This is the story of the creation of a collection, the collection of Mieke Van Poucke. A story that begins with 79-year-old Mieke’s extensive collection of clothes, and unfolds to become a collection of Mieke’s daily performance: getting ready for her day, every single day.

In 2023, Freek Persyn’s mother, Mieke Van Poucke, fell seriously ill. Mieke’s three children each reacted to their mother’s condition in their own way, with Freek proposing a project: to unpack and capture her extensive collection of clothes, the pieces she dresses herself in every day.

Designed by OK-RM, the book is intimate in both scale and intention. Structured into three distinct sections, it guides the viewer’s perspective from Mieke’s daily lived experience to her past, with photographs from Mieke’s own photo album, encircling past and present.