Iimodeli zihamba kumgaqo wendlela we-Alexander Wang Spring 2011.Ifoto nguSlaven Vlasic / Getty Izithombe UAlexander McQueen ka-2011Ubuhle beSavagebonisa i-galvanized kwaye yaqaqambisa umxholo okhohliweyo wefashoni njengobugcisa obusemthethweni. UMcQueen wayengumculi kunye ne icon kuyo yonke into yegama. Imisebenzi yakhe yachukumisa iinxalenye zomphefumlo womntu kuphela ebefikelelwe ngabazobi abaziintloko. Wadibanisa umoya kunye namandla kwindalo yakhe ngendlela yokuba abantu abanxibe iziqwenga zakhe babe yimiboniso yobugcisa.
Vogue Umhleli oyintloko kunye nomqondiso wefashoni uAnna Wintour ukwadibanise ubugcisa kunye nefashoni kule minyaka idlulileyo. Uncede ukudibanisa uyilo lwesinxibo njengenxalenye yokuqokelelwa kobugcisa isigxina eMetropolitan Museum of Art. Ngokuzibandakanya kwakhe kwimyuziyam, uWintour wenza igalelo ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ifashoni ibubugcisa obuhle- Ubugcisa bemyuziyam esemgangathweni .
Ngokwembali, ifashoni kunqabile ukuba inyuswe iye kwinqanaba elifanayo lokupenda, umculo, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo okanye uyilo. Kodwa ifashoni yenye yezona ntetho zicocekileyo zobugcisa kuba kunjalo ubugcisa buphila yonke imihla. Umntu kufuneka acinge kuphela ngomdlali onguvulindlela uMarina Abramović kunye nendlela aqhuba ngayo umbukeli ukuba abe yinxalenye yomsebenzi wakhe ukuze aqonde unxibelelwano. Kwi-2010 yakhe Igcisa likhona Umboniso we-MoMa, u-Abramović wacela umbukeli ukuba ahlale ethe cwaka ecaleni kwakhe kwaye ajongane ixesha elide umbukeli efuna ukujonga nokujongwa.
Njengobugcisa bokusebenza kuka-Abramović, umyili wefashoni wenza umzobo odinga omnye umntu ukuze awugqibe. Ifashoni ibakhona kuphela okoko kukho umdlali oyifakileyo. Ngale ndlela, bubugcisa bokusebenza. Umntu onxibe la maqhekeza uyancokola nomyili kunye nabaphulaphuli. Uba ngumculi kwaye uthathe inxaxheba ngokupheleleyo. Ifashoni kukubonakalisa kobugcisa babantu kunye nonxibelelwano. Isinceda ukuba sinxibelelane ngobugcisa ukuba singobani, sifuna ukuba ngubani, siyaphi, kwaye sikuphi.
Ukudibana kobugcisa kunye nefashoni kukuhambelana. Yonke into ekhoyo nokusingqongileyo iyimveliso yoluntu esihlala kulo. Akukho ndawo esinokwalatha kuyo sithi le okanye loo nto ayisiyoyomkhakha wobugcisa. Umntu unokuxela okuninzi malunga nenkcubeko ngemizobo ayivelisayo njengakwilokhwe kunye namanqaku ezinto zokunxiba azisebenzisayo ukubonakalisa umntu kunye nokudibana. Ngoku sithenga imizobo kunye namalaphu okupeyinta nokwenza. Ngokudibanisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokwenza ubugcisa, sikwazi ukubugqithisa ubomi bethu kwaye kwinkqubo sidibana nomongo kunye nobuntu bonke esingabo.
Ubugcisa akufuneki bujongwe njengobunewunewu. Yinto ebalulekileyo kubomi obanelisayo. Xa omnye wabaqokeleli bam esenza utshintsho olukhulu ebomini, njengoqhawulo-mtshato okanye ukwenza ikhondo elitsha lomsebenzi, ndihlala ndicebisa ukuba batshintshe ubugcisa kunye neempahla zabo. Amaxesha amaninzi silijonga eli candelo libalulekileyo kuphuhliso lwethu. Ubugcisa esizikhethele bona kunye nendawo esiphila kuyo inokuba sisixhobo esibalulekileyo sokucinga kwakhona kunye nokwakha kwakhona ukuqonda kwethu.
Bonke ubugcisa bunamandla kunye nomnqweno womculi ophefumlela kuwo. Umzobo unamandla. Ijacket eyenziwe ngokufanelekileyo inamandla. Amandla abo anokusinceda siqonde iinjongo zethu zomzimba kunye neemvakalelo kunye neminqweno. Uninzi lwabaqokeleli bam bafumanise ukuba ubugcisa abunxibayo kunye nokuzingqongelela abuchaphazeli nje ezantsi kwezorhwebo okanye zomsebenzi kodwa kwanoluvo lwabo lokuphila kunye nolonwabo.
Ubugcisa esinxiba kwaye sihlala nabo bubugcisa esiba ngabo. Ubugcisa-ifashoni kunye nokunye-kuyabonisasingobanikwaye ngubani thinanqwenela ukuba.
UGeorges Berges ungumnini Igalari yeGeorges Berges kwi-SoHo, i-NYC kunye ne-Berges Creative Group, inkampani ecebisa ngobugcisa ejongene ikakhulu nentengiso yesibini. Mlandele kuTwitter @ georgesberges kunye ne-Instagram @ georgesbergesgallery .
