Nxiba, hayi ezantsi. Zikhuphe kunye yonke imihla njengeNew Yorker enekratshi. Ayikokungabi nantlonelo: I-crisper kunye nethemba ngakumbi uya kuvuselela iingcinga ezintle kwabanye. Khumbula ukuba amaNqanawa oMkhosi woMkhosi, nokuba izinto zisiba mbi kangakanani, zichebe yonke imihla kwaye upolishe iibhutsi zazo. Kwaye ukuba ayibanda kakhulu, yenza into eyenziwe ngamantshontsho entshontsho eNew York kwiveki ephelileyo: phosa ngebhikini kwaye uchwayitise abasebenzi bezoncedo kwiWest Side Highway.
Ngaphezulu kwayo yonke loo nto, thenga! USodolophu wethu ukuxelele ukuba uthenge, kwaye nguThixo, ndikuxelela ukuba uthenge. Yenza igalelo lakho kwiNgxowa-mali yeeTwin kuqala, emva koko yiya uzithengele itsheya elikhaliphileyo nelivuthayo ulinxibe ngokuzingca. Akukho nto ingenanto yakwenza nokuthenga: Kukuqinisekisa ubomi, kugcina uqoqosho luqinile kwaye kunokukwenza ukuba ube mhle ngakumbi.
UBerinthia Berenson, umfoti owaziwayo kunye nomntu osweleke kwiAmerican Airlines Flight 11 ngethuba ihlasela iZiko loRhwebo leHlabathi, wayemhle kakhulu. Ngapha koko, unokumchaza njengomnye waBantu abahle; lixesha elisisiyatha, elingenantsingiselo, kodwa kwimeko yakhe bekuyinyani, kokubini ngengqondo enzulu nakwinto eqondwa ngokubanzi. I-tomboy umfoti kunye nodade womfuziselo kunye nomlingisi uMarisa Berenson, umzukulwana ka-couturier u-Elsa Schiaparelli kunye nomhlolokazi ongasekhoyo u-Anthony Perkins (ewe, watshata no-Norman Bates ngo-1973), u-Berry wayenobuhle kunye nemvelaphi yokumqhubela phambili, engaqondanga, abaBantu abahle –U. Waye, ngaphandle kokufuna ukuba, into yelungu elisekayo.
Abantu abahle baqala njengeqela elizimeleyo le-Euro-funsters engamanyala: i-la la Falaises, i-von Furstenbergs, uRoger Vadim, uGunther Sachs, u-Amanda Lear, uFernando Sanchez, uJoan Buck, u-Anjelica Huston, uManolo Blahnik, njl. -Kwaye, ewe, uMarisa noBerry. Ezi B.P.s, njengoko amajelo osasazo azibiza ngokukhawuleza, benxiba ii-caftans, bexhalabisa ilizwe lonke kwaye bahlala benamagama angaqhelekanga. Ngaba ngamanye amaxesha awunqweneli ukuba igama lakho nguRicky Von Opel okanye uFlorinda Bolkan?
Akuzange kube kudala ngaphambi kokuba ii-BP zakhanyiselwa ngoohlohlesakhe abanxibe kakuhle. Isigqubuthelo sango-1968 sephephancwadi iNova sibonisa uPrincipessa Pignatelli othile elele kwindawo yokulala uboya ejikelezwe ziiwigi zakhe kunye nokuwa kwakhe: INkosazana uPignatelli ikrwele inwele nganye kwimilenze yayo ngodlawana, ikhwaza isihloko. Into eyayiyiyo malunga nokuzonwabisa kwe-bohemian ngoku yayiye ngakumbi malunga nobucwebe, ukutya kunye neValentino couture. Ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-70, iiBP zokwenyani ezinjengoBerry sele ziqalisile ukuzikhwebula kuwo wonke umgaqo wokwenza izinto: Kwiimemo ezisandula ukupapashwa zikaDiana Vreeland (kwiphephancwadi le-17 leNew Yorker ngoSeptemba), umhleli weVogue wanika Ingcebiso ngendlela yokugaya (ubiza usana uJane Holzer, uDidi Ryan kunye noValerian Rybar) kwi-BP-themed feature: Abantu abaninzi abahle abafuni ukujoyina 'Abantu abahle'…. Ke ngoko, xa ucela nabani na ukuba eme, ndicebisa ukuba ungayikhankanyi loo nto-kodwa bancome kuphela ukuze bathathwe umfanekiso wabo banxibe idyasi yabo entle….
Ibinzana elithi Abantu abahle babedlala ngendlela eqhelekileyo, kwaye iiBP ezahlukeneyo zaqala ukwenza imali: IPrincipessa Pignatelli, aka uLuciana Avedon, ekugqibeleni wakruquka ngawo wonke lo mlenze-ubamba, wabhala incwadi ethi The Beautiful People's Beauty Book kunye neThe Beautiful People's Diet Book , eyokugqibela ifunyenwe yimihlali yovuyo kwintengiso yeyadi yeShelter Island kunyaka ophelileyo ngeesenti ezingama-25. Ezinye ze-BP zoqobo zikwazile ukuxhaphaza i-B.P.-dom yabo ngaphandle kokulahleka: UCaterine Milinaire (noCarol Troy) babhala incwadi ethi Cheap Chic, eyona ncwadi ibalaseleyo yokuthenga kunye nesitayile ngalo lonke ixesha; UBianca wambamba uMick; UMarisa Berenson oleniswe (thanda eso senzi!) Iimuvi ngeKubrick, Visconti kunye neFosse; Kwaye uBerry waba nguRoxanne Lowit wexesha lakhe. Wadubula imiboniso yefashoni kunye neminyhadala, ikakhulu kwiVogue kunye nodliwanondlebe; Uye wadubula neqweqwe leXesha likaHalston-enxibe uCybill Sheperd. Wayenovimba ogqwesileyo ka-1968 ukuya ku-75 -ish, utshilo uSteven Bluttal, onencwadi yakhe ezayo, iHalston (Phaidon, $ 39.95), iqulethe iifoto ezingama-60 zikaBerry. Ngexesha lokulungiselela incwadi yakhe, Mnu.Bluttal wancedwa, wakhutshwa kwaye waphefumlelwa ngu-Berry. Wayengandazi ukusuka kuAdam. Ndilele kwakhe. Uye wandinika izithungu zezinto ezimbi, kubandakanya iitoni zezinto zokuqala zeenqwelo moya zaseHalston. Wayezithemba kakhulu.
Ukukhulisa abantwana bakhe ababini, u-Osgood no-Elvis, yayingomnye umsebenzi ka-Berry. Ndidibene no-Berry ngexesha lakhe le-1980's LA-mom's period kwaye ndamfumana e-wacky ngolonwabo kwaye ezantsi emhlabeni. Umhleli we West Coast Condé Nast uPaul Fortune (Indlu negadi) uyakhumbula: Ubuza kuya esidlweni endlwini yakhe. Iya kuba nguSophia Loren kunye nesitiya sikaBerry-nantoni na eyonwabisayo kwaye iyinyani. Uthathe umhlabelelo ekwenzeni (Ikati yaBantu, khumbula igama lam). Wayenomdla, utshilo uMnu Fortune, kodwa ukubonwa kwindawo ebonakalayo yayingeyiyo ingxowa yakhe. Wayekhulisa umama wasemhlabeni waseHollywood. Ngeminyaka yoo-1980, imfesane yakhe kubahlobo bethu bobabini ngeentsuku zokuqala zesifo sikaGawulayo yavavanywa kaninzi. Ngo-1992, umyeni wakhe, u-Anthony Perkins, wahlaselwa sesi sifo emva kokuba emncancisile iminyaka emibini.
Nge-15 kaSeptemba, ndathetha nomhlobo wakhe wakudala, umfoti uPaul Jasmin, owayephakathi ekuncedeni ukuhlela isikhumbuzo sakhe eLos Angeles. Wayelinde ngokuxhalabileyo ukufika kukadadewabo kaBerry uMarisa, owayebambekile eNewfoundland okoko wabaleka eYurophu ngoSeptemba 11. Umnumzana Jasmin wayesendleleni esiya kudibana no-Elvis, 25, imvumi, kunye no-Osgood, 27, umdlali weqonga okwangoku obonakala e-Blonde ngokusemthethweni. U-Elvis uzakudlala, utshilo uMnu Jasmin. Amakhwenkwe afuna ukuyigcina incinci, engenakwenzeka. Umama wabo wayeyibhakana. Abantu abadibana naye babeziva ngathi wayengumhlobo wabo osenyongweni.
Oko ndafumana i-B.P kaLuciana Avedon. incwadi yokutya kuloo ndawo kuthengiswa ngayo eyadini kunyaka ophelileyo, bendicinga ngento eyenzekileyo kuBantu abahle. Kwiveki ephelileyo ndifumene impendulo. Ubukroti kunye ne-chutzpah eboniswe ngabantu baseNew York yayiyeyona nto intle endakha ndayibona. Abantu abahle babuyile, kwaye ngeli xesha, njengoBerry, bayinyani.
Thumela itsheki yakho yokuthenga kwangaphambili kwiTwin Towers Fund (esekwe nguSodolophu uGiuliani ukunceda abo bachaphazeleke ngokuthe ngqo), P.O. Ibhokisi 26999, kwiPosi Jikelele, eNew York, NY 10087-6999.
