digital magazine spring | summer 2019
“Bon appetit!” ˜ inspired by Julia Child ˜
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Julia Child the lady with the ladle
Dare to indulge Why the apron is hot again!
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Julia & I
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08. DĂŠesse de la Cuisine My couture collection
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WOMEN'S DAY
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VALENTINE'S DAY
Ellen von Unwerth Putting the Fun in Feminism 20.
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Dare to INDULGE! - a nd we a r my cout u re col lec t ion -
All my work as a feminist designer is inspired by muses. Powerful female icons from past and present. Although women have been marginalized for centuries, archetypes of female power have always been there. Through my designs, I bring them to you. To help us shape the world of modern-day feminism.
“Bon appetit, toujours.� - Julia Child
This season, I celebrate epicurean goddess Julia Child and raise my glass to her appetite for love, life and luscious food. ''We should enjoy food and have fun,'' the formidable mistress of French cooking used to say, ''It is one of the simplest and nicest pleasures in life.'' And indeed, prowling her (TV-)kitchen like a lanky lioness, whisking and chatting with infectious enthusiasm, Julia showed millions of women that, rather than a dreary domestic burden, cooking can be a sensual, luxurious and spiritually sustaining activity. The message? Live and cook fearlessly, and your Boeuf Bourguignon will be a succulent expression of (self)love.
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Why the apron is again! From fertility goddesses in ancient Crete to kitchen goddess Julia Child; phenomenal women have always had a thing for the apron. And now the simple, yet symbolically complex cover-up is back, starring on catwalks, concert stages and of course, in my latest collection! This time, the apron is all about food, fashion and feminine feminism.
'black flag' aprons for pro-
as mother’s little (kitchen-)
tection from the black wax
helpers, the apron was far
they used. Aprons were so
from cute and innocent;
ubiquitous, that at some
it was a symbol of op-
point,
pression. So, when Betty
tradesmen
were
even called 'apron men'.
Friedan kick-started feminism's second wave, mil-
Fast-forward to the 1950s,
lions of women burned
and the apron -flowered
their bras and threw their
and frilly this time- has be-
aprons in the trash.
The word 'apron' comes
come a symbol of domes-
Not so tv chef and cook-
from the French word 'nap-
ticated femininity; think of
book writer Julia Child;
Julia Child 'The French Chef'
eron', meaning a small
she kept wearing her
tablecloth. Yet, its role
apron -made of blue
in history has been
denim, with a towel
liked to wear theirs en-
“Yes, we like to get our hands dirty, but not our Miu Miu dress.”
crusted with jewels.
— Marlies Dekkers
anything but small! In ancient Crete, it was the costume of fertility goddesses; in Egypt, the pharaohs
draped over the waist ties- with professional pride and dramatic flair. This was not an emblem of imprisonment, but one of pure empowerment!
Ju-
In Europe during the
lia's passionate pro-
Middle Ages, aprons
moting
were worn by trades-
as a creative outlet
of
cooking
men as an emblem of
'I love Lucy's Lucille Ball
helped shape a new gen-
their trade; English barbers
baking cookies in high
eration of feminists who
did their job in checkered
heels and a sassy ging-
have the freedom to em-
aprons, butchers wore blue
ham apron. To 1960s femi-
brace domesticity on their
striped ones, cobblers had
nists, who had been raised
own terms.
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The LADY with the LADLE - Ju l i a C h i ld -
Julia Child, the charismatic culinary legend who empowered women in the kitchen and beyond, was born on August 15th, 1912, in a posh LA-suburb called Pasadena. Her senses didn't truly awaken, however, until she had a life-changing meal of oysters and sole meunière with her husband Paul in Rouen, which she described as "an opening up of the soul and spirit for me." Aged 32, Julia signed up for the prestigious Cordon Blue cooking school where she found herself the only female student. “Up until then,” Julia said, “I just ate.”
“Find something you’re passionate about, and keep tremendously interested in it.” - Julia Child
Julia was 6 feet, 2 inches (1.88 m) tall;
Child: an artist, poet, photographer and
too tall become a spy, something she
gourmet who would be Julia's biggest fan
started dreaming about as soon as the
and supporter till the end of his life. (During
war broke out. Instead, she was sent by
the first years of her TV show, Paul did
the Secret Service to Ceylon to work on
all the behind-scenes washing up - and
several projects, such as developing a
a great deal of the grating, chopping and
shark repellent, her first recorded recipe.
pre-cooking as well. “I’m here,” he used to
On a tea farmer's veranda, she met Paul
say. “I’ll do anything.”)
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“I don't want to objectify women, I want to see every side of them.” — Ellen von Unwerth
Putting the FUN in FEMINISM – E l len von Unwer t h –
It was a dream come true, working with the legendary photographer Ellen von Unwerth. I had admired her work for years, her iconic images of women like Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, and Madonna in magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair, her unforget-table campaigns for Guess and Chanel, but I had also felt a very strong kinship with her: here was another woman who celebrated women's bodies without ever objectifying them. A woman who had been pioneering feminine feminism, just like me. Before picking up a camera to become
When I asked Ellen, who launched the
one of the world's most celebrated
careers of many top models like Claudia
fashion photographers, Ellen von Un-
Schiffer ("I found her by accident!") and
werth was a model herself. "I was never
Eva Herzigova ("She is oozing with vital-
allowed to move, so when I started taking
ity!") if she considered herself a feminist,
pictures, I told my models to move, to have
she reacted almost surprised: "But of
fun! Women are so beautiful when they
course! I am a woman!" When Ellen recent-
feel free!", she told me during the shoot for
ly had a big retrospective exhibition, cov-
my Julia Child collection in Los Angeles.
ering 30 years of her career, she named
And indeed, watching our models Destene
it 'Ladyland'. Why? Because the German
K. and Mosh blossom under Ellen's eye on
photographer has always maintained that
the set -with Destene at one point putting
the past, present and future is decidedly
a pie on Mosh' beautiful behind with Ellen
female. And although all her work is sen-
snapping away, hollering 'yes, yes!'- I could
sual, provocative and downright sexy, it is
see that the fun and confidence she gener-
not her objective to only cast women in a
ates in women is the secret of her success.
typical 'sexy light'.
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“Dare to fall in love with your own reflection.� - Marlies Dekkers
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“Life itself is the proper binge.” — Julia Child
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You know I’m a self-made woman who has made it her purpose to challenge women to dare. It’s an achievement I am immensely proud of, and for that reason I am equally proud to label myself a feminist. But looking back more than a hundred years, I’m even prouder of the progress women have made together.
s ' n e m o W Day Today, I believe we’re witnessing the
And that’s what we need more of to-
dawn of the fourth wave of the feminist
day: forward-thinking women. We need
movement. A long-overdue correction in
women who understand that achieving
gender inequality is at our doorstep. All
equality isn’t dependent on external fac-
the signs point to this moment in time
tors; women who understand that equal-
being a new and exciting tipping-point in
ity is not something that is passively re-
the history of women. Strong, independ-
ceived or violently acquired. As masters
ent women are stepping forward as pow-
of our own destiny, the world is asking
erful role models, inspiring and motivat-
us to shape a future of opportunity for
ing smart, young girls of all backgrounds
ourselves. What matters now is action.
to make the most of their many talents.
Action on our part.
“This is our moment and I’m embracing it wholeheartedly as part of the fourth wave.” Because I am a feminist. — Marlies Dekkers
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and dare to be a winner, baby!
Well done, all you fabulous feminists! To
proves this with a fun, experience-based
celebrate our achievements and support
curriculum that creatively integrates exer-
all the strong women that made it happen,
cise with lesson plans. This way, you can
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Say it loud, say it proud! And
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second-favorite f-word! This
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hem. The 'No sexism' banner
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“A party without cake is just a meeting.” - Julia Child
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“The world is your oyster. Cook it and eat it the way you want.” - Julia Child
– 3 re a son s why Ju l i a C h i ld i s one of my favor it e fem i n i ne fem i n i s t s –
You probably don't know this about me, but, like my favorite Kitchen Goddess Julia Child, I have spent a large part of my life wearing aprons. Helping my mother in the kitchen, I started experimenting with flavors at 12, then spent 4 years learning how to become the perfect housewife at Domestic Science School. (Not to boast, but I make a flipping great 'vlaflip'! (a layered Dutch Dessert) You may laugh, and obviously my life
of oppression. So, tie on your apron and
went in a completely different direction,
get inspired by the woman who once
but it is in the kitchen that I learned how
famously described cannelloni as being
to taste, combine, take risks and express
'as hot as a stiff cock!'.
myself through my creations. It's where I learned how to be an artist! Like Julia who,
1. She wrote her own recipe for her life
against all odds, wrote the bible of French
During her life, Julia Child was told she
cooking and became the first female TV
was too tall to become a spy, too sim-
chef, I believe that women can empower
ple to survive the Cordon Bleu cooking
themselves by reclaiming the kitchen
school, and too old and un-glamorous to
and stop seeing the stove as a symbol
become a TV star.
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