Namhlanje uMzekelo oPhezulu uDavid Gandy Ujika iminyaka engama-40 kwaye sinohlelo olutsha lwefashoni oluvela e-Elle Russia ngoFebruwari 2021.
Imodeli yaseBrithani, eyavuka udumo ngokubulela kwiphulo likaDolce & Gabbana's Light Blue, sifumene indlela aqeqesha ngayo kunye nento ayenzayo ukuze ahlale emile ngoku akakwazi ukushiya ikhaya.
Ukwachaza iimfihlo zakhe zesitayile kunye nendlela yokuhlala ebetha ithagethi ngokujonga kwakhe. Uthi: “Kuliwonga ukuba kulo naluphi na uludwe lwabanxibe kakuhle, kodwa ukucinga ngesinxibo sam esilandelayo akuyonto ngokuqinisekileyo elawula ubomi bam.”
Njengesalathiso sesitayile kuso sonke isizukulwana samadoda, imodeli yesiNgesi (Billericay, Essex) ivele kumaphepha ethu ngolonwabo oluthile.
Nangona kunjalo, olu dliwano-ndlebe noDavid Gandy lukhethekile ngenxa yezizathu ezibini. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, usinika ngokukhawuleza emva kokubhiyozela usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwe-40, ixesha elihle kakhulu lokujonga emva kunye nokucamngca ngegalelo lakhe kwihlabathi lefashoni. Kwelinye icala, siyenza phantsi kweemeko ezikhethekileyo ngenxa yokuvalelwa, nto leyo enika izinto ezingazange zibonwe ngaphambili ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Sifumene kwiwebhu udliwanondlebe luka-2020 lwe-GQ.com kwaye singathanda ukwabelana ngayo.
GQ: Xa wawudubula iphulo leLight Blue yayiluhlobo oluthile lwenguquko. Uluntu lwalungaqhelanga ukubona ubudoda obukrwada ngolo hlobo kwisibhengezo. Uyikhumbula njani impembelelo yeli phulo kwaye yawuchaphazela njani umsebenzi kunye nobomi bakho?
UDAVIDE GANDY: Impembelelo yaba ngoko nangoko kwaye engakholelekiyo. Olu hlobo lwentengiso lwalusetyenziswe ngakumbi kwi-80s kunye ne-90s. Xa i-Light Blue yaphuma uninzi lweempawu zazixakeke kakhulu ngabafana abancinci nabancinci, kodwa iphulo le-Light Blue lajika iitafile kwaye labamba ingcamango yabantu, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo yatshintsha ubomi bam. Siye saqhubeka nokudubula amaphulo amaninzi anempumelelo ukusukela ngoko. Ndiziva ndinethamsanqa kakhulu ukuba yinxalenye yeqela kunye nenkqubo yokuyila. Sasingayazi ngelo xesha, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo siye sazuza into ephawulekayo. Zombini ivumba elimnandi kunye nephulo liyaqhubeka ukuba yimpumelelo enkulu kwaye abantu basazithanda iintengiso, bebonisa amandla amangalisayo okudala kunye neentengiso, into ekufuneka iibrendi mhlawumbi zithathele ingqalelo ngoku njengoko uninzi luthe phithi kumajelo asekuhlaleni kunye nabaphembeleli. Ndinyaniseke kakhulu kuDomenico noStefano, njengoko ngekhe ndibe kwindawo endikuyo namhlanje ngaphandle kwabo. Kutshanje ndiye ndenza umkhankaso we-eyewear ye-Dolce & Gabbana, kwaye bendikho ngaphambili kwi-Milan yomboniso wabasetyhini ngeli xesha ukuxhasa abaqulunqi.
GQ: Ngandlela-thile ube ngumqondiso wesini enkosi kwelo phulo. Ngaba ucinga ukuba yatshintsha indlela amadoda awayejongwa ngayo kwizibhengezo?
DG: Njengoko bendisitsho, ndicinga ukuba ibisetyenziswe kakhulu kumashumi eminyaka adlulileyo, kodwa ndicinga ukuba iLight Blue yazisa olo hlobo lopapasho kubaphulaphuli abatsha.
GQ: Abantu abaninzi bayazibuza ukuba uwufumene njani lo mzimba ubonakala kwintengiso. Ngaba ungasixelela ukuba yayinjani inkqubo yakho yokomelela ngelo xesha?
DG: Ndandisafunda indlela yokuqeqesha ngo-2006 kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ndazi okuninzi ngayo ngoku. Xa ndijonga emva kwela phulo alindiniki luvo lokuba wayekwimo entle kakhulu, ndiye ndasebenza nzima ukusukela ngoko ukuze ndifumane umzimba endizingca ngawo.
GQ: Itshintshe njani inkqubo yakho yoqeqesho? Ngaba ungachaza ukuba kunjani namhlanje?
DG: Ndizilolonga ndisebenzisa ubunzima bomzimba wam kunye neentsimbi eziphakathi. Bendihlala ndicinga ukuba ukuphakamisa iintsimbi ezininzi yeyona nto iphambili ekufumaneni umzimba onezihlunu, kodwa akunjalo. Ndizilolonga kwindawo yokuzivocavoca malunga namaxesha amahlanu ngeveki malunga neyure, ngakumbi xa ndiqeqeshelwa iphulo okanye iprojekthi ethile.
GQ: Ukwazi njani ukuqeqesha kwiimeko zangoku?
DG: Sichitha eli xesha eYorkshire, emantla eNgilani, singqongwe ngamaphandle amahle kakhulu kunye neendlela zokuhamba ezimangalisayo. Sinenja yethu uDora apha kwaye sikwakhathalela ezinye izinja ezimbini zokuhlangula. Ndithatha izinja ndizikhuphele kwenye yeencochoyi ezijikelezileyo, okukukuzilolonga kakuhle kwe-cardio. Ndikwasebenza kakhulu egadini nasemhlabeni. Ngokucacileyo, andikwazi ukuya kwindawo yokuzivocavoca kwaye andinazo izixhobo eziyimfuneko apha, ngoko andizilolongi njengoko ndiqhele ukwenza. Nangona kunjalo, kulungile ukuphumla umzimba wakho kancinci kwaye, ngomsebenzi endiwenzayo, mhlawumbi nditshisa malunga neekhalori ze-4,000 ngosuku.
GQ: Iimpahla zamadoda ziye zavela kakhulu oko waqala ukusebenza. Ngaba izinto ozithandayo zitshintshile?
DG: Ndicinga ukuba isimbo sam siye savela ngokuhamba kwexesha. Ndibe nethamsanqa lokusebenza nabayili befashoni enkulu kunye nabayili kwihlabathi lefashoni, ke ndifunde lukhulu. Andikholelwa kakhulu, nangona kunjalo, ekulandeleni iindlela. Ndinxiba iisuti kunye nezinye iziqwenga zewadilophu yam eneminyaka elishumi ubudala. Andiyithengi ifashoni ekhawulezayo okanye iziqwenga ezingabalulekanga kwaye ndiyakholelwa ekuzinzeni kweengubo. Ke ngoko, iimpahla endizithengayo zezomgangatho ophezulu kunye neziqwenga ezisisiseko endiya kuzinxiba iminyaka.
GQ: Ucinga ukuba indoda kufuneka inxibe ngokweminyaka yayo okanye loo myalelo awusasebenzi?
DG: Ndicinga ukuba indoda kufuneka inxibe ngendlela ehambelana nomzimba wayo, ngokokwenza ukuba izive isitayile kwaye imnike ukuzithemba. Ndiyathanda ukubona uchuku lomntu kukhetho lwesitayile sendoda. Siphila kumaxesha apho ukunxiba okusesikweni okungaphantsi kuyindlela, ngoko kukho amadoda amaninzi anxibe iiteki eziqhelekileyo, i-sweatshirts okanye ibhulukhwe, kwaye oku ngamanye amaxesha kunokunika ingcamango yokuba bazama ukunxiba abancinci kunabo. Kukho ukukwazi ukugqoka ngaphantsi ngokusesikweni kwaye, ngexesha elifanayo, wenze ngesitayela.
GQ: Ube kuluhlu lwamadoda anxibe kakuhle iminyaka emininzi. Ngaba kunzima ukuhlala ugqibelele okanye yinto oyenzayo ngaphandle komgudu?
DG: Ngethamsanqa, asiyonto endisebenza kuyo. Andinaso isitayile okanye iqela emva kwam ukunxiba nokukhetha isitayile sam. Ndityala imali kwiziqwenga ezintsha kwaye ndizixube nezo ndinazo kwigumbi lam. Xa ndisiya kumsitho we-tuxedo okanye kwikhaphethi ebomvu, ndithatha malunga nemizuzu engama-30 ukuba ndilungele. Ngamanye amaxesha ndibethelela isikhonkwane entloko ngesinxibo sam, ngamanye amaxesha hayi kangako. Kuliwonga ukuba kulo naluphi na uluhlu olunxibe kakuhle, ewe, kodwa ukucinga ngesinxibo sam esilandelayo ayisiyonto ngokuqinisekileyo ilawula ubomi bam.
GQ: Kudla ngokuthiwa amadoda amaninzi, xa egqiba iminyaka engama-40, angena engxakini ye-midlife kwaye athenge iPorsche. Njengepetroli elungileyo oyiyo, ngaba uyayiqwalasela?
DG: Kudala ndiqokelela kwaye ndibuyisela iimoto zakudala, ngoko ke ndinengqokelela efanelekileyo. Ngapha koko, ndiyithengisile enye yeemoto zam ngomhla wam wokuzalwa wama-40, ngoko ndicinga ukuba impendulo nguhayi.
GQ: Ukuqukumbela, yintoni into yokuqala oya kuyenza xa le meko iphelile ongakwaziyo ukuyenza ngoku?
DG: Ukuyokundwendwela abazali bam, njengoko singabonani iinyanga ezimbalwa ngenxa yokuvalelwa, kwaye kuya kuba kuhle kubo ukuphinda babone intombi yethu, njengoko ikhula ngokukhawuleza.
Sivuyisana nawe Gandy!
Umfoti: Amy Shore
Umculi: uRichard Pierce
Ukunyamekela: Larry King
Umdlali: UDavid Gandy