Uthe, 'Ishishini lam bubomi bam kwaye ubomi bam lishishini lam. Ukuba ayizukububomi bakho, ngekhe wonwabe. ’Utshilo uRory Tahari, ngoku oneminyaka engama-37, ethetha eseSpain, apho ebebhiyozela khona omnye umhla wokuzalwa — lowo womhlobo wakhe, umboniso bhanya-bhanya uBeth Murphy- kwiveki ephelileyo. Kwakungabikho nto inyanisekileyo awayenokuyithetha kum. Kwakunzima kakhulu kuba ndandingafuni ukuyeka umsebenzi wam. Umama wayesoloko endicebisa ngathi, ‘Ungaze uwuyeke umsebenzi wakho!’ Kodwa ndandithandana kwaye ndandifuna ukutshata.
'Umntu angaphikisana nolunye ulwandiso lwebrand, kodwa ukunyaniseka kuwe, andibhalanga nto ngefashoni kuba bendingafuni ukuba ibe sisandiso sophawu .'— URory Tahari
Iminyaka embalwa yokuqala yomtshato wenza okuninzi ehleli ecaleni kuka Mnumzana Tahari ecaleni kwaye efunda inkqubo yoyilo. Emva koko uthathe uphawu lokuthengisa kunye nenkampani kwaye waba ngusekela-sihlalo kunye nomphathi woyilo. Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, uncede ukwandisa indlu yefashoni isuka kwizitali zayo ezinamakhondo emisebenzi afanelekileyo ukuya kumgca ogcweleyo weendlela ezibalekayo, ezinxibayo. UTerry Richardson, umfoti we-hip snapshot, ngoku udubula imikhankaso yeTahari.
Kodwa ngokuncedisa ukukhula kweTahari kwenye yeelebheli ezintlanu eziphezulu zeBergdorf Goodman, ngentengiso yeepesenti ezili-10 kunyaka ongathandekiyo wentengiso, UNks. Tahari ubuyisela ugxininiso kuhlobo lwakhe. Kule veki, uzakupapasha incwadi enesihloko Izintlu zoBomi: Isikhokelo esiBalulekileyo ekuLungelelanisweni nasekuSombululeni iiTough to Dos (USimon Spotlight): ingqokelela yengcebiso malunga nokuthenga indlu, ukutshata nokuba ngumzali (esi sibini sinabantwana ababini: uJeremey, 8, kunye noZoe, 5). Kwaye ngelixa enqabileyo ukuveza iinkcukacha, ecaphula izivumelwano zokuxela, le yeyokuqala kuthotho lweencwadi zokuphila ezinoluhlu esinokulindela kuNks. Tahari.
Yindlela yokuphila kum. Ndingumenzi woluhlu olunyanzelekileyo, utshilo. Umama uyathanda ukubalisa ibali xa ndandineminyaka eli-12 ubudala apho ndadwelisa zonke iimpahla endinazo egumbini lam ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndibone ukuba zingaphi iindibaniselwano ezahlukeneyo zempahla endinokuzenza. Ndicinga ukuba ndiza ne-112.
UNks. Tahari wenza uludwe ngalo lonke ixesha ehamba notshintsho olukhulu ebomini, njengokutshata (Isahluko 1, Umtshato: 1. Chonga ukuba bangaphi abantu ofuna ukubamema. 2. Khetha umhla. 3. Cwangcisa uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali) kwaye ube nabantwana (Isahluko 3, Nursery Must-Haves: 1. Ukucoca umoya. 2. Utywala bokucoca iqhosha lesisu. 3. Ikhalenda yabantwana).
Kule minyaka idlulileyo, kuye kwavela ukuba ndinazo uluhlu! Utshilo uNkskz. Tahari. Umhlobo anganditsalela umnxeba athi, ‘Unalo uluhlu lokutshekisha lwe-blah blah blah?’ Uluhlu lokutshekisha olwalufuneka kakhulu yayikukukhulelwa nokuba ngumzali, izihloko ngoku ezikwisahluko sesithathu nesesine sencwadi, emva koMtshato neKhaya. (UNks. Tahari ugubungela iziganeko zobomi ngokulandelelana kwazo; ukuya esiphelweni, abafundi baya kufumana izahluko zoqhawulo mtshato kunye nokufa.)
NGEXESHA LONCOKO LWAKHEnge Umjongi UNks. Tahari ufumene imeyile; yayivela kwisebe lesicelo eApple, inika ingxelo yokuba ivumile uluhlu lwayo lokuhamba ngokupakisha i-iPhone, ukushenxiswa koluhlu lwayo lokupakisha (Isahluko 5, uKhenketho). Kunyaka olandelayo, uceba ukwenza iiapps ezongezelelweyo. Mhlawumbi unobhala wentlalo?
Ukusukela emtshatweni wabo, ngo-2000, iiTaharis azange zinyuse inkampani yazo, kodwa kunye neekhalenda zazo. Kunyaka ophelileyo kuphela, baye babamba amaqela ezibonelelo zoMboniso woNyaka woBusika kwivenkile yabo yaseManhattan kunye nothando lukaThixo Sihlangula (uluhlu lweendwendwe ezingama-500) kwikhaya labo eliseSagaponack, kunye nokuzimasa itheko labucala likaMark Cannon nelikaNick Cannon. ukubhiyozela umtshato wabo. Bahlala bemema abahlobo abanjengompheki uJean-Georges Vongerichten kunye noMartha Stewart ngobusuku bemovie kwi-Soho triplex enkulu abayithenge kuRupert Murdoch ngo-2005 (Isahluko 2, iTo-Dos eNtsha: 1. Qhuba onke amanzi, khanyisa izibane 2 Yiba nomkhwa wokucima umlilo 3. Beka iithotshi kufutshane nendlu).
Ngo-Okthobha ophelileyo, ngexa uqoqosho belusimahla ukuwa kwaye abathengisi bafuna iityuwa ezinukayo ngexabiso ngalinye elisikiweyo, iTaharis yamkele iBhunga labaFaki beFashoni bamalungu amatsha eMelika ngetheko elonwabileyo kwindawo yabo ePrince Street. UNks uStewart uhleli ekhitshini, ehlola ukutya. Umlingisi uLeighton Meester wayexhonywe kuphahla olukumgangatho ophakathi olunemixholo emibala-bala, inkonzo yebhotile kunye nesikhululo se-DJ. Kwakusele iiveki ezine phambi kokuphela kogqatso lobumongameli, kwaye uNks. Amaphepha:1 Mbini
