Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2018 eParis Fashion Week. UJones useneminyaka eyisikhombisa egqoke izingubo zabesilisa eLouis Vuitton. Umqondisi wezobuciko waseBrithani kunamahlebezi okuthi uzothatha izintambo maduze nje uBurberry kanti phambilini ubebhekwe ngabomvu uVersace.
Muva nje, uKim Jones ulethe izingubo zomgwaqo kuLouis Vuitton, edlala ngefa lomkhiqizo. Ukusebenzisana kwakhe nehlelo le-New York skate-brand Supreme edayiswa njengamaqebelengwane ashisayo - okokuqala komkhiqizo waseFrance owawunedumela lokuvikela kakhulu umlando weminyaka engu-160 womsunguli wakhe. Kodwa ukuvuselela umugqa wezingubo zabesilisa kukhasimende elincane kwakungeyona ingqopha-mlando yomklami kuphela. Eminyakeni edlule, uJones ubephumelela ekuhlanganiseni nasekufaniseni izitayela ezihlukahlukene ezinezinkomba zokuhamba namasiko ngendlela ecashile. Ubuyekeze imvunulo esemthethweni ye-Vuitton ngezinto ezibalulekile zezemidlalo, izingubo zokuphumula ezihlukanisiwe, nezinto ezinambitheka ngokuzulazula, futhi wedlula imingcele yobuciko besimanje bomkhiqizo. Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo okuqhubekayo (r) ekugcineni okuqhubekisele phambili amaqoqo ezingubo zabesilisa zika-Louis Vuitton ukuba abe phambili endaweni yezingubo zabesilisa.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuphrinta okuyinhloko kweqoqo (ukwakheka kwezithombe zezithombe zentaba nezwe ezithathwe ngesikhathi sendiza enophephela emhlane yonkana eKenya) kwenze ukuvuma ngekhanda eqoqweni lokuqala lomklami likaLouis Vuitton (Intwasahlobo yamadoda ka-2012), lapho efaka amaphethini wama-masai ( amasheke abomvu naluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka) eqoqweni lakhe. Ngalokho wahlonipha iKenya, lapho akhulela khona, okokugcina - umjikelezo usuphelile.
Yini elandelayo ngoKim Jones? Umklami waseBrithani ubesezingxoxweni zokuphumelela ku-Donatella Versace, kodwa muva nje, amahemuhemu ahamba kabi, ememezela ukuthi uJones uzoba ukuphela komlandeli kaChristopher Bailey eBurberry. Ngokuqondene nohlobo oluphambili lwaseFrance, umklami we-Off-White u-Virgil Abloh kunamahemuhemu okuthi uyintandokazi ukuze aphumelele uKim Jones. Akudingeki ukuthi usho ukuthi, ukufuna kukaLouis Vuitton kwasebusheni nasemadolobheni kuzoqhubeka nakanjani uma u-Abloh ezothatha izintambo zomugqa wezingubo zabesilisa zomkhiqizo. Intsha, njengezingubo zabesilisa zikaVuitton, iwukuhlola njalo, phela.
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