Kusukela yasungulwa eminyakeni eyi-19 edlule, uMkhosi Wokuvula usebenze njengezicubu ezixhumene phakathi kwezigcawu ezihlukile zaseMelika. Ungathola u-Chlöe Sevigny noma u-Solange Knowles esitolo sakhe sase-Howard Street nganoma yiluphi usuku, eduze kukaJonah Hill no-Walt Cassidy no-Sasha Velor kanye nabanikazi baka-James Veloria, futhi, uma ube nenhlanhla, u-Rihanna. Lapho isitolo sayo sivalwa, abanye abantu baseNew York bazibuza: Bazophinde babatholephi abantu babo?
Kodwa njengoba abasunguli uCarol Lim kanye no-Humberto Leon babika ngengxoxo yevidiyo, abakaze bazizwe besondelene nabangane babo, abahlanganyeli, kanye nemiphakathi.
Ngenyanga edlule babe nomcimbi eChifa, eLeon’s L.A. eatery, bebungaza ukuhlangana kweHerb Ritts okuhlanganise iqembu lentsha le-punk iThe Linda Lindas noKim Gordon. U-Lim ubejabule ngokwenza isingeniso. U-Leon wayecishiwe, kodwa wayezwakala sengathi uyamamatheka.
Iqoqo labo lentwasahlobo ka-2022 liwukuhlanganiswa okujabulisayo kwabo bonke abangani babo nezinkomba, ezethulwe ngezinhlobonhlobo “manje” zamavesti ejezi, iziketi ezimhloshana, amajini ahlanganisayo, nezindwangu ezithambile ze-Insta-friendly.
U-Li Kuanzhen, umdwebi wezithombe wase-Taiwan, udale imidwebo yamantombazane aphambili e-OC, kusukela ku-Karen O kuya ku-Natasha Lyonne (futhi vele u-Sevigny no-Knowles), eyashuthwa kumajini yaphinde yaphrintwa kuma-button-downs.
U-Kuanzhen uphinde wadala i-alfabhethi yesiNgisi yonke egqugquzelwe ubuciko bebhulashi lesiShayina obuvela njengezinhlamvu ezizodwa kuma-tote nezinsiza futhi njenge-divoré eziketini zikasilika ezineziphini ezimhlophe ezimhlophe.
Ilebula ayiyona nje insiza yalokho okupholile kanye nokwamanje, kodwa futhi iyinkundla yamasiko ase-Asia kanye nendawo yokugubha ifa lawo. U-Leon uthe i-denim cheongsam iyisiqephu sakhe asithandayo kule sizini.
Ngisho nangaphandle kwesitolo se-OC, i-duo ikwazile ukugcina umunwe kumathrendi. Uhlu lwabo olusha luhlanganisa izingcezu eziningi abathengi bakwa-Gen Z abazozijabulela—amateyizi amakhulu ngokweqile, amaknithi ombhalo, ama-pastel polo. Ingabe ezinye izingcezu ezifana nephakethe likanxantathu noma i-cardigan ephefumulelwe yi-intrecciato zibukeka kancane kakhulu njengalokho okuthandwa izingane? Mhlawumbe, kodwa isipho sika-Lim no-Leon yikhono lokuxova ama-highbrow, ama-lowbrow, abangani, nomndeni kube ingxube entsha ye-eclectic. Leli qoqo lenza kahle.
Isithombe ngu-Ilya Lipkin
Ukusakaza uLisa Dymph Megens