Ode to Mathilde WillinkIt was about the clothes that you wanted to wear
Dear Mathilde,
I think it was very clever of you that you didn't change your clothes even though people thought your clothes were really weird, because it wasn't about the clothes that other people thought were very beautiful, but it was about the clothes that you wanted to wear.
You were like a kind of Lady Gaga, but of your beautiful time.
Maybe there are few famous women because of unfair women's rights, but you are really a special woman.
There are still people who find your clothes ugly, but my opinion is that the clothes you wore were well suited to your time.
But even though people think you're weird because you wore those radiant clothes while you were shopping, I don't think it's even a little bit weird.
And with all your portraits, I see all your clothes made by your designer - Fong Leng - and I also know that one of those dresses already cost tens of thousands of euros, so that means all your clothes are really worth a lot.
Love, Firaas.
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Ode by Firaas to Mathilde Willink.
Students from group 7 of the Sint Janschool in Amsterdam West wrote odes to five special Amsterdam women, as part of the curriculum at Vrouwen van Amsterdam - an ode.
Mathilde Willink
Mathilde de Doelder (1938 – 1977) was a muse, living work of art, and (former) wife of painter Carel Willink. She often wore clothes designed by Amsterdam designer Fong Leng. She became known under the name Mathilde Willink.