Abathandi bemfashini yabesilisa bahlangene kuleli sonto e-Florence's Pitti Uomo 91 fair ukuze babuke kuqala I-Fall 2017 futhi umcimbi omkhulu ekhalendeni ngu-Tim Coppens, olandela uRaf Simons njengomklami wezivakashi. I-Belgian eqeqeshwe e-Antwerp's Royal Academy, isikole esifanayo esasihamba noDemna Gvasalia weVetements noBalenciaga kanye nohlu olude lwama-greats, kodwa kwakuyiNew York, hhayi iParis, eyamkhanga.
U-Coppens, oneminyaka engu-41 ungumdlali oshibilikayo enhliziyweni, kodwa ubelokhu eklama kusukela enza i-tracksuit yakhe yokuqala, "Ngesikhathi ngineminyaka engu-11 noma 12 emshinini wokuthunga kamama ngoba ngidinga okuthile ukuze ngihambe nge-BMXing." Ulayini ongaziwa awethule ngo-2011 ukhombisa yonke into empilweni yakhe kuze kube manje: ukwazisa ukuthunga kahle okusikwe kahle nezingubo zemidlalo, ukuthakasela ukwakhiwa kwemidlalo yobuchwepheshe, isiko lokushwibeka ngasekupheleni kwawo-'90s nothando lwemigwaqo yaseNew York lapho ebehlala khona. iminyaka eyishumi edlule. NgoLwesithathu, ngaphambi nje kombukiso wakhe, uCoppens wakhuluma ngemfashini yase-Europe neMelika, esebenzela uRalph Lauren nokuthi kungani edlula ukungaqondakali kobulili endleleni yezindiza. “Yisitayela sami leso. Imfashini igijima ngemijikelezo futhi abantu bakhohlwe ngokushesha kunakudala,” usho kanje.
Manje ungafunda kalula Ingxoxo kaRebecca Voight ye-W Magazine noTim Coppens.
