Ukuthatha okwangoku kwi-30s, nguJ. Mendel.Ngobubele uJendel Ngeli xesha lonyaka, iseti yefashoni esekwe eManhattan ikhalazile ukumka kweempawu ezine eziphambili- u-Altuzarra, Proenza Schouler, Thom Browne noRodarte -abagqibe kwelokubonisa eParis ngeli xesha lonyaka. Ngaba ifashoni yaseNew York isasebenza? Babuza. Kutheni le nto wonke umntu epholile eshiya eParis? Bazibuza.
Kodwa kumlawuli wokuyila waseFrance uGilles Mendel, okhokele ityala ku-brand yakhe yosapho eneminyaka eli-147 ubudala u-J.Mendel, ebonisa eNew York lilungelo lokwenene.
Ndiyayithanda iNew York kwaye ndicinga ukuba 'Yenziwe eNew York' intle kakhulu, uxelele uMqwalaseli, kwithambo lakhe elimnandi laseFrance. Ndine-atelier kwisiXeko saseNew York kwaye iingcibi zam zingathetha isiFrentshi, kodwa ndiyathandana nesixeko. Ndivela eParis, ndisenza izinto eParis, kodwa uyazi, ndimele iNew York.
Ukubonisa olo thando, wazisa ingqokelela yakhe yasentwasahlobo enombala omdaka, equkethe amachaphaza amnandi amdaka, anencasa kwaye ahombise ngoboya, kwindlu ephezulu yeThe Standard Hotel East Village. Emva kwengubo, eboniswe ngokulula kwimonnequins (konke kungcono ukufumana ngokwenene ujonge iinkcukacha) kwaye ujonge ngasemva kwamalungiselelo amakhulu ehydrangea, sibona isibhakabhaka seManhattan esezantsi. Kwakukho iNqabayokulinda ebengezelayo, isibhakabhaka seSithili sezeMali kunye nezikwere ezincinci ezimele uphahla lwezakhiwo ezikufuphi. Kwaye yayiyinqaku elipheleleyo elo.
Ndiyakuthanda umahluko wezi mpahla ngokuchasene nesixeko esinobuqili, ucacise umyili wesizukulwana sesihlanu. Apha, usixelela okuninzi malunga nokuqokelelwa kweNtwasahlobo, indlela abenza ngayo uboya bale mihla kwaye ucinga ntoni ngemeko yefashoni yangoku. 
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Yintoni ephefumlele olu luhlu?
Le ngqokelela imalunga neJazz Age kunye nee-30s, uyawazi umculo, iilokhwe ezincinci ezinxibayo. Kwakuqala ukuba abantu basetyhini bakhululeke ukuzibonakalisa ngendlela eyahlukileyo kunendlela ababeqhele ngayo. Kodwa kuhlala kukho into encinci kaLauren Bacall kwenye indawo ekuqokeleleni, njengeebhulukhwe ezinqeni eziphezulu. Usenokuba uyatshaya umdiza ngaphandle kwenye indawo, ethetha into engenambeko kakhulu.
Yintoni ibali emva kwemibala?
Ndaphinda ndakhuthazwa ngumzobi ovela kwangelo xesha le-30s, uFrancis Picabia. Wayekho ngexesha le-cubism, ke wenza imifanekiso emangazayo ye-watercolor eyayikwimibala yale mibala, iti eluhlaza, iapilkosi kunye nothuli olunemibala epoppy. Inamandla kakhulu, ibhinqa kakhulu kwaye iyancoma ebusweni.
Ngaba uyayithathela ingqalelo imicimbi yangoku xa uyila?
Kumaxesha esiphila kuwo namhlanje, kuhle ukuba nezinto ezimbalwa ezi zimbini ezibaxekileyo. Siphila kumzuzu onzima, kodwa kukho umzuzu apho kufuneka sibhiyozele umfazi, uye epatini kwaye uzonwabise nje. 
Le dyasi ibonakala ngathi ngumqamelo wenqwelomoya.Ngobubele uJendel
Ngaba ukhe usebenzise obunye ubuchule obutsha kobu busika?
Kunzima ngenene ukwenza idyasi yomsele eyakhiwe kakhulu ibonakale njengengubo yomsele, kodwa sayenza eyasikwa kwizigidi zezilayi ezincinane zoboya. Le bhatyi emhlophe ikwalukhanyiso oluphezulu, ngokoqobo ungayisonga kwaye uyifake engxoweni yakho. Ukuba uhamba, akukho nto ingcono. Ndinabahlobo abathatha ezi zinto bazisonge, bazisebenzise njengomqamelelo kwinqwelomoya. Yeyona nto intle kwaye intle kakhulu. Ikugcina ufudumele, nawe.
Zithini iingcinga zakho malunga nemeko yefashoni yangoku?
Namhlanje, ngefashoni elahlwayo, kulungile ukugcina ezinye izindlu, ezinjengezam, zinoluvo lwexabiso kunye nomgangatho. Iziqwenga zam ziyafikeleleka, kodwa uthenga into engenasiphelo kwaye ngenye imini mhlawumbi le lokhwe iza kuya kwintombi yakho.
Kwaye yintoni eyenza iimpahla zakho zangokuhlwa zahluke kwezinye ezaphandle phaya?
Ndicinga ukuba intsusa kwaye indlela esizibonisa ngayo yahlukile. Siphumelele kakhulu, nkqu nakubantu abadumileyo. Kumnandi ukuba naba bameli banxibe iimpahla zethu; Bayenza kuba beyithanda impahla, hayi kuba sinemali esiyichithayo kubo. Sibancinci, kodwa sinethuba ngenxa yezakhono zethu. 
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