nguJenna Igneri
Ngenkathi uKarl Lagerfeld ehlala elethela amaqoqo kaChanel's Cruise ezindaweni ezikude (phambilini, wakukhombisa eSeoul naseDubai), iqiniso lokuthi i-mogul yemfashini ithathe umzila wayo (kanye nenqwaba yabahambele imfashini, yebo) eya eHavana, eCuba kule sizini bekuyiyona ndlela. enkulu, ingqophamlando. Indiza ebindizisa ithimba labezindaba baseMelika yahlala emahoreni amabili ngaphambi kowokuqala, eminyakeni engu-40, umkhumbi waseMelika wama Melika wama kuleli. Njengoba iCuba isivulele izivakashi zaseMelika emuva ngo-2015, leli lizwe akumele libambe umcimbi ofana nalo.
Umzila wendiza ngokwawo wenzeke e-Paseo del Prado yase-Havana, i-promenade egcwele izihlahla zesundu, kanye nemininingwane yemabula ehlotshisiwe neyethusi—isimo esiwubukhazikhazi obekungalindelwa kuLagerfeld kuphela. Nokho, noma ngabe lokhu bekukubi kangakanani, izihambeli zikwazile ukuzwa umlando wamasiko wezwe, njengoba zavakashela idolobha ngaphambi kombukiso.
Iqoqo, elibukisa ngezingubo zabesifazane ngokufafazwa kwezingubo zabesilisa (kanye nezezingane), "ligqugquzelwe ukunotha kwamasiko nokuvuleka kweCuba," ngokusho kwesitatimende sabezindaba esivela endlini yemfashini. Umnikelo wokubukeka okungu-86 ubuhlanganisa iziketi eziningi ezihlotshiswe ngamathayi, othayi abayihaba futhi, vele, ukuphahlazeka okulindelekile kwe-tweed. Ukuhlonipha isiko laseCuba elicebile nelinemibalabala futhi elihlanganisa kahle nesitayela saseParis, kwakukhona amabherethi aphefumulelwe u-Che Guevara, izigqoko zasePanama, namaphethini amaningi anemibala, kusukela ekumbondeleni kothingo lwesundu kuye emidwedweni nasekuprintweni kwemoto.