Student - December 6, 2014
Blog: The Wageningen dress-code
2After staying in Vienna for a month, I realise I have flown from a farmer’s sustainable simple town to a crowded yet stylish city. This perception is mostly dominated by the change I went through with regard to dressing sense and makeup.

My first day at UNODC, I knew that we had to stick to the dress code ‘formal’. However, I noticed even outside in the whole of Vienna there was an informal convey of information that it’s important – though not obligatory - to dress in a stylish way. This was confirmed by the sceptic looks of people in metros, trams, buses and in the streets when I am dressed in an unusually rough manner.
What I really loved in Wageningen is that I would not have to take care of my clothes and makeup. I would be listened to even if I were in my sweatpants and pullover and could be unnoticed even though I were in full make up. It did not really matter.
I remember the time when I was wearing my usual make up ‘kaajal’ and red-gloss. I looked as though I came from a party or if there is something special going to happen after the class. I remember when I landed in Wageningen I had observed people with torn pants, shirts and thin stockings. It really did not matter. Some professors, I had never seen them give much priority to ‘dressing like a professor’.
But now that I landed here without any makeup and not matching dresses would make me look odd.However, I still prefer going the Wageningen- Dutch way being direct and focussing on the content rather than the appearance. Sometimes, I do follow the casual way just to reconnect with Wageningen.
Emma
I had the exact same feeling when i came to wageningen. It matters what you say and how you act, not how you look. It should be like that in more places
ReactHans
First impression is the last impression. S0, dressing code is important. Dont go the Wageningen way in the working place. Try to dress smart.
React