{"id":80536,"date":"2017-09-21T09:43:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T07:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=80536"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:51","slug":"i-am-annelieke-van-leeuwen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/09\/21\/i-am-annelieke-van-leeuwen\/","title":{"rendered":"This is me: Annelieke van Leeuwen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Annelieke van Leeuwen<\/span><\/p>

\n\t\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\tImage by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRonald van den Heerik<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Style<\/h3>

\u201cI don\u2019t have a specific style. I like cheerful clothes, colours, different patterns, that kind of thing. And it depends a bit on where I\u2019m going. I buy my clothes at a shop on Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, Verse | A Good Store<\/em>, I work there too. They only sell sustainable clothes and accessories. In fact, it\u2019s really a collection point for brands which particularly focus on sustainability, for example on how much water is used in the production and whether it\u2019s ethically sustainable. We check the manufacturers\u2019 claims and then decide whether we buy the garments or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sustainable<\/h3>

\u201cRecently, I\u2019ve bought nearly all my clothes from Verse, but I\u2019ve obviously got things from before that time. It would be a shame to throw them away. For example, I won the sunglasses I\u2019m wearing today at a festival in Amsterdam. I still like them. And on the subject of style, I think that you could call my style sustainable. But it has to look good too. In fact, it should really be normal that clothes fulfil certain sustainability conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Way of life<\/h3>

\u201cWith the master I\u2019ve chosen \u2013 Global Business & Sustainability \u2013 I hope to get a better understanding of sustainable development in order to be able to implement change in organisations. For me, sustainability is a way of life and goes further than just clothes. It\u2019s a conscious lifestyle. If you want to dress sustainably yourself, there are plenty of possibilities to buy sustainable clothes, both in store and online. It\u2019s not difficult or complicated and it doesn\u2019t need to be expensive either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favourite accessory<\/h3>
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\n\t\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\tImage by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRonald van den Heerik<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

\u201cI got the gold necklace I\u2019m wearing from my grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n

this is me<\/h2>