UAmanda Derhy, umdanisi webhaleyi kunye nomdanisi we-ballet, unxibe i-leia ye-Mariia Dancewear eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, isiketi esimnyama se-Adidance, kunye nezihlangu zomdaniso weRepetto, kwaye wenza umdaniso we-ballet, eLouvre, nge-8 kaJanuwari 2017 eParis, eFrance.Ifoto ngu-Edward Berthelot / Getty Izithombe Ngeli xesha leebhulukhwe zeyoga, kulula ukuyilibala i-leotard-kwangaphambi kokunxiba okusebenzayo okufuna ukuzithemba komlawuli oze.
Ebizwa ngegama likaJules Léotard, i-acrobat yesiFrentshi yenkulungwane ye-19 (kunye nendoda), isambatho saziwa ngokusondelana kwaye sifana nesambatho sokuhlamba ibhinqa. Ngokungafaniyo ne-unitard, i-leotards ayinayo imilenze kwaye ithambekele ekukhweleni ngasemva komntu ngendlela engalinganiyo esilela kwisayensi.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, ndingu-leo-phobic, ndiphepha zonke iimeko ezinokundibeka kufutshane nempahla yokulingisa. Ndiyazicaphukela izinxibo ezithandwayo zeHalloween kunye neeshishini eziphezulu ezihlala zixakekile kuba zigqobhoza ngaphezulu kwee-skivvies zakhe. Xa ndibona abantu abadumileyo benxibe iimpahla zangasese, ndibethe isandla etafileni. Ewe , Utaylor Swift.
Ngokungafaniyo noogxa bam abancinci beminyaka eliwaka, ndinembali nge-leotard ekufuneka beyiqonde.
Njengomntwana we-1980s, ndandirhalela umama okhukhumeleyo womkhono womzimba, lowo wawunxibe ngelixa esenza iJane Fonda Workout. Xa ndandiyintombazana encinci kwiklasi yokumpompoza, ndafumana eyokuqala i-leotard, ingubo emhlophe enemikhono emide enemikhono ezantsi ngaphambili. Ndisayikhumbula indlela i-nylon eyayiziva ngayo kulusu lwam: ukukrwela kunye nokwandiswa kweekhemikhali okwandisiweyo. Kwakusoloko kukho ipokotho yomoya kumazantsi omqolo, kodwa ndandithanda ukuba ndikhangeleka ngathi ligorha xa ndivula iingalo zam ngo-T ndaza ngonyawo olunye ukusuka phantsi. Njengokuba bendidubula ukusuka kwiminyaka emine ukuya kwemihlanu, ndiyafunga i-leotard yam izamile ukukuphazamisa ukukhula kwam ngokundinika i-wedgie engaphambili engaguqukiyo.
Emva kwexesha, ndenza umdaniso ekholejini. Njengoko ndandihamba ngekhephu ukusuka kwimbali ukuya kwi-ballet, ndaziva ngathi iimpahla ezimnyama kunye neethayithi ezipinki zazilulusu lwesibini olufumileyo phantsi kwejean yam kunye nejezi zam. Ngeli xesha, umhlaba wokomelela kwemisipha wazisonga ujikeleze isihlwele somdaniso. Iadaptha zakuqala zaphumelela kwi-leotards enemigca ukuya kwimidlalo yebras kunye neebhegi ze-Adidas, kwi Imidlalo yeziqholo.
Emva kwekholeji, ndaba ngumdanisi oqeqeshiweyo kwaye ndonga imali yam ukulungiselela ii-leotards. Eyona nto ndiyithandayo ibilinani elibomvu eliqaqambileyo elinemitya emininzi yokuwela umnqamlezo ngasemva. Ezi leos zazingabizi mali ininzi, ziphakathi kwe- $ 50 ukuya kwi-75 yeedola, kodwa zanceda abantu ukuba babonakale ngexesha lokufowuna kweenkomo kunye namakhulu amanye amabhinqa aselula. Kwii-2000s zakuqala, ii-unitards ezenziwe ngokwesiko zaba yinto. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, iileggings kunye neetanki zavela njengezambatho zePilates kunye nesihlwele seyoga. Zazintle kwaye zazifana neempahla zasesitalatweni, ezazindigcinela ixesha kunye nemali kwindawo yokuhlamba iimpahla.
Ndifumana isifuba xa ndicinga ngokuvuselelwa kwe-leotard ukuzama ngabenzi bamalaphu njengeAmerican Apparel, inkampani ehlaselwe sisikhubekiso esandula ukuvala ngaphezulu kwekhulu leevenkile. (Kwakusisiqalekiso se-leo!) Ngokunjalo noogxa bam, abafundisi-mandla endisebenza nabo abaqala imisebenzi yabo kumashumi eminyaka ngaphambi kwam.
Kutshanje, ndiqhube i-leo-poll ukukhumbuza i-millennials indlela abanombulelo ngayo kwabo bancama indlela elula yokuvula indlela ukusuka kwi-leos ukuya Lululemon . Nazi izinto ezintathu abadala bam bomzimba abazikhumbulayo malunga nexesha labo eLycra:
- Abathwali beLeotard batshisa iikhalori ezininzi kwigumbi lokuhlambela kunasemgangathweni wokudanisa . Ndiza kuyivumela le nyaniso ingathandekiyo ukuba itshone njengoko ndikuxelela ngomnye wabacebisi bam, uBaby Boomer omsebenzi wakhe we-aerobics waqala ngo-1978. Eli bhinqa linayo yonke imiqondiso yomothuko womzimba, kubandakanya nokuhleka okuhlekisayo xa kukhankanywa nje i-leotard. Ukufihla ukuba ungubani-kwaye ndimgcine ekhuselekile kwinkqubo yokukhusela amangqina-ndiza kumbiza ngokuba nguJennifer. UJennifer, osakwazi ukunyathela inyathelo le-aerobics engakhange awe ebhentshini, uthi i-leotards yayizixhobo zorhwebo lakhe, umsebenzi omtsha owawungafuni neziqinisekiso. Ukuba ngumqeqeshi wokulolonga umzimba kwakufana nokwamkela iWild West. Endaweni yeengqimba zokuwa, babephakamisa imilenze. Kodwa xa kufika ixesha lokuthambisa, yonke into kwakufuneka ivele: ukubila komzimba, iithayithi kunye nempahla yangaphantsi. Kukuthini ukungahambi kakuhle kumntu ohleli enamanzi amaninzi.
- Njengoko ii-leotards zincinci, iimpahla zangaphantsi zahlala zilingana . Nantsi into ethethwa nguJennifer malunga noku:Asizange sinxibe imithambo okanye siye kwi-commando ngezo ntsuku, ke impahla yakho yangaphantsi kwakufuneka ilingane phantsi kwayo. Yiyo loo nto, sasineebikinis ‘zomlenze ophakamileyo’ ezimhlophe, beige okanye mnyama. Wanxiba-ngolu hlobo-iimpahla zakho zangaphantsi (nge-napkin yococeko ukuba iyafuneka kuba ngubani owayenxiba iitamponi ngelo xesha?), Iipinki zakho ezipinki okanye ezomnyama kunye neleotard yakho. Yuck. Phambi kukaMadonna, ibra yakho kwakufuneka ifihle phantsi kweengwe zakho. Ewe, iibras zize kuphela zimhlophe, beige okanye zimnyama. Enye ingcali yokomelela komzimba-Ndizakumbiza ngokuba ngu-Debbie-uthe kwakufuneka enxibe ibra yezemidlalo phantsi kwe-leotard yakhe kuba iibhanti zishelufa bezingekenziwa. Kodwa ngokungafaniyo noJennifer, uDebbie uthintele imigca yeepanty ngokuhamba ngaphandle . Endaweni yokunxiba i-leo phezu kweetights zakhe, watsala u-tights ngaphaya I-leotard yakhe ukunqanda ukukhwela. Sukufumana uJennifer okanye uDebbie uqalise malunga nosulelo lwegwele, ingozi enkulu, ngakumbi ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwekotoni crotch.
- Njengamaqhekeza ekhephu, i-leotard nganye yayinobuntu bayo obufanele bume bodwa ngaphandle kweemilenze okanye amabhanti. Nantsi into ethethwa nguJennifer ngaye:I-leotard yam endiyithandayo, endisenayo, ingwevu ngesiketi esifutshane esiqhotyoshelweyo. Ukuthopha kakhulu. Ndisayinxiba nanamhlanje, ngeHalloween. UDebbie, oye wagxotha zonke i-leotards kwi-drawer yakhe, ukhumbula ukuqhubela phambili kwezobuchwepheshe kwindwangu, ukusuka kwikotoni kunye nenayiloni ukuya kwi-Spandex kunye nezinto zokukhotha. Ngokwesiqhelo, wayenxiba imitya yespaghetti okanye isitayile setanki, kodwa xa wayedweba ividiyo yomdaniso ngo-1989, imixokelelwane yayikukuphakama kwefashoni. Nangona kunjalo njengePangea, i-supercontinent eyahlulahlula umhlaba, i-leotard yayiqala ukwahlukana ibe ( khefuzela ) Amagqabantshintshi kunye nemidlalo yezemidlalo. UDebbie ukhumbula ukuba abadanisi bakhe babenxiba iifutshane zethong phantsi kweethayithi ezinzima zevidiyo. Ngaphezulu, babeza kunxiba iihempe zedriff ukubonisa isisu sabo seetoni. UJennifer wongeze ukuba abasetyhini abanamacala angasemva abhityileyo abanamsebenzi wokunxiba imixwayo kwaye kufuneka sonke sicamngce ngayo.
Namhlanje, uJennifer noDebbie baba namaxesha okuba neotard. Kodwa ubukhulu becala, bayazamkela iincopho zetanki, iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane kunye neelegi xa befundisa iiklasi. Ngelixa kungekho nto iphosakeleyo ngentambo njengempahla yangaphandle, bayavuma ukuba akukho nto ilungileyo nayo.
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