Ukusukela ekusekweni kwayo kwiminyaka eyi-19 eyadlulayo, uMthendeleko wokuVula usebenze njengethishu edibeneyo phakathi kwemiboniso eyahlukeneyo yaseMelika. Ungamfumana uChlöe Sevigny okanye uSolange Knowles kwivenkile yakhe yaseHoward Street ngalo naluphi na usuku, ecaleni kukaJonah Hill kunye noWalt Cassidy kunye noSasha Velor kunye nabanini bakaJames Veloria, kwaye, ukuba ube nethamsanqa, uRihanna. Xa ivenkile yayo yavalwa, abanye abantu baseNew York bazibuza: Baza kubafumana phi abantu babo kwakhona?
Kodwa njengoko abaseki uCarol Lim kunye noHumberto Leon baxela kwincoko yevidiyo, abakaze bazive besondele kubahlobo babo, abasebenzisana nabo kunye noluntu.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo bebebambe umsitho eChifa, eLeon’s L.A. eatery, ukubhiyozela intsebenziswano kaHerb Ritts edibanise iqela lolutsha lwepunk iThe Linda Lindas noKim Gordon. U-Lim wayevuya malunga nokwenza isingeniso. ULeon wayecinywe ikhamera, kodwa wayevakala ukuba naye uyancuma.
Ingqokelela yabo yasentwasahlobo ka-2022 lulonwabo lwabo bonke abahlobo babo kunye nezalathiso, eziveliswe ngohlobo “ngoku” lweevesti zejezi, izikethi ezicekethekileyo, iijini zokudibanisa, kunye neeqhina ezimfumamfuma ze-Insta.
U-Li Kuanzhen, umzobi waseTaiwan, wenze imizobo yamantombazana aphezulu e-OC, ukusuka ku-Karen O ukuya ku-Natasha Lyonne (kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uSevigny no-Knowles), eyaye yakhutshelwa kwijean yaza yaprintwa kumaqhosha-phantsi.
UKuanzhen ukwadale yonke ialfabhethi yesiNgesi ephefumlelweyo yobugcisa bebrashi yaseTshayina evele njengonobumba omnye kwiitoti kunye nezixhobo kunye ne-devoré kwiziketi zesilika ezineepinki ezimhlophe ezimhlophe.
Ileyibhile ayisosixhobo kuphela sezinto ezipholileyo kunye nezomzuzwana, kodwa kunye neqonga leenkcubeko zaseAsia kunye nendawo yokubhiyozela ilifa labo. ULeon uthe i-denim cheongsam yeyona nto ayithandayo kule sizini.
Ngaphandle kwevenkile ye-OC, i-duo ikwazile ukugcina umnwe kwiimpawu. Uluhlu lwabo olutsha lubandakanya iziqwenga ezininzi ze-Gen Z abathengi baya kuxabisa-ii-tee ezigqithisiweyo, ii-textural knits, ii-pastel polos. Ngaba ezinye iziqwenga ezifana nepokotho yenxantathu okanye i-cardigan ephefumlelweyo ye-intrecciato ibonakala incinci kakhulu njengento abantwana abayithandayo? Mhlawumbi, kodwa isipho sika-Lim kunye noLeon kukukwazi ukuxovula ibrow, i-lowbrow, abahlobo kunye nosapho kumxube omtsha we-eclectic. Le ngqokelela iyenza kakuhle.
Ifotwe ngu-Ilya Lipkin
Ukuphosa uLisa Dymph Megens