Inkathi entsha isizoqala e-Balmain House enelogo entsha, Umqondisi Wokudala u-Olivier Rousteing wethula e-Paris umbala omnyama we-Monochromatic obukeka njenge-Fall/Winter 2019.
Eqoqweni labesilisa le-Balmain Fall '19, u-Olivier Rousteing wayefuna ukuthi iqoqo libe lawo wonke umuntu: “Ngifuna abesifazane babe namandla afanayo nawabesilisa futhi ngifuna amadoda akwazi ukuthola izinhlangothi zawo zesifazane… eqoqweni kukhona kokubili amadoda nabesifazane futhi awukwazi ngempela ukusho ngezingubo ukuthi ubani owayengowesifazane nokuthi ngubani indoda. Kufana nokuthi kunobulili obubodwa.”
"Wazi igama lami kuphela hhayi indaba yami." “Anginankinga nokuphawula kwakho. Inzondo ngentshiseko iwuthando.” “Ungabeki icala lakho kimi.” "Angiphoqelekile ukuthi ngiphendule."
Le mishwana, neminye efana nayo, evezwe kumabhayisikili, ama-hoodies, izikhwama, nokunye okwengeziwe kulo mbukiso wakusihlwa we-Balmain: Ubetholani u-Olivier Rousteing? Ngaphandle kwesibopho, waphendula. “Ngicabanga ukuthi siphila emhlabeni lapho wonke umuntu eqala ukulwa ngaphandle kwesizathu, ngenxa nje yokuphawula. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyingozi. Inkululeko ibalulekile. Kodwa inkululeko yabantu abafuna nje ukucekela phansi nokucekela phansi... eFrance sithi, “la liberté des uns s’arrête là où commence celle des autres [inkululeko yabanye igcina lapho eyabanye iqala khona].
Njengoba ngimusha—kodwa ngingemncane kakhulu—ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyawuqonda umehluko. Futhi masikhumbule ukuthi sinezintatheli ezinolwazi lokuqonda okwedlule, ukuzwa okwamanje, nokubona ikusasa. Futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngiyabesaba abangenalwazi—indlela esingaba ngayo… izinkomo.”
Kuleli qophelo, ngokusobala, u-Rousteing wayevuma ngekhanda ku-Suzy Menkes-ongcono kakhulu kithi, futhi ngokuqinisekile abanolwazi kakhulu-owayesanda kufika kule ndawo entsha ngaphandle kwedolobha nge-metro (akukho zimali ezikhokhelwayo zokudlala zemikhankaso yedijithali esekelwe abalandeli bakhe be-Instagram bamlime kahle).
U-Rousteing, ngemva kuka-Ozwald Boateng e-Givenchy umqondisi wesibili wokudala wemibala e-Paris, kanye nendoda ekhuliswe abazali abamhlophe (abanothando) abatholwa edolobheni laseCaucasus eyazi kahle ukuthi ingaphandle ibheke ngaphakathi. Usebenze ngendlela esuka lapho esuka khona. amaphethelo enhliziyweni yezwe lemfashini alithandayo, futhi kulobubusuku usebenzise iqoqo lakhe ukuze enze isitatimende hhayi kuphela mayelana nombono emhlabeni wedijithali-amamodeli akhe amaningi ayegqoke ama-iPhone kumahhanisi esikhumba ensimbi-hardware, ebheke ngaphandle esifubeni, ukuveza umuzwa wokuhlolisisa ubuyile—kodwa mayelana nobulili.
“Ngifuna abesifazane babe namandla afanayo nawabesilisa futhi ngifuna amadoda akwazi ukuthola izinhlangothi zawo zesifazane… indoda. Kufana nokuthi kunobulili obubodwa.”
Emgwaqweni wezindiza ohunyushelwe esigabeni sokuvula eside, zonke i-monochrome, ezazidlala nezingubo zakusihlwa zamakhehla nezalukazi—ama-tuxedo ane-satin lapeled namajakhethi e-boucle—ngokuxuba kokubili okuqukethwe kwabo ngokushintshanisa ubulili futhi bashintsha ukuhamba kwabo ngokungeza izingubo zemidlalo kanye nemininingwane yezempi. Kwabesifazane, lokhu kukhiqize ukuphindaphindeka okusha okusebenzayo kokubhema, okunehlombe elibanzi futhi okuchazwe ngaphezu kokhalo, kodwa okuxekethile okuxekethile futhi kufakwe amateki ngezansi: U-Saint Laurent ethintwa ngu-Yohji Yamamoto. Abafana, ngokuphambene, babevame ukugqokiswa ama-boucle—ama-French nje ama-tweed, phela—emapaki namabhayisikili axubile.
I-Balmain Spring/Summer 2019 Paris
Ekugcineni amamodeli agqoke ama-iPhone abheke ngaphandle afika abhekana nezilaleli: abafana abagqoke njengamantombazane abagqoke njengamantombazane abagqoke njengabafana besibhekile.
U-Olivier Rousteing's Balmain Army Fall/Winter 2019 @balmain.