Historisch genootschap Wieringermeer, De Nationale feestrok, of Bevrijdingsrok, was een idee van Mies Boissevain – Van Lennep (1896 – 1965).

Collaboration with Amstelveen Oranje - Youth and freedom

The liberation skirt became the symbol of the 1945 Liberation celebrations: a patchwork skirt full of stories, memories and life lessons. Join this old tradition and show what freedom means to you!

During the liberation after World War II, Mies Boissevain-Van Lennep devised a way to celebrate freedom and bring people together. Together, women made cheerful patchwork skirts from leftover fabrics as a symbol of unity. During the creation process they shared their stories with each other.

Just like back then, we gather in the JAN JUNIOR studio at Museum JAN in Amstelveen to share stories and make your own freedom apron. Not a skirt, but an apron as a reference to the fashion exhibition by Lisa Konno - The Porcelain Body - who also incorporates the apron into her art. We invite everyone to get started. This way, we like to reflect on the meaning of freedom, and the stories that bring us closer together.

Fun for people of all ages! Children under 8 bring an adult.

Children's aprons are provided by Ons Tweede Thuis Amstelveen, but feel free to bring your own apron and patches of fabric. The aprons can be pimped and worked on with glue or needle and thread.We work without sewing machines.