Abagabo berekana imideli y'abagabo bateraniye kuri iki cyumweru mu imurikagurisha rya Pitti Uomo 91 rya Florence kugira ngo barebe bwa mbere Fall 2017 kandi ibirori bikomeye kuri kalendari ni Tim Coppens, usimbuye Raf Simons nk'umushitsi. Umubiligi yatoje muri Royal Academy ya Antwerp, ishuri rimwe ryigamo Demna Gvasalia wa Vetements na Balenciaga hamwe nurutonde rurerure rwabakomeye, ariko ni New York, ntabwo ari Paris, ni byo byamushimishije.
Coppens w'imyaka 41 ni umukinnyi wo gusiganwa ku maguru ku mutima, ariko yagiye ategura kuva yatangira gukora bwa mbere, ati: "Igihe nari nka 11 cyangwa 12 kuri mashini idoda ya mama kuko nari nkeneye ikintu cyo kujya BMXing." Umurongo utazwi yatangije muri 2011 ugaragaza ibintu byose mubuzima bwe kugeza ubu: gushimira ubudozi bwaciwe neza nimyenda ya siporo, gushimishwa no kubaka siporo tekinike, mu mpera za 90 umuco wo gusiganwa ku maguru no gukunda imihanda ya New York aho yabaga imyaka icumi ishize. Ku wa gatatu, mbere gato y’igitaramo cye, Coppens yafunguye ibijyanye n’imyambarire y’Abanyaburayi n’Abanyamerika, akorera Ralph Lauren n'impamvu arenze uburinganire bw’umugabo ku nzira. Ati: “Ubu ni bwo buryo bwanjye. Imyambarire ikurikirana kandi abantu bakibagirwa byihuse kuruta uko byari bisanzwe ”.
Urashobora noneho gusoma byoroshye Ikinyamakuru W Magazine cya Rebecca Voight Ikiganiro na Tim Coppens.
