-looking accessories that a lot of people wear on Woudestein. Third-year medical student Maria Knol explains: \u201cMedical students don\u2019t wear much jewellery because doctors aren\u2019t allowed to do this anyway due to hygiene. And students on Woudestein are generally more aware of the latest fashions. There are a lot more fashion dolls\u00a0there than there are on Hoboken.\u201d Her fellow student Daan van Dorst says he\u2019s noticed the same thing as well.<\/p>\n

Similarities<\/h3>

\u201cA lot of the boys wear smart clothes like shirts and polo shirts with a pair of decent shoes,\u201d Daan adds. \u201cNot all of them, mind. But the girls studying medicine don\u2019t generally wear anything special. It\u2019s probably to do with their image. Woudestein people have to look good, and that\u2019s why there aren\u2019t many medical students who really stand out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Korrein Volders, who is studying Economics and Law, says that most of his fellow students wear smart trousers, a shirt and sometimes a blazer as a general rule. \u201cEconomics students wear the same posh shoes as doctors do, but I suppose medical students dress differently depending on what they\u2019re specialising in,\u201d he adds. \u201cGPs probably wear different clothes to surgeons and internists, who are the medical profession\u2019s Hooray Henrys as far as I can gather.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fashion trends for each specialization <\/h3>

Maria Knol agrees: \u201cSurgeons are more likely to have been members of some well-known student fraternity when they were at university, so they\u2019re more likely to wear suits and ties. Psychiatrists and GPs are often rather alternative types, but they don\u2019t always have to wear white coats.\u201d But fashion does seem to be less important at this faculty. Marijn Veerman adds: \u201cThere\u2019s a consensus between casual and smart clothes at Erasmus MC. If something looks good and doesn\u2019t get in the way of your work, you can wear it. After all, if you\u2019re wearing a white coat, this covers a shirt that doesn\u2019t fit or is otherwise bad news. And besides, doctors don\u2019t need expensive tailor-made suits to win their patients\u2019 confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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