Konke Okugqamayo Kuvuliwe: U-Brandon Cole Bailey ka-Sean Micah, ubuyela ezikrinini ze-Fashionably Male, imodeli eyaziwa ngomzimba wakhe "u-Ken" lapha ibukeka ingcono kunangaphambili.
Unabalandeli abangaphezu kwe-190,000 ku-Instagram futhi uma ubala, ubelokhu emodela kusukela eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala. Emuva ezinsukwini zakudala, lapho ehlolwa nguHollister.
Uqala lo nyaka ka-2019 enamandla amakhulu nesimo sengqondo esihle, lapho ephambi kwekhamera, uyimodeli esezingeni eliphezulu, “Ngezinye izikhathi kufanele ube ngumphathi ukuze wenze izinto zenziwe ngendlela efanele. Kufanele uthathe isinyathelo kuqala futhi ulawule impilo yakho kanye nesiphetho sakho ukuze ufinyelele phezulu kwezinjongo namaphupho akho. Khumbula ukuthi akekho ongakwenzela lokho nguwe okumele ukwenzele."
Ube sesidlangalaleni isikhathi eside, kodwa njengamanje ubukeka engakholakali.
“Asiye olwandle kodwa senze kube yimfashini. Kwesinye isikhathi udinga ingubo ekwenza uzizwe ukahle. Ubani onendaba ukuthi kuyini okujwayelekile ukuthi mina angikaze ngilingane “nenkambiso” futhi ngilungile ngalokho ngethemba ukuthi nonke ningazithola nikulowo mqondo.”
UBrandon Cole Bailey
Lensizwa ebukekayo yaseLibra ineminyaka engu-23 ubudala, (October 16, 1995) iyakwazi ekufunayo, “Akukhona ngemali noma udumo olumayelana nobuciko nephupho.”
Umthwebuli wezithombe u-Sean Micah kanye ne-Make Up Artist uSami Rivera kanye nesitayile u-Jasmin Woods ukuze baphinde badale umsebenzi we-ethereal futhi omncane, ngoba konke ukunaka kuya ebuhleni buka-"Ken".
"Ngibonga kakhulu ngazo zonke izigigaba, izigameko ezimbi kanye nesipiliyoni esimangalisayo enginikezwe iminyaka futhi angisakwazi ukulinda ukuqhubeka nalolu hambo futhi ngiqhubeke nokuvuthwa nokuhamba phambili."
Noma kunjalo, uKen wethu uzohlala enguKen wethu. Izwe lemfashini lidinga abantu abafana naye.
Isihluthulelo sempilo akukhona nje ukuzilolonga nokudla okufanele kodwa injabulo, ukuhleka nokumamatheka.
Isithombe u-Sean Micah @seanmicahcreative
Imodeli kaBrandon Cole Bailey @itsreallyken
Stylist Jasmin Woods @styledbyseven
Yenza Iciko elingu-Sam Rivera @samirivera we-MAC Cosmetics.