{"id":48157,"date":"2021-03-02T10:49:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T10:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/xv-trop-aimee\/"},"modified":"2021-03-02T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T10:49:47","slug":"xv-trop-aimee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/xv-trop-aimee\/","title":{"rendered":"XV  Trop aim\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">XIV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/xiv-frie-and-mia-nobody-saw-this-coming\/\">Frie and Mia: nobody saw this coming!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">\u201cIf a book were ever written about me, the title would have to be \u2018trop aim\u00e9e\u2019.\u201d &#8211; Mia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Who exactly is the Limburg beauty?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Mia is born on Candlemas 1940 in Heusden as the only child of Cl\u00e9ment Jamar and Colette Swerts. The Limburger is actually called in full Maria Berthilia Theofiel Jamar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">For her baby Colette chooses the first name Monique.   But the little nuns of the maternity home quickly turn it into a Maria.  This choice of name is based on a pious tradition:   On 2 February we commemorate the Blessed Virgin Mary.  The little daughter of Cl\u00e9ment and Colette is assigned to God and, like Mother Mary, will have to devote her life to God\u2019s will.   \u201cOur Mieke spat out her first milk. The doctor said I should just add chocolate to it.  Then she drank the bottle empty.\u201d &#8211; Colette  At 11 Maria decides she wants to be called Mia. On Candlemas Mia and Pieter celebrate their birthday together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-973x1460.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-508x762.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSCF8609-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-146.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-146.png 500w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-146-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">\u201cAn early memory takes place during Midnight Mass, 1944 in the <strong>Sint-Lambertus emergency church of the Houthalen estate Meulenberg<\/strong>. The tenor, mining engineer Lavall\u00e9e, performed \u201cMinuit Chr\u00e9tien\u201d. He was however awaited outside by the Gestapo. My mother drew the singer\u2019s attention by whispering, and he understood her signal. After the song he fled through another exit and narrowly escaped his deportation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_6255-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is thumbnail_IMG_6255-1024x1022.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Afterwards Lavall\u00e9e gratefully gave this antique Chinese plate.\u201d &#8211; Mia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Mia talks about WWII <\/strong> (recording 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_8031.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6578-1k9-1024x731.jpeg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is godfried-dscf6578-1k9-1024x731.jpeg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Mia sits at the back right of the sister in the nursery school of Meulenberg-Houthalen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7888.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6577-1k9-1024x675.jpeg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is godfried-dscf6577-1k9-1024x675.jpeg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Mia Jama<\/strong>r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3212.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>the notary apple<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-25-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-25-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-25-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-25-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-25-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-25-973x1297.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-25-508x677.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-25-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Malus domestica, notary apple, half-standard, slightly tart. In the Campine in the 19th century these apples &#8211; elegant, carefully grown and not cheap &#8211; were called \u201cnotary apples\u201d. A status apple, then. Called \u2018Rood-ster\u2019 (red star) by Collette because you see a star when you cut it in half. \u201cIdeal for people who don\u2019t want to spend much, because you can keep them until Saint Nicholas.\u201d &#8211; Colette<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">He comes, he comes&#8230; Sinterklaas sets foot ashore in Houthalen on 6 December. As tradition has it, the far-sighted good saint displays on Mia\u2019s little desk apples associated with the man of standing and prosperity, \u2018the notary\u2019. This is not the first time that causes a conflict between Mia and the man with the mitre. \u201cThat made me so angry. Because of it I have never wanted to eat an apple in my whole life.\u201d &#8211; Mia (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-154-710x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-154-710x1024.png 710w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-154-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-154-768x1108.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-154-1064x1536.png 1064w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-154-973x1404.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-154-508x733.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-154.png 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">How the exclusive friend of children does not ring the doorbell but rolls golden balls through a window. An entirely individual version by the painter Lorenzetti. Legend has it that the poor daughters were able to marry thanks to wedding gifts from the saint. \u201c<strong>La Charit\u00e9 de Saint Nicolas de Bari&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; Ambrogio Lorenzetti &#8211; Painted on wood &#8211; c. 1330-1340 &#8211; This fragment shows Saint Nicholas throwing three golden balls through the window of a house where a poor father and his three daughters sleep. The painter is one of the first to attempt to depict architecture in perspective. (photo: Louvre, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Has the notary apple had its day?  <\/strong>Not at all, Mia\u2019s apple tree in Wolfsdonk sheds new light on the Campine notary apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-30-1024x519.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-30-1024x519.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-30-300x152.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-30-768x389.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-30-1536x779.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-30-2048x1038.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-30-973x493.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-30-508x258.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Mia harvests notary apples herself and then hands them out to villagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-777x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-777x1024.jpeg 777w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-228x300.jpeg 228w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-768x1013.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-1165x1536.jpeg 1165w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-1553x2048.jpeg 1553w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-973x1283.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-508x670.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-32-scaled.jpeg 1941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">In Wolfsdonk the notary\u2019s apples prove to be immensely popular and niche at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;<strong>Si tu ne go\u00fbtes jamais une pomme pourrie, tu ne sauras jamais appr\u00e9cier une bonne.&#8221; <\/strong> &#8211; Il faut vivre pour comprendre la vie &#8211; proverbe turc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3780-1024x725.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3780-1024x725.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3780-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3780-768x544.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3780-1536x1088.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3780-2048x1451.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3780-973x689.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3780-508x360.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>\u201cYour mother, the ch\u00e2telaine, is priceless. Reine de l\u2019ironie!\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; Jos\u00e9e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_3211.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-19 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2-1024x771.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2-768x578.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2-1536x1156.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2-973x732.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2-508x382.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2.jpeg 1852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Park of Midden-Limburg &#8211; J. Tysmans &#8211; oil on canvas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">\u201cIn the park of Midden-Limburg I learned to swim, without a swimming teacher but with lots of mosquitoes.\u201d &#8211; Mia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-807x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25310\" style=\"width:414px;height:525px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-807x1024.jpeg 807w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-236x300.jpeg 236w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-768x975.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1210x1536.jpeg 1210w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1613x2048.jpeg 1613w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-973x1235.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-508x645.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-scaled.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1024x736.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1024x736.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-768x552.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1536x1104.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2048x1472.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-973x699.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-508x365.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>On the occasion of her First Communion<\/strong> <strong>Mimike received this<\/strong> <strong>hand-coloured devotional little artwork by Jeanne Hebbelynck (1891-1959)  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-39-609x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-39-609x1024.png 609w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-39-178x300.png 178w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-39-768x1292.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-39-508x854.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-39.png 902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-23 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>communion feast menu, Houthalen 27 April 1952<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-973x1462.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-508x763.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/foto-21-scaled.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Maria Jamar <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-19-1005x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-19-1005x1024.png 1005w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-19-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-19-768x782.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-19-1508x1536.png 1508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-19-973x991.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-19-508x517.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-19.png 1511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>little plate by Mia\u2019s own hand <\/strong>(1955)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-71.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-71.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-71-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-71-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-71-973x712.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-71-508x372.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>painting by Mia\u2019s own hand <\/strong>(1955)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>\u201cThe longest journey is the journey inwards.\u201d <\/strong>&#8211; Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld (You can travel around the whole world.  But the road to \u2018How do I become a more reliable person myself?\u2019 A road to self-knowledge and to growth and becoming whole.\u201d &#8211; Sr. Rebecca)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img034-1-1003x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img034-1-1003x1024.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img034-1-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img034-1-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img034-1-1504x1536.jpg 1504w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img034-1-2005x2048.jpg 2005w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img034-1-973x994.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img034-1-508x519.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mia-DSCF0422-2k-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"Mia Van Kerckhoven Jamar\" class=\"wp-image-7717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mia-DSCF0422-2k-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mia-DSCF0422-2k-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mia-DSCF0422-2k-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mia-DSCF0422-2k-1536x1118.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mia-DSCF0422-2k-2048x1491.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mia-DSCF0422-2k-973x708.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mia-DSCF0422-2k-508x370.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">For Mia it is a matter of falling and getting up again with her husband\u2019s life tasks: working, saving and praying. The in-law family is businesslike and cool, unlike her gentle and hospitable Limburg family. Mia does not dare to assert herself, wants to be found nice. Dropping in on the family in Aarschot is not simply done. A servant announces:<em> <\/em>\u201cMadam has no time.\u201d Or, to her horror, she is snapped at: \u201cWhat have you come to do<em> <\/em>here?<em>&#8220;.  <\/em> Whereupon the door is slammed in Mia\u2019s face. The stunning beauty is the talk of the town. \u201cYou are better off with jealousy than with pity\u201d &#8211; her father, her personal hero, consoles her; if he saw an elegant way out, he would most of all take his Mieke back with him to Houthalen. For a few years Mia keeps quiet, because she sees an authoritarian in-law family. But later her elephant skin grows a little thinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6873-3k-961x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is van-kerckhoven-DSCF6873-3k-961x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Party notary\u2019s wife Mia is, in the Aarschot high-life circles, one of the fixed ingredients of a successful evening party.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-30 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Mia maintains a sumptuous lifestyle that makes some people\u2019s eyes pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ricchi e Poveri - Come Vorrei (&quot;Malena&quot;-Monica Bellucci)\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KT44aQ_10XM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Like the little boy in the video clip, Pieter gazes after his mother, and she after him. With exaggerated helpfulness Pieter tries to attract his mother\u2019s attention. Classmates claim now and then to be in love with his mum. A delightful moment for Pieter: On the Hoogbrug in Aarschot Pieter walks behind Mia and notices that a motorist is eyeing Mia with a little too much enthusiasm and then \u201csobered up\u201d crashes into the car in front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-32 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Tineke Sas: from nanny to Pieter\u2019s support and mainstay for years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>And then Tineke Sas suddenly sent a WhatsApp:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-34 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8230;\u201cYes, that\u2019s fun &#8230;and indeed your mum was and is a striking lady and when I was little I stared at her wide-eyed because I thought she had so much class, such good taste in everything &#8230; for me that was the example of elegance! I know I even went and bought her perfume ( by Est\u00e9e Lauder ) to use too&#8230; .  She was always chicly dressed, just like a fashion model. Her interior too was so tastefully arranged, as a child I loved babysitting at your place and above all staying over in that beautiful blue princess bedroom \u2728\ud83d\udc4c ! Your father would then explain at length how I would have to transport you (in blankets \ud83d\ude31) if a fire were to break out! Yes he was always \u2018overprotective\u2019 of you! <br>It was Aliage by Est\u00e9e Lauder and Aromatics Elixir-Clinique. The house on the Elisabethlaan always smelled of these lovely scents! \ud83e\udd70\ud83d\ude01<br>And your mum drove a super elegant, magnificent cream-coloured Porsche that everyone turned to look at &#8230; also because she was in it \ud83d\ude09 !<br>And&#8230; she wore Courr\u00e8ges clothes, to this day for me still linked to the memory of Mia!<br>You see, your mum was the \ud83e\udd29most beautiful, most elegant woman of the Hageland! An icon \ud83d\ude09&#8230; of whom all the other women at the time were madly jealous ! (Except my mum)\u201d &#8211; Christine Sas (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-15.png 592w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-15-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-15-508x414.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Christine Sas &#8211; self-portrait <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-36 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">\u201cQuite right. Your mum was always unattainable for me. Doubly. As a woman and as a lady of the town. What a splendid description. Touching how your father wanted to have you rescued in case of fire. I can hear my father again.\u201d &#8211; Jos\u00e9e Lehon &#8211; art historian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 480;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/YTDown.com_YouTube_Brand-in-de-Inno-1967-Feu-dans-l-innovat_Media_wNETHzosPwA_001_480p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">(1967)  The largest department store fire of the 20th century was in Brussels and claimed 323 victims.  Since this fire Godfried will always check, in large complexes such as hotels or cinemas, how to escape in case of fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1034.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1034.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1034-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1034-768x837.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1034-508x554.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-38 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Mia and Gert<\/strong> (photo: 1987)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-39 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Falling back on old-fashioned habits and views, such as the woman\u2019s role at the hearth, are no option for Mia, so things sometimes crackle indoors.  Frie loves Aarschot and the countryside. Mia the big city and shopping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-40 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>L&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance n&#8217;a pas d&#8217;\u00e2ge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mia-wedstrijd-565x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is mia-wedstrijd-565x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-41 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">I<strong>n her later years Mia takes part in and wins a beauty contest<\/strong> (photo: Brussels &#8211; Astoria Hotel &#8211; 1989) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-42 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">In this photo Mia wears a dress from a collection chosen for her.  The organisation lets the finalists choose from a wardrobe how they want to appear before the jury.  When it is Mia\u2019s turn it turns out that another finalist has hidden the dresses Mia had chosen.  Mia has to go and explain it to a bewildered jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-43 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The BRT radio of the time <em>&nbsp;<\/em>listened to the voice of 50+ Mia, which sounds anything but worn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/inteview-mia.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8230;The selection was tough. Those who are here have, in any case, already won a success of personality, charm and presence. &#8230; &#8230;The Winner. 49 years old, a luminous smile, a lot of sparkle, very pretty, what more can one say?  \u201cWhy did I take part? It was my children who pushed me into it. They thought I had a chance. I have a rather monotonous life, I came to meet people.  My husband is married to his job, and right now he is away on business.  My children are 17, 20 and 22, they will be leaving soon, that is why I took part.\u201d  Mia Jamar lives in the Averbode area, but she speaks French perfectly having studied in Brussels. The winners were warmly applauded.  They represent that age group in which youth is moving away without yet disappearing, and prove, with great simplicity, that seniors too can have the figure and sparkle of a model.  &#8211; Marthe Englebert, LA LIBRE BELGIQUE &#8211;  30 June 1989 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-9-466x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-9-466x1024.png 466w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-9-136x300.png 136w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-9-508x1117.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-9.png 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The entry form for the contest is sent in by Pieter.  A newspaper reports on Mia\u2019s monotonous existence with a travelling businessman.  Frie reacts grumpily to this action. (1989)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1037.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1037.jpeg 712w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1037-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1037-508x624.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">In the picture.  Mia takes Emanuel Ungaro out of the wardrobe during a visit to Lausanne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">On Friday 2 February Mia turns fifty and in May she has been married for twenty-eight years.  From a distance Mia may seem a little hard and arrogant.  But if notary Frie is hip and popular, then that is above all thanks to her.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-92.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-92.png 600w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-92-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-92-508x683.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-97.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-97.png 682w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-97-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-97-508x763.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-48 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>&#8220;Like a bull in a China-Shop&#8221; &#8211; Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen &#8211; <\/strong><strong>by Frederik Willems, originally from Langdorp, Pieter\u2019s childhood friend<\/strong>  (photo: atmospheric image 68x47cm 1988)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-49 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">\u201cI graduated from the Fashion Academy Antwerp in 1998. The inspiration for the collection came from a trip to China that I made in 1996 with my father. I learned a lot then about the last emperor Pu Yi and his obsession with the old traditional China and the Western world.  The film \u201cThe Last Emperor\u201d also explains this well and is a lovely feast for the eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">When Pu Yi was emperor in exile under Japan, he and his wife dressed in an unconventional way (Western luxury and old Chinese costumes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">In addition came my other inspiration, the 1980s and the era of \u201cpower dressing\u201d. It seemed good to me to work the decadence and glamour of those years into the collection as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The idea of working with your mum came from the grandmother of Pu Yi, a magnificent and very strong woman who was nostalgic because as a woman she had no political or social standing.  Your mum has always inspired me as an \u201cindependent lady\u201d who was proud to be a woman and to make her voice heard. (that contest she won at 50).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The collection had a lot of yellow silk jersey and also leopard print (a signal of the 1980s).\u201d &#8211;  Frederik Willems, Senior Lecturer and Course Director of MBA International Fashion Management Conventry University (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6854-3k-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6854-3k-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6854-3k-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6854-3k-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6854-3k-973x652.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6854-3k-508x341.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Frederik and Pieter<\/strong> (photo: 1992)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-55 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>SAG MIR WO DIE BLUMEN SIND<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">(around 1995) Mia unexpectedly and suddenly reinvents herself: glamour and fashion are swapped for gardening, cooking and baking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-88x88.png 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-973x973.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114-508x508.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-114.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-57 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The book about a talented Benedictine and herbalist Cadfael who lived in seclusion in the 12th century becomes a \u2018pivotal moment\u2019 in Mia\u2019s life.  Time to (re)create the garden, inspired by that of Shrewsbury Abbey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-113.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-113.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-113-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-113-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-113-973x648.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-113-508x338.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-58 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Mia plants<\/strong> <strong>a deliciously scented<\/strong>, <strong>thornless English rose bush \u2018Brother Cadfael\u2019<\/strong>. (photo: Wolfsdonk 1999)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-109-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-109-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-109-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-109-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-109-973x1297.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-109-508x677.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-109.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-59 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The \u2018Marie Antoinette\u2019 roses are expressive and smell aromatic and strong. Their blooms are not only dreamily beautiful but also weatherproof and long-lasting. The special feature of this rose is its brilliance of colour.  The blooms shimmer apricot in the centre and are ivory at the edge.  For this reason the \u2018Marie Antoinette\u2019 rose is among the most beautiful pastel varieties.  (photo: Pieter, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6563-1k9-1-e1623752036971-976x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is godfried-dscf6563-1k9-1-e1623752036971-976x1024.jpeg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>A stylish route of iron Mia on her country estate the Steenheuvels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-24-928x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-24-928x1024.png 928w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-24-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-24-768x847.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-24-973x1074.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-24-508x561.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-24.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">When Mia starts gardening, she maps the historic roses of the Steenheuvels in her garden notebook with passionate attention and devotion. Enthusiast Mia talks lyrically about old roses with their romantic full blooms and delightful scent.  Mia meets Countess Nanda d\u2019Ursel and buys her book \u201cRozen uit de Tuinen van Hex\u201d with watercolours of the most beautiful varieties. She attends garden days every year. Besides the common names of flowers, Mia readily adopts the Latin names of plants. That Latin has a clear advantage. When Mia buys a Hydrangea arorescens \u2018Annabelle\u2019 in England, she gets exactly the same plant as when she looks for this hydrangea in the Netherlands. \u201cI only buy my flowers and plants here in the area now. I no longer go to England or the Netherlands. I no longer want those Dutch to earn anything from me.\u201d &#8211; Mia (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-23-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-23-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-23-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-23-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-23-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-23-973x730.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-23-508x381.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-23.png 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-62 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Gardening has a positive effect on health. Mia likes to live with the seasons and effectively grows vegetables, fruit and herbs. When it is time to harvest, Mia enjoys what she has grown. The tasty crops are handed out to family members and her neighbours.  Apples, cherry tomatoes, lettuce, etc. . (photo: Wolfsdonk, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2-728x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2-728x1024.png 728w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2-768x1080.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2-508x715.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2.png 910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-63 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>The ch\u00e2telaine of Wolfsdonk wants to go back to nature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pieter.fr singt f\u00fcr seine Mutter l MA PLUS BELLE HISTOIRE l\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JACZ4YM3GhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-973x1460.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-508x762.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCF8600_A4-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-64 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;Merci pour les roses et merci pour les \u00e9pines.  La vie n&#8217;est pas une f\u00eate perp\u00e9tuelle, c&#8217;est une vall\u00e9e de larmes.  Mais c&#8217;est aussi une vall\u00e9e de roses.  Si vous parlez des larmes, il ne faut pas oublier les roses et si vous parlez des roses, il ne faut pas oublier les larmes.&#8221; &#8211; Jean d&#8217;Ormesson (1925-2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111-740x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111-740x1024.png 740w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111-768x1062.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111-1110x1536.png 1110w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111-1480x2048.png 1480w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111-973x1346.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111-508x703.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-111.png 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-65 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Bouquet of roses<\/strong> &#8211; 1936 &#8211; oil on panel &#8211; Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-66 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-674x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-1010x1536.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-1347x2048.jpg 1347w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-973x1479.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-508x772.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img015-1-scaled.jpg 1684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-67 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;Impossible de vous dire mon \u00e2ge, il change tout le temps!&#8221; &#8211; Alphonse Allais<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-68 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Below you see a portrait of the ch\u00e2telaine de Wolfsdonk. What on earth happened to her face?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-41-850x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-41-850x1024.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-41-249x300.jpeg 249w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-41-768x925.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-41-1276x1536.jpeg 1276w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-41-1701x2048.jpeg 1701w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-41-973x1172.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-41-508x612.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">portrait of Mia by Beno\u00eet M (Paris, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5380.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6858-3k-688x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6858-3k-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6858-3k-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6858-3k-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6858-3k-973x1448.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6858-3k-508x756.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/van-kerckhoven-DSCF6858-3k.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5384.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-43-984x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-43-984x1024.jpeg 984w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-43-288x300.jpeg 288w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-43-768x799.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-43-1477x1536.jpeg 1477w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-43-973x1012.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-43-508x528.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-43.jpeg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5461.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>\u201cTender message from la ch\u00e2telaine&#8230; and so spontaneous&#8230;\u201d <\/strong>&#8211; Jos\u00e9e Lehon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-71 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>\u201cYour mum is the Brigitte Bardot of Aarschot.\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; Kiki Didden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1920;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_5474.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">XVI  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/xvi-clement-and-colette-jamar-swerts\/\">Cl\u00e9ment and Colette<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XIV Frie and Mia: nobody saw this coming! 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