UGiovanni Luciano kwiTommy Hilfiger Fall 2007 Collection emva komtshato eBungalow 8 kwi-NYC.UPatrick McMullan / uPatrickMcMullan.com U-Giovanni Luciano wadinwa esebenzisa ikhadi letyala lomhlobo wakhe kwi-nightclub yaseManhattan eBungalow 8 ngoMeyi ka-2007. Wayedlula edolophini njengendlalifa yeDolce & Gabbana. Inkqubo ye- Thumela wambiza ngokuba yiBungalow Thief. Ufumene iminyaka emi-2 ukuya kwemi-4 ngogqirha omkhulu.
Ndambhalela eGreene Correctional Facility eCoxsackie, NY, iiyure ezimbini emantla eManhattan.
Uphendule wathi, kubhalwe ngesandla kuzo zonke ii-cap: kudala ndilulindile olu suku, ukuba ndibelane 'ngecala lam' lebali… Uyabona uSpencer kuninzi ebomini bam bobusuku kunokuba usazi… bendisoloko ndicinga ukuba ndifuna ukubhala Incwadi engokuba ndize njani ndoyisa njani i-NY Miami, LA… andizange ndithethe nakubani na ngale nto kuba izakundixhaphaza kwaye ndiza kuphulukana nam.
Ngenjikalanga yangoMgqibelo odlulileyo ndikhwele iveni epakishwe ngejam ishiya iYankee Stadium yaya ngqo eGreene Correctional. Akuzange kuncede ukuba ndibalinde. Ndicinga ukuba iblazer yam eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nayo yayisebenza ngokuchasene nam.
Sifike kwisakhiwo sekhonkrithi esithe saa ngo-4. Uyarhwaphiliza, emva koko udlule kwiminyango elawulwa ngombane ze wehle kwindlela yokuhamba enentambo enamakhonkco kunye nemisonto yocingo oluhlabayo, oonogada bangaphambili kunye nendawo etyeleleyo: Igumbi elimhlophe elikhanyayo elineetafile ezinamanani, izitulo zeplastiki kunye noomatshini bokuthengisa.
Gcina isitokhwe ngamaphiko enkuku angenakususwa, thatha isihlalo sakho ulinde. Ekugqibeleni, uGiovanni waphuma ngaphandle. Uvalelwe kwisisele sakhe iiyure ezingama-23 ngosuku. Undixelele ibali lakhe-elinye lawo, njengawo onke amabali athethwa ngamadoda angaphaya kwezitshixo, alinakungqinwa kodwa oko kwenzekile, kuye kwafuneka ndivume, ndinayo inyani engaphezulu kweenkcukacha zayo ezimbalwa. Wena yiba ngumgwebi.
Nangona ethathe izazisi ezininzi, wathi elona gama lakhe lokwenyani nguLuciano. Uneminyaka engama-27 ubudala. Ukukhula eMilan, wayengowosapho olunemali, watsho, kwaye wonakaliswa. Umkhuluwa wakhe waba yibhanki; Udade wabo, wathi, imodeli eyaziwayo. Abazali bakhe, amaRoma Katolika angqongqo, akazange avume umnqweno kaGiovanni wokuqhuba ubomi bentsimbi.
Andifuni ukwenza nantoni na, watsho. Ndifuna nje ukuya kuwo onke amaqela amnandi, nawo onke amantshontsho ashushu.
Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-19, kubonakala ngathi amapolisa ayephunga malunga neshishini elihlekisayo uGiovanni ayebandakanyeke kulo; uthi ukubanjwa kwakhe kwakusondele, kwaye ke usapho lwakhe lwalungiselela i-visa yabafundi. Molo, eNew York. Uthi, abazali bakhe banendawo yokuhlala apha eCentral Park West. Kwaye kwakumlindile ukufika kwakhe ngentwasahlobo ka-2000.
Abazali bakhe babenethemba lokuba uza kubhalisa kwiiklasi; bamnika isibonelelo esaneleyo kunye namakhadi etyala.
Ngokukhawuleza ukufika kwam eManhattan, ndaqala ukubuza abantu ukuba zeziphi ezona klabhu zishushu. I-Pangea kunye neSerafina yayizezona ndawo zishushu, kwaye kamva yayiyi-Butter, utshilo. Ndiya kuhamba ubusuku bonke kwaye ndibukele abafana abafanayo bangene kwaye baphume kunye namantombazana amahle kakhulu. Bebengandivumeli ukuba ndingene. Ngamanye amaxesha bendilinda kude kubethe intsimbi yesi-3 kusasa. Kwaye bebengandivumeli ndingene kuba andiyonto.
Ngolunye lobo busuku bude buzulazula ngaphandle kweentsontelo ezibomvu wazimanya nabazalwana ababini baseFrance xa babeyishiya iklabhu. Babelana ngecuba. Wenza ibali-ukuba wayengumtshana womyili we-Domenico Dolce, kunye nendlalifa yobukhosi bempahla yeDolce & Gabbana.
Into omele uyiqonde, ukuze wamkelwe zezi ntlobo zabantu, kufuneka — wenze amanqaku ecaphulo ngeminwe yakhe- 'ukuvelisa.'
Wabacenga abazalwana ukuba bamvumele ajoyine iqela labo kwiklabhu elandelayo. Apho, uGiovanni waqala ukuvelisa, ukuthenga iibhotile zetafile.
AbaFrentshi bamazisa kubahlobo babo, bonke ababenokungena kwiiklabhu eziphezulu, kwaye ngubani, uGiovanni ubanga ukuba, angathandwa yi-cocaine.
Ukuba unayo eninzi, wathi, abantu baya kukholelwa nantoni na oyithethayo.
Akukho mntu wabuza ukuba ndingubani, uqhubeke. Uyazi: ukulingwa, ukulingwa, ukulingwa. Kungekudala, utshilo uGiovanni, ebesusa amacephe eMighty White Samba kumatheko asebusuku eSoo lofts.
Ukuhlala eGreene, kuyamenza buhlungu ukuba bambalwa abantu kwiintsuku zakhe zobusuku abamkhumbulayo ngoku. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba wenze ubuqhetseba, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa wayekhathalele neetabhu ezininzi, ehlawulelwa izidlo ezininzi eCipriani-uyamthanda uCipriani!
Akukho mntu ukhe wandindwendwela, utshilo. Andinamntu.
Wayitsala ikhola yokutsiba kwakhe eluhlaza. Ayisiyiyo le nto ndiyiyo, utshilo. Ndilapha phakathi kunye neqela lezilwanyana. Ndiqhele ukutya kamnandi eCipriani. Ngoku ndihleli ebhedini yam kwaye ndiyalila kuba ndiyikhumbula loo nto. Ukuba andikwazi ukuya kwindawo yokutyela entle, kwaye ndithethe nabantu abalungileyo abafana nawe.
Kodwa ngaba wayengebi kubantu abalungileyo njengam?
Ndandifuna ukwamkelwa. Kwakungekokukhohlisa ngenjongo, utshilo. Isizathu sokuba ndenze ubuqhetseba kungenxa yokuba abazali bam banqumle amakhadi wam etyala, kwaye andifuni ukuhlala phantsi kwabo.
Wayengenamsebenzi, kwaye wayezakuchitha iimini zakhe zasemini kwiindawo ezinje ngeWaldorf Astoria kunye neZine zamaXesha, nayiphi na indawo entle apho ibha ivula khona emini.
Ke ndilapho ndenza amaqhuma kwigumbi lokuhlambela, watsho kamnandi, edibana nee-CEO ezininzi kwaye ethenga abantu iziselo. Okanye bendiya kuphuma ubusuku bonke ndize emini ndiye eNello yonke ndikhuphe ngaphandle ndiyokufumana ibhotile yeChampagne ngelixa zonke ezi zicatshulwa-zingafumani sondlo samandla siqhubeka.
NgoFebruwari 2001, uthi, abazali bakhe basika amakhadi akhe etyala. Igosa lasemnyango eCentral Park West lalibaxelele malunga neekenders zakhe zeveki. Kodwa ngelo xesha wayengafuni makhadi kakhulu. Wasebenzisa abanye abantu. Ubanga ukuba ubuqhetseba buhamba ngoluhlobo: Utrola ii-obits kwaye ufumane umfana olingana nawe. Unomhlobo osebenza kwiSebe loKhuseleko lweNtlalo, kwaye umnika igama lalo mfo kunye nomhla wokuzalwa. Nje ukuba ujonge umlinganiso wekhredithi yomntu ofileyo kwaye uqiniseke ukuba uqinile, umhlobo wakho uphinde avuselele inombolo yokhuseleko lwentlalo. Emva koko ufake isicelo samakhadi etyala. I-American Express Platinum yeyona nto ibalaseleyo. Ukuba unokufumana izandla zakho kwenye yezi, ujonge i $ 50,000 ukuya kwi-70,000 yeedola ngaphambi kokuba ii-cogs ziqale ukukhwabanisa.
Makhe ndikuxelele, Spencer, ukuba ngusozigidi njani ngaphandle kwedola, uqhubeke, ezobuso bakhe bancuma. Uye wathula.
Ndinqwenela ukuba besiseCipriani, watsho kwakhona, esolula iingalo zakhe, ezolatha kuye. Emva koko uqhubeke: Yithi nditshintshele i-A.T.M. ikhadi; ndiyikhupha njani imali yakhe, ulidonki, utshilo. Kukho into yokudlala. Ungayithenga kwivenkile yokudlala kwiTime Square. Ibizwa ngokuba yi-Etch A Sketch.
Yaphula i-Etch A Sketch, watsho, kwaye uthele umgubo omnyama kwisitya. Unomatshini osusa ikhadi lokuthenga ngetyala, odityaniswe kumgca wefowuni, oqhagamshela ebhankini. Uthatha umnwe wakho uwudibanise nomgubo omnyama, emva koko ugijimise loo minwe ngaphaya kwe-magnetic strip ngasemva ekhadini. Ngoku uswayipha ikhadi. Lo matshini uphinda umva ngamanani ayi-10. Amanani amane embindini, abekwe phakathi kwesithathu macala omabini, iya kuba yinani lepini. Ngokufanelekileyo, iya kuba malunga no-11: 50 emva kwemini. Thatha eli khadi ulise kwi-A.T.M. kwi-bodega, hayi ebhankini-akukho khamera. Rhoxisa kangangoko unakho, ngesiqhelo i- $ 800. Mosi icuba. Linda lide ixesha libethe ezinzulwini zobusuku. Yimini entsha! Rhoxisa enye i- $ 800.
Uthe uya kuthi ngamanye amaxesha abambe ikhadi lomntu letyala kwaye ahambe ayokuchitha okanye asebenzise inombolo yekhadi ukubhukisha unyango kwi-spa. Abalitshintshi ikhadi de kube kunyange umzimba wakho uphelele-ngelo xesha uGiovanni sele ephumile ngomnyango. Okanye ngokukhawuleza ufumane i-ID yesithombe eyenziwe ngegama lomnini wekhadi kuyo. Emva koko ungabhalisa ehotele, apho bangayihlawulisi ikhadi de kube sekupheleni kokuhlala kwakho. Ngo-Matshi 2001, amabango ka-Giovanni, wachitha iveki eChateau Marmont e-LA ngale ndlela. Ubethe iiklabhu ze-LA. Ubanga ukuba uchithe ubusuku esofeni kwindlu kaParis Hilton kwiiHollywood Hills.
Inqabile, utshilo. Unobukumkani bezilwanyana endlwini yakhe. Ndivukile kwaye uhlobo oluthile lwesilwanyana beluthatha ikethi kwikhaphethi. Ucinga ukuba yayisisilonda.
Kunyaka olandelayo, wayehleli kwisuti eWaldorf. Kunkqonkqozwa emnyango. Inkonzo yegumbi. Yothusa! Ngamapolisa. Babendiphethe ngezandla, watsho.
Amafidi amhambisa kuyo yonke indawo: MCC, Oklahoma, Utah, emva koko yiNevada. Ngo-2005 wagxothwa e-Itali.
Wayebuyele endlwini yabazali bakhe, ecaphukile, ecela uxolo. Isebenzile. Ngo-2006 waphosa iibhegi zakhe kwigumbi laseCentral Park West.
Ngeli xesha, ukusukela ngoFebruwari ’06 ukuya kuMeyi ’07, watsho, encumile ngokubanzi. Ndaye kuyo kunzima-core.
Wabaleka amatyala ebar. Wadlala indima yendlalifa nekratshi. Kwitheko likaKate Moss eluphahleni lweGramercy Hotel, wawela iindlela kunye nomlingisi uCameron Diaz. Wamxelela ukuba ngelishwa ukuba uJustin Timberlake umlahlile. Uye wamthuka. Uphendule wathi, 'awuyonto,' utshilo. 'Awuyonto ngaphandle komlimi kum.'
Ngeli xesha ulonwabo lwaphela xa wayezama ukusebenzisa ikhadi lamatyala lomnye umntu eBungalow 8 ngentwasahlobo ka-2007.
Njengokuba iiyure zokundwendwela zazisondela eGreene, wanikina intloko engakholelwa. Ukuba bendiphumile ngoku, bendinokufumana ukufikelela okufanayo. Bonke bayandazi.
