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Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
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Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
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Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
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Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself:
Ohh, that’s a tricky one! I come from a generation that is not like the kids today who share everything on social media; I am much more used to keeping personal things to myself. However, I guess there are some things I’d like you to know about myself:
I am called Kathleen (most people call me Kath), I am Dutch, married, 48 years old, and I have 3 children, 16, 14, and 10 years. Due to my father’s job, we lived abroad when I was young, and I spent some of my most crucial teenage years living in France near Paris. I loved every minute of it, and moving to Amsterdam to start University was, in the beginning, not easy but eventually probably the best choice.
Still, after more than 28 happy years in Holland, I long for France. U may say I am a dreamer. The inside and the outside world have always been two of my main fields of interest: my inside world can be very intense and turbulent and take- at times- almost everything over. I guess that is why I love Fashion‘s “superficiality” and positivity; composing a row of beautiful seasonal colors can make me intensely happy. Creating a mood board with the right summer vibe will make me feel the sun’s heat even if we are in mid-winter. Almost as if it were a meditation. Fashion reflects how we live and what’s happening in the world today, and I love it.
Women starting to wear men’s stuff, gender fluidity, it’s all “Dans l’air du temps” in the mood of our time. There is a constant movement; nothing stands still; Fashion is about ideas, colors, concepts, and art. Clothes allow you to express yourself, they influence your mood, and they can empower you. I love Fashion; it has, with my Calvinistic background, sadly, almost taken me a lifetime to admit it.
How did an American woman end up in the Netherlands?
I graduated college in NY in 1990 and went to Europe that summer for a short vacation before I was supposed to start work as a therapist in NY that September. I never came back. I’m still on vacation! I was on a train in Prague that July and someone heard me speaking English. They asked me if I wanted a job at the very first English school there. Of course, I said YES! I put my job on hold in NY, and taught English in Prague for a year in 1990. I was the first person from Western Europe to do so. I got 70 cents an hour and had total freedom to create my own program to teach adults who had to speak English for work. It was a huge challenge, as I didn’t speak Czech and English was forbidden until just a few months before I started working there.
People were arrested for playing a Beatles record in their own homes. I had to really use my creativity to create a program that was effective yet fun. But then there was a huge plot twist. Just before I was supposed to start, I was using the last few days of my Interrail pass, and on August 2, I was in Barcelona for a weekend. There, I met a fabulous Dutchman in the middle of the night. It was a totally random encounter. We fell in love, but I had to go and work in Prague a few days later, as I had already signed a contract (in Russian, actually, I didn’t understand a word, but I completely trusted the woman who hired me). So I tried to get that man off my mind, and off I went to start an exciting new adventure in Prague. That hot Dutchman and I wrote letters for a year.
He asked me to come and live with him in the Netherlands. I said, ‘You are amazing, but you are all I know about the Netherlands. That’s not enough. I will need a job if we will have a future together.’ So, he arranged an interview for me at the most prestigious language institute of the Netherlands. I worked there for 11 years but left in 2001 to follow my dream – to become the First Personal English Coach in the Netherlands.
