Imishini yenkungu ephathekayo yengeze idrama kubuqhawe, ukuthunga okubhoboze izimbobo, amatop amafilimu namabhulukwe adonsayo.
“Esikhundleni se-rave, kungaphezu kwefestiveli yothando nokubonga,” kusho u-Rick Owens ngombukiso wakhe wabesilisa wasentwasahlobo, odlalwa ogwini lolwandle i-Venice Lido phakathi komculo oshisayo, imishini yenkungu ephathwa ngesandla kanye nezindiza zamanzi zikhafula ama-arc amakhulu ngasosebeni. .
Ngaphandle kwalokhu kuqhunyiswa kwebhomu, u-Owens uyaphikisana mayelana nemibono ye-hedonistic evezwayo njengoba imingcele yobhubhane ilula. "Ngizwa sengathi kukhona lokhu kudla okunamandla kokuvala isikhathi esilahlekile," ecabanga nge-FaceTime, ecweba ilanga ekuseni amahora ambalwa ngaphambi kombukiso wasemini. “Bengicabanga ukuthi sizophuma kulo muzwa sinokwazisa kancane futhi sithobeke kakhudlwana ngemva kokuba nomuzwa wokuphelelwa amandla esingakaze sibe nawo ngaphambili njengesizukulwane.”
Iqoqo lakhe - wonke amaqhawe, ukuthunga okubhoboze izimbobo, iziqongo zamafilimu namabhulukwe aminyeneyo, iningi lawo elimhlophe - lamukela i-hedonism, "kodwa ngangingafuni i-hedonism enesihloko. Bengifuna i-hedonism ebongayo, "kusho u-Owens, eqhubeka echaza i-"legant hippy" vibe eboniswa amalungu ka-Led Zeppelin nge-baggy bell-bottoms namahembe avulekile.
U-Owens uthe lokhu kuzoba okokugcina kwemibukiso yakhe yenkathi ye-COVID-19. Wenze imicimbi esakazwa bukhoma emine emabhuloki ambalwa efulethi lakhe elisesiqhingini sase-Lido, elingekude nemboni yakhe e-Concordia sulla Secchia, e-Italy, futhi yonke ibimuhle.
Lapha wayephakamisa ukuthunga, egenca imikhono namakhwapha, eshiya okungaphezu “kwezivikelo zesifuba ezihlobisayo” kokunye ukubukeka. "Kuyindlela yokujabulela ukuthunga ehlobo," ehlehla, ephenduka ekhombisa ijazi elinamahlombe e-Frankenstein elilenga emhlane wakhe. (Ufaka izintambo kuzo zonke izinto ezihlanganisiwe ukuze zithwalwe ngaphandle kwezandla njengobhaka.)
Umbiko wakhe wabezindaba onemininingwane ecacile uphawula ukuthi usebenzise inqwaba yabahlinzeki bempahla nabahlinzeki bempahla, okuhlanganisa umkhandi wesiliva uGoossens kanye neshabhu yokusebenzela yezimpaphe yaseFrance i-Maison Février, eyenza amanye amapulangwe okusebenza ka-Josephine Baker adumile.
Ingabe u-Owens ulungiselela ukwethula iqoqo le-haute couture? UNah, esho, echaza ukuthi indlela yakhe kwezemfashini ibilokhu ingukwethula ukugqama nobukhazikhazi ekugqokeni osekulungele ukugqokwa.
"Bengihlala ngifuna ukuthi zonke izindlela eziyingozi kakhulu zenzeke emini," kusho yena. “Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wami ngizamile ukwethula kancane kancane ekugqokeni kwansuku zonke. Njenganoma isikibha esithe ukude kancane futhi esine-drape ethe xaxa futhi esithatha indawo encane. Inombukiso omncane kakhudlwana kuwo. Ngisho ukuthi kungenzeka ngezikibha, kungenzeka ngezikhindi ezimnyama, kungenzeka namateku. Ngicabanga ukuthi inhloso yami enkulu wukuqhakambisa izinto ezijwayelekile.”
Ngokuqinisekile kwakungekho lutho oluvamile mayelana namajazi akhe amancane, izingubo ezigelezayo namabhulukwe agqamile akhothwe ngoziphu. Kule sizini, uze wethule ngisho nomshini wenkungu womuntu siqu, ongafakwa ephaketheni eceleni kwamabhuzu akhe epulatifomu.
“Umshini wenkungu uyikhonsathi ye-rock. Yimpepho esontweni. Ngakho ngiyayithanda,” kusho yena. “Isisetshenziswa esilula kakhulu esiphenduke uphawu kimina. Noma uma ingekho, ngiyenza ibe yinye.”