UMariano usephinde waba yisithombe sika-Tomas Maier, futhi uthwetshulwe nguDavid Schulze emodela iphethini yokufihla amabhantshi, ibhulukwe ngisho nasezikhindini zokubhukuda nama-speedo uma kubhekwa leyo sitayela semidlalo kodwa esivamile esemfashinini njengamanje.
UVogue uhalalisele u-Tomas ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule ngokubhala okuhle ngempela ku-vogue.com ecaphuna “Ngesikhathi u-Tomas Maier ethula ulayini wakhe ongaziwa ngo-1997, igama elithi athleisure lalibonakala lingenasici embonini yezemfashini. Kungakho uMaier, owake wasebenza eHermès futhi kamuva wasayina njengomqondisi wezobuciko e-Bottega Veneta ngo-2001, wakhetha ukwethula ulayini wakhe wezingubo zokubhukuda namajezi e-cashmere.”
UMaier ngokwemvelo akakwazi ukuhambisana nomcabango walokho, kodwa ngenxa yokusebenzisana noKering (umnikazi kaBottega Veneta) ngo-2014, ukhulise uhlobo lwakhe lwe-Tomas Maier lwaba yindlela yokuphila egcwele yezicathulo ezilungele ukugqokwa, izesekeli, ubucwebe, nezingubo zamehlo lokho. ilandela izimiso zokuziphatha ezifanayo nalezo zingubo zokugeza zakuqala kanye nokunitha: okungavamile, kodwa okuklanyiwe. “Angifuni ukuthi kube, ‘Ngigqoke imfashini, ngenza isitatimende namuhla,’ kodwa akukona okuphambene noma okujwayelekile,” usho kanje.
Isihloko saphetha ngokuthi u-Tomas ekhuluma ngewebhusayithi yakhe entsha, “Isipiliyoni sakho sewebhusayithi ngeke sishintshe kangako; kuzoba ngcono kakhulu ngokwezobuchwepheshe,” usho kanje. “Akuyona isizindalwazi lapho uya khona futhi unezikibha ezimnyama ezingu-20 nezikhwama ezingu-60, ezingu-10 ezinemichilo ehlombe. Angiwathandi amawebhusayithi anjalo. Angifuni ukubheka izinto ezingu-100,000—ziningi kakhulu, futhi ekugcineni angifuni lutho.” Ku-tomasmaier.com entsha lokho ngeke kube yinkinga.