Ngemva kombukiso ofanayo e-Shanghai, u-Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2021 e-Tokyo wethule iqoqo elijabulisayo, elimibalabala ngefomethi efana ne-parade.
Ngemva kombukiso owawuseShanghai ngenyanga edlule, uVirgil Abloh wethule iqoqo lakhe eliphelele labesilisa lasentwasahlobo likaLouis Vuitton esikhumulweni sezindiza eTokyo Bay ngoLwesithathu. Lo mbukiso wawuhlanganisa ukubukeka okusha okungaba ngu-60 okwakungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili.
NjengaseChina, u-Abloh - obengakwazi ukuba khona ngokomzimba ngenxa yemikhawulo yokuhamba ye-COVID-19 - usethe indawo yesigameko ngeziqukathi zemikhumbi ezibomvu kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zama-inflatable afana nekhathuni afakwe kumgwaqo wezindiza nasendaweni yokwamukela izivakashi.
Izinyathelo zokuphepha ezithathiwe zihlanganisa isixuku esincane sezivakashi ezingu-180 kuphela, izihlalo ezihlukene, kanye nendawo yangaphandle. Izivakashi bezigqoke imaski yobuso, kanti abasebenzi embukisweni bebegqoke izifihla-buso nezihlangu zobuso.
Lo mehluko uholele ekubeni nomoya ophansi kakhulu kunemibukiso yemfashini eyenzeke ngonyaka odlule, kodwa u-Abloh wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuze enze izinto zibe lula ngeqoqo elimibalabala, elijabulisayo.
Amasudi enziwe ngamathoni agqamile aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, opinki, obomvu kanye nophuzi ahlanganiswe nokuhlukaniswa ngamaphethini ahloliwe amnyama namhlophe.
Bangenelwe ngezigqoko ezikhumbuza uWilly Wonka kaJohnny Depp kanye nezibuko zelanga ezikhumbula isisetshenziswa esigqokwa uLeVar Burton ku-“Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
Eminye imininingwane ihlanganisa amahlombe abanzi, ahleleke ngokucijile, ukugedla okunamandla emadolweni namankonyane ebhulukwe, kanye nemifanekiso egxishwe efana nethoyizi eyabonwa emcimbini wase-Shanghai.
Embikweni olungiselelwe we-Q&A othunyelwe izintatheli ngaphambi kombukiso, u-Abloh uzichithile izimangalo zomklami waseBelgium u-Walter Van Beirendonck zokuthi ukopishe izithombe ezifuze njengengane emaqoqweni adlule, ethi umsebenzi wakhe "awukho ngaphansi kohlaka lwami lwereferensi."
"Njengelungu le-purist canon embonini yezemfashini ngimazi ngegama, kodwa ngokuqinisekile hhayi ukubukeka kweqoqo lakhe leqoqo lakhe," kusho isitatimende sika-Abloh. Umqondisi wezobuciko wabesilisa bakwaVuitton uthe ugqozi lwakhe ngaleli qoqo luvela emlandweni wakhe waseGhana, kanye nasezipho azithengele izingane zakhe esitolo samathoyizi eParis.
u-Louis Vuitton uhlekise lo mdlalo ngokuthunyelwe kwawo kokuqala kwe-TikTok ngoLwesibili, okuwenza ube wuhlobo lwakamuva oluwuhlobo oluphambili oluzobukeka luthuthukisa inkundla yokwabelana ngamavidiyo ukuze iqondise abathengi beGen Z. Uhlelo luphinde lwasakazwa bukhoma kubabukeli emhlabeni wonke kusizindalwazi somkhiqizo.
U-Abloh ubheke lo mdlalo njengento ewumbukiso, enamamodeli aphuma ngamaqembu amancane futhi ehla ngokukhululeka ngomgwaqo omude. Endleleni abanye babedansa, abanye babuka ukufuthelana, abanye baze bakhulume bodwa, kanti abanye babebonakala bezulazula bengenanjongo.
Lesi simo senjabulo sibonakale ngokukhonjiswa kweziqhumane kulandela isiphetho sokuvala umcimbi. Futhi nakuba sekukonke bekungeke kwanele ukukhipha izivakashi ku-funk elethwe wunyaka ka-2020, okungenani ilethe isikhashana sobumnandi.
"Njengoba yonke imicimbi, uhambo kanye nemikhosi kukhanseliwe kulo nyaka, kuzwakala njengento engelutho ngaphandle kwehlobo elishisayo," kubhala u-Motofumi "Poggy" Kogi, obeyisimenywa kulo mbukiso, ku-Instagram. "Ukubona iziqhumane ngemuva kwesikhathi eside kukwenze kwagcina kuzwakala njengehlobo."
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