UDemna Gvasalia wajongana neParisian yasentsomini, kwaye ukuthatha kwakhe kwakunoburhalarhume, ene-chic ebukhali njengevumba letela eliphuma kumgangatho we-asphalt.
Ukuqokelela ingqokelela yemixholo yamaxesha onyaka kunye namabali yayiyenye yeengcamango ezinkulu uDemna Gvasalia ezizisa kwifashoni, naseBalenciaga. Wanika i-heave-ho yokuwa, kwaye wagalela ibala elikhulu le-asphalt elivumba limnandi ukuze abonise umbono wakhe "wokwenene waseParisi wanamhlanje." Ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo kunye noluzizi, ukukhanya okudanyazayo akukhange kuthintele ukungxama kwefashoni, eyonwabisayo edlulayo, phantse ibrasha amadolo eendwendwe.
UGvasalia ukwayekile uninzi lweempahla zasesitalatweni ezinxibe iclaptraps ebekhe wajongwa ngazo ikakhulu ekuthungeni, kunye neesilhouettes ezichanekileyo uCristóbal Balenciaga waba nguvulindlela, kubandakanya amakoko, oonodoli babantwana kunye neemilo zesemifit. “Le ndlu inebali elide, kodwa umsebenzi wam kukuyenza ibe yeyanamhlanje kwaye yenze ibe nomtsalane kumthengi esinaye namhlanje,” utshilo emva kweqonga.
Ukuvakalisa umxholo wakhe waseParisi ngaphambi kwexesha kudliwano-ndlebe olubanzi lwe-WWD nayo yayiyinto entsha kumyili - kunye ne-prescient, inikwe ukubuya kwe-bourgeois Gallic chic ifumana amandla kwi-capital yaseFransi.
Ukuthabatha kwakhe bekukrwada, kwaye kukhuphe ungqameko oluqinileyo njengevumba letela eliphuma emgangathweni. KwiGvasalia, iParis ayisosixeko sefashoni yasentsomini esimelwe kwiifoto ze-arch couture zeminyaka yamashumi amahlanu namashumi amathandathu, kodwa sisixeko esinyakazelayo, esinoncedo lwegrit kunye noburhalarhume. "Iipateni kunye neemilo zibonakalisa imisebenzi eqhelekileyo yemihla ngemihla-ukuthenga igrosari, ukuhamba ngesithuthuthu, kunye nokuphuma emva komsebenzi," amanqaku omboniso abhalwe.
UGvasalia ubethelele ibango lakhe kwiimilo ezigqithisileyo, ecebisa ukuba afumbethe amaqombolo, iikimono ezintle kunye nokucheba ibhanti yenkomo; ubungakanani befriji, iidyasi eziphezulu zenkamela kunye nebhokisi, iibhatyi ezingwevu zee-ertyisi zakhe. Ingqokelela yalungiswa emva kodwa inyanzelekile, uninzi lwemidlalo yevolumu igxile emagxeni. Iintloko zemikhono ebaxiweyo ngokubumba i-3-D ecaciswe ngakumbi kuluvo lukaMargiela, ngelixa ukuphosa idyokhwe kunye nemikhono phambili kwaye uyibambe ecaleni kwekhola ijongeka intsha ngokupheleleyo, kwaye inika imilo engqukuva epholileyo, njengepenumbra. Wasebenzisa oku kwi-puffers kunye needyasi ze-ertyisi zamadoda; kunye neengubo ezinqabileyo zomsele zabasetyhini.
Iimilo ezibhityileyo bezinde kakhulu; iikhola eziphezulu ngaphezulu; kwaye zenziwe zangamalaphu evoluptuous kunye nemibala elandayo, efikelela kuvuthondaba ngeedyasi zeneon ezigudileyo kwisilika yemoire. Uburharha bomyili bomyili bufike ngekhonkco le-Eiffel Tower, iprints zevenkile yesikhumbuzo kunye neemilo zegrosari enamaphepha amdaka ezenziwe ngesikhumba kwaye isitampu selogo efana nale ye "bio," okanye i-organic, iimveliso eFransi. Okuhlekisayo, kwakhona, yayizimilo zangokuhlwa ezimile okwefaneli kunye neelokhwe zepati kunye ne-hupu ejikelezayo emagxeni, evuselela uPierre Cardin.
Umboniso wawumde kakhulu kunesiqhelo, ubonisa into entsha yesithathu: UGvasalia uhambisa iingqokelela kwaye wenza le ngxelo yakhe enkulu ehamba ebusika nasentwasahlobo, ngelixa egcina iifestile ezininzi zokuhambisa. Kwavakala ngathi ulivuyela ithuba lokuvakalisa ngendlela ebanzi uthando lwakhe kwikomkhulu laseFransi, emva kokuba efudukele eZurich kunyaka ophelileyo apho uphawu lwakhe lokutyikitya, iVetements, luzinze khona ngoku. “Ngokuhamba, ndaphinda ndathandana noParis,” wacaphuka.