UDemna Gvasalia wasebenzisa indlela yakhe yokubaleka njengesilumkiso malunga “neziphumo zendlela yethu yokuphila” eBalenciaga elungele ukunxiba ekwindla/ebusika ngo-2020 eParis.
Iindwendwe zifike kwiholo elimnyama bhuqe kwizitudiyo bhanyabhanya zaseLa Cité du Cinéma, umgangatho wayo ophakamileyo ugqunywe ngamanzi ukuya kuthi ga kwimiqolo emithathu yezihlalo, isenza ichibi elikhulu, elibonakalisa mesmerling. Xa umboniso we-Balenciaga uqalile, uqikelelo oluphezulu lwaguquka ukusuka emafini ukuya esibhakabhakeni esiluhlaza ukuya kwimihlambi yeentaka ukuya kumanzi ampompozayo. Ekugqibeleni, loo siling iya kuhla, ukubonakaliswa kwesibhakabhaka ngokwenene ukuwa. “Bendifuna nje into evuselela imvakalelo kwaye ilusizi kakhulu, kwaye ndacinga ngesikhukhula,” utshilo uDemna Gvasalia kamva. Ngokubanzi, iziphumo zendlela yethu yokuphila - umkhukula luhlobo lwento engokomfanekiso. Wongeze ukuba umkhukula wakhe bekungafanelanga ukuba ube ngamanzi, ukuba wavumba igumbi ukuze acebise into eyoyikisayo, iparafini.
Ngaphandle kwamaphupha eparafini, uGvasalia wayefuna iimodeli zakhe zibe ngathi zihamba phezu kwamanzi, kuhambo oluthile lweBhayibhile. Ngokufanelekileyo, baqala benxibe iimpahla zoonongendi. Le yayiyeyona nto iphambili yengqokelela yabasetyhini kunye namadoda, yenzelwe zombini ezomoya kunye ne-fetishistic resonance. Kwinqanaba lokugqibela, uGvasalia wathi njengomntwana, wayezibuza ukuba kutheni abefundisi banokunxiba iingubo kodwa wayengenakukwazi. Nangona kunjalo kwakungekho nto ivuyisayo malunga nokwamkela kwakhe inkangeleko. Kunoko, imeko yayimnyama, ngakumbi xa ithelekiswa naleyo yangaphambili. Uninzi lwabaphulaphuli babesandula ukuya kwiNkonzo yeCawe ezukileyo yase-Kanye West, enika indlela eyahlukileyo yokuziphatha kwecawa-uvuyo oluziswa ngamazwi angama-120. Akunakwenzeka ukuba iimonki zaseGvasalia, ezingayekeleliyo ekuziphatheni kwazo, zivume.
Ekugqibeleni izambatho zoonongendi zaye zanikezela indlela yeedyasi, iisuti zebhulukhwe, iijezi ezineziketi okanye iibhulukhwe, kunye nayo yonke enye indlela yokunxiba emnyama.
UGvasalia naye wangenelela oonodoli bemibala, okokuqala kukulula kweclutch ebomvu eqaqambileyo ethwelwe ngomnye wamadoda anxibe ezimnyama, ukufakwa kwevestment ebomvu efikelela emgangathweni apha, ihempe enamachokoza epinki eshushu ifakwe kwisiketi sesikhumba apho, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha. ukuphumla kwedyasi yeentyatyambo. Eminye imixholo kaGvasalia: i-motocross yokwenyani kunye neyunifomu yebhola ekhatywayo yamadoda, kunye nabasetyhini, abatsha bathatha amagxa akhe ngoku abonisa i-pagoda-amagxa ngokuthunga okubukhali kunye neelokhwe eziprintiweyo ezineengubo ezimanzi kunye nemikhono emide, egcweleyo ejonge uhlobo olwahlukileyo lweengubo zemibhiyozo.
Ingqokelela entsha - kunye neyona nto imnandi kakhulu - umbono weza ebusuku: i-catsuit-cum-clingy-gown hybrid engeyiyo eyentliziyo etyhafileyo, kodwa kufuneka ifumane intaphane yabadlali beglam phakathi kweseti yosaziwayo. UKim Kardashian West ufika engqondweni. Eli nenekazi linxiba iLatex enkonzweni.
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