URommy Revson uyayibona imisebenzi yakhe yezandla naphina apho ajonga khona. Ngomnyaka we-1986, waqulunqa kwaye unelungelo lobunikazi i- $ 1 yeenwele ezinokuthi zibonwe malunga nayo yonke i-ponytail ejikelezileyo. I-original, imibala eqaqambileyo ye-terry-cloth ornamental hairband ayisiyiyo kuphela eyakhe. UNks Revson kamva wayila eli laphu lilukrwada, kwaye ekugqibeleni elingaqhelekanga eliqingqiweyo elivumela i-ponytail ukuba ilale tyaba ngokuchasene nomqolo kunokuba ijut. Wanika intuthuzelo kwabasetyhini abangayithandi iminqwazi, kunye nendlela entsha yokulungelelanisa umbala we-wardrobe ngaphezulu kwamagxa.
Awu, naphina apho uNks Revson ajonga kweli hlabathi, naye unokubona ukukhutshwa. Uninzi lwento ecekeceke yokulala kwilokhwe ephezulu ibiza zonke iisenti ezili-10 ukuyenza, kungothusi ukuba nanamhlanje uninzi lwazo lwenziwa ngaphandle kwemvume yakhe. Kule minyaka ili-13 idlulileyo, uNks Revson kuye kwafuneka alwe nabantu abaqhuba ishishini lezincedisi zeenwele ukuze bazuze ezinye zeengeniso ezimfaneleyo. Nge-100 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka kwintengiso yase-US emngciphekweni, wayefuna igqwetha elilungileyo nelithembekileyo. Kwiminyaka emihlanu, uBob Cinque wayeyindoda.
Umnumzana Cinque ligqala lezomthetho lokuzonwabisa elimele kwinkundla yeJean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring no Robert Mapplethorpe; riz Biz Markie; Ababhali-mbhali bakaFrankie Lymon Kutheni Izidenge Ziwa Ethandweni, kwaye, ngo-Epreli 6, amalungu amabini okuqala eBlondie angazange amenywe liqela kukhenketho lwayo lokuhlangana kwakhona. Yena noNks Revson bakhula ngokusondeleyo emva kokuba beqale ngo-1993 besebenza kunye kumadabi angxamisekileyo. Kutshanje igqwetha liqinisekisile ukuba limbeka, kubo bonke abathengi bakhe, kudidi olukhethekileyo: Ndingathi wayengomnye wabona bantu banesisa kakhulu, ukuba akakhange abe nesisa kakhulu.
Yena, naye, wayelithatha igqwetha lakhe njengomhlobo othenjiweyo. Zindwendwe zethu esizithandayo, wabhala kwincwadana ebhalelwe yena neqabane lakhe, uJane Klein (owayesakuba ngumphathi kaCalvin), ngaphandle kokuba asikuthathi njengeendwendwe ezindlini, kodwa kunoko, kumnandi kwaye kukongezwa kwendalo. kubomi bethu.
Usomashishini naye ubhale kwincwadi enye, ndiyazi ukuba anizukundiphoxa njengabo bonke abanye. Wayephumelele kwiingxabano zomrhumo kunye namanye amagqwetha amahlanu.
Nokuba uMnu.Cinque ekugqibeleni umyekile na uNks Revson phantsi kuya kugqitywa ukuxoxwa kwetyala ngoMeyi 17 kwiNkundla yeSithili saseManhattan eMelika. UNks Revson ucele iJaji uDenny Chin ukuba abhengeze uninzi lwamatyala kaMnu Cinque ngobuqhetseba okanye angenasizathu, kwaye amisele ityala lakhe eliseleyo kuye.
Ityala libonisa ukungqubana okunokwenzeka phakathi kwabaxumi abanobudlelwane beshishini neemvakalelo kunye nokuthembana, kunye namagqwetha athi ngobuchwephesha aqhubeke nokujonga kwawo. Ikwa malunga nokuqhwatywa kwabathengi ngokwenyani xa ityala labo elisemthethweni liza ngenxa.
UNks Revson, 50, uhlala eWellington, Fla., Kufutshane nasePalm Beach. Owayesakuba ngumculi-umbhali wengoma owayekhe wanesivumelwano kunye neMotown, UNks Revson wamdibanisa okokuqala
U-Scunci-ogama lakhe lisemgudwini wakhe wokugula-ngelixa ehleli endlini engaginyisi mathe eSouthampton, e-LI, ngexesha lomtshato wakhe nendlalifa ka-Revlon uJohn Revson. Ngamafutshane, wayengusomashishini ngengozi – owakhula egxile ngokwaneleyo ukuba angathweswa isithsaba sokuba ngumfazi wonyaka kaClairol ngo-1994.
Wazisa uMnu. Cinque ukuba amncede ekupheliseni izinto ngo-1993. Njengokuba wayethantamisile, wayeyindodana enompu eyomeleleyo elwa nookrebe, njengoko wayeyibeka.
Iziganeko ezikhokelela kwityala zaqala ngeyoMnga ngo-1997. Emva kokuba uMnu. Cinque ephumelele uNksk. Revson imali yokuhlawula eyi- $ 2.4 yezigidi evela kwinkampani eyayimncitshisela imali eninzi, igqwetha nomthengi baphikisana ngemirhumo. UNks Revson wayekuthandabuza ukuzibophelela kuka Mnu. Cinque ekusombululeni iingxaki zeshishini iinyanga kwaye ezibuza ngexabiso le-398,099.60 yeedola awayesele eyihlawule. Ukanti wayecela i $ 500,000 ngaphezulu.
Kwisithuba seveki, nakuphi na ukudibana kwengqondo awayekunye nembeko yakhe yomthetho yexesha elide yanyibilika, wamgxotha. Kwangoko, wafaka isimangalo sokophula umthetho-ngokungathobeli imiyalelo yakhe, ukugqithisa amatyala akhe, kunye nokwala ukuqhubeka nokumsebenzela ngaphandle kokuba amhlawule ibhonasi angazange avume ngokucacileyo kuyo.
UMnumzana Cinque ngewayengayiphendulanga le suti ukuba wayengavumi ukujika iirekhodi zikaNks Revson emva kwengxabano yabo yemali. Ixesha lakhe alincedanga: Wayenomlamli ophambili, osisigidi sezigidi zeedola kwimbambano yasebukhosini kwinyanga ephelileyo, apho wayenokubanjwa zizigidi. Ukumcaphukisa kukuba wayesele emthembisile-ephepheni-ukuba amnike iipesenti ezilishumi ngayo nayiphi na imali amphumelele yona kwityala.
Ingqondo yakhe yokungcatshwa yayinzima. Ndakholelwa ekubeni wayengumkhuseli wam. Ndakholelwa ukuba ngulo bhuti ndingazange ndibenaye. Uyazi, ungumTaliyane, ndingumTaliyane.
Igqwetha lakhe elitsha, uJudd Burstein, omele uCarl Icahn, usapho lukaDonald Trump kunye nosapho lukaBernard Nussbaum kwaye owayesakuba liqabane likaGerald Shargel, wabonakalisa ukudana kwakhe ngendlela eyahlukileyo. Ndibhalela kuwe kumzamo wokugqibela ukunqanda ukumangalelana okuya kuthi ngokungathandabuzekiyo kungcolise igama lakho kwaye, mhlawumbi, kunciphise ubungakanani besipaji sakho, wavula ileta eya kuMnu Cinque, ebhalwe kwiintsuku ezimbini emva konxibelelwano lokuqala lwamashishini amabini. Ndiyaxolisa kwangaphambili ngobungqongqo bale leta. Andinawo umnqweno wokuphembelela amadangatye empikiswano yeemvakalelo. Kwaye andinawo umnqweno wokuqhuba umthetho olingana novavanyo lweproctology kwimali yakho nakwindlela ohlawula ngayo. Nangona kunjalo andizukuthandabuza ukwenza njalo ngaphandle kokuba uqala ukwenza ngendlela efanelekileyo.
Umnumzana Burstein uvale umlo wakhe kwiklabhu encinci yokuvuma ukuba ingaba kubi kangakanani na ukuba igqwetha elinye limangalele elinye: Ndiyakuthembisa ukuba uyakubhatalwa into ekufaneleyo-nokuba akukho zirekhodi zexesha- kuba ukholelwa kakhulu kubathengi ukuhlawula amatyala abo.
Umnumzana Cinque umele yena kwaye wenqabile ukuxoxa ngeenkcukacha zeli tyala noMbonisi. Ayifanelekanga ukuba nabani na obandakanyekayo kule nkundla makaphawule malunga netyala phambi kwetyala, utshilo. Uye wabuya umzuzu ukuba aqaphele ukuba akabonanga kuhlaliswa ngomzuzu wokugqibela. Sibe nokungavumelani malunga nemirhumo, enokwenziwa ngabantu abafanelekileyo. Kodwa ujike oku kwaba yinto engaphezulu; imalunga nemicimbi ethile yokuziphatha kunye nodumo lwam, ngaphaya kweedola neesenti. Oku kuye kwaba yinto yobuqu kuye.
NgoFebruwari 1997, UNks Revson wayeziva mnandi ngoMnu Cinque, kodwa esoyika ngeshishini lakhe. Wayenzulu kwimpikiswano nenkampani eyayibonelela kuphela kwaye ilayisenisi yokufumana i-scrunchies zakhe kwi-Kmart, Target, Wal-Mart nakwezinye iivenkile zesaphulelo kuzwelonke. Kwakungazange kube lula ubudlelwane kunye neNew L & N Sales & Marketing Inc .; umntu ngamnye wamangalela omnye amatyeli aliqela. Ngoku, ngelixa wayesilwa ukubathintela ekubeni bangalinyatheli phantsi ilungelo lakhe lobunikazi, baphikisana nezigidi, bemtyhola ngokuqhatha nokwenza iyelenqe lokunxiba ezinye iimpahla ukuze babambe isivumelwano sabo. Yayiyimali yegazi yonke, uxelele uMbonisi. Ndikhe ndalala ebusuku kule minyaka ili-10 idlulileyo.
Umnumzana Cinque kunye noNks Klein behle baya ekhayeni lakhe eFlorida iintsuku ezimbalwa zomsebenzi ukulungiselela ityala le-L & N. Xa uMnu.Cinque ebuyela eNew York, kumele ukuba wayecinga ukuba lutyelelo olunemveliso. UNkosazana Revson ubhale kwinqaku elisebenzayo: Uluvo olomeleleyo lobuhlobo kunye nosapho kugcwalisa intliziyo yam… Ixesha libaleka xa sikunye! Uthembisile ukuba uza kufumana iipesenti ezili-10 zokufumana kwakhona kwi-L & N ngenxa yokuba ume ngakum kwaye uyifanele.
Emva kokuba emkile, nangona kunjalo, wakhathazeka. Uthe wayenovalo olukhulayo lokuba akawenzi umsebenzi wasekhaya ukuphumelela ityala.
NgolwesiHlanu ngo-Okthobha, uthathe isigqibo sokubasa umlilo phantsi kwakhe: Wamothusa endlwini yakhe eMpuma Hampton ngeMercedes 500 SL, egcwaliswe ngesaphetha esibomvu ejikeleze yona. NgoMvulo, uMnu.Cinque ubuyise isipho kumthengisi. Uye wathi, kumaphepha enkundla, ukrokrela ukuba wayezimisele ukucela umvuzo omkhulu nangakumbi.
Iindaba ezimnandi zeza malunga noMbulelo. Isivumelwano kunye neRiviera Trading Corporation sahlangana; umnini-layisenisi, owayenikezela ngeScuncis kwiBloomingdale nakwezinye iinkampani, wavuma ukwenza i-2.4 yezigidi zeerandi. Ngobusuku bokuvalwa kweCarlyle Hotel, nge-3 kaDisemba, wanikezela ngezipho zesikhumbuzo kumagqwetha. UBob Cinque uthe kwigqwetha likaRiviera, Awunalo nofifi lokuba unesisa kangakanani; unesisa kwimpazamo. Ndihlala ndimxelela, unesisa kakhulu.
Iiyure ezilishumi elinambini emva kokuvalwa, ngo-8: 30 AM, uNks Revson wayelele egumbini lakhe eCarlyle neetsheki ecaleni kwebhedi yakhe. Uxelele uMbonisi ukuba yakhala ifowuni kwaye yayinguBob Cinque. Ngaba uziva usisityebi namhlanje? watsho embuza.
Hayi, ndinentloko eyoyikisayo, ndikhathazeke kakhulu yilento yenzekileyo kule veki iphelileyo, uthe umxelele. Bebephikisana ngotshintsho lwekontrakthi iveki yonke.
Mhlawumbi eli ayiloxesha elifanelekileyo lokuthetha ngemirhumo yam.
Yimalini?
Ibhonasi yam.
Ibhonasi? Ucele into eyi-14 yepesenti yesivumelwano, uyaphikisana
Khange sibenangxaki. Ndikubhatele ixabiso elipheleleyo, watsho ukuba umxelele.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, wamxelela ukuba akacingi ukuba uza kumhlawula ibhonasi. Undibize ngokuba ndingumntu obawayo kwaye uye waya kum, utshilo.
UMnu Cinque uthe akazukuqinisekisa okanye aphike iakhawunti yakhe yengxoxo. Inokuba ngumcimbi enkundleni ukuba sizikhumbula njani izinto, utshilo.
UMnu Cinque uyakuphikisa kwinyanga ezayo ukuba usenelungelo lokufumana imbuyekezo enobulungisa nefanelekileyo yeenkonzo zakhe kwitransekshini yeRiviera. Njengoko eyibona, wayecela kuphela ukuba abuyekezwe ngokuhambelana nempumelelo awayemncedile ukuba ayiphumeze. Wagcina isiphelo sakhe sokuxoxisana: UNks Revson wambiza ngalo lonke ixesha efuna uncedo kwiimfuno zakhe ezininzi zomthetho nezeshishini. Kwaye umbono webhonasi wawungaziswanga nguye kuphela ngenxa yesimangalo se-L & N, kodwa wayewusungule lo mbandela kwileta yakhe yokuqala yokugcinwa: Ukuba thina [inkampani] siyakwazi ukufikelela kwiziphumo ezibalaseleyo okanye inzuzo enkulu kuwe, ke Ukuhlawulwa kwamatyala kunokuhlengahlengiswa ngokufanelekileyo emva kokubonisana nawe.
Uyanyanzelisa ukuba wayengenakubawa. Ngaba u-R. Cinque wayeligqwetha eliphangaleleyo ukuba UNks Revson kunye negqwetha lakhe elisandula kufunyanwa uMnu. Burstein babange ukuba unguye, ingaba u-R. Cinque wayenokwala i-Mercedes yobunewunewu njengaye? Ubuzile inkundla.
UNks Revson wayenazo ezinye iimpikiswano zomrhumo wezomthetho – wayedla ngokuxhokonxwa nguMnu. Iminyaka emithandathu emva kokwahlukana noNks Revson, ugqirha oyedwa uGerard Dunne usesenkundleni elinde phantse i-200,000 lamawaka eedola ngomsebenzi owenziweyo xa wayengummeli wakhe omkhulu. Uyamsola ngokuthetha-thethana ngesivumelwano esibi esamshiya ehlwempuzekile ukuya kuthi ga kwi-1.5 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka-isityholo sokuba uMnu. Dunne ubiza intelekelelo, kwaye uyazi. UMnu Cinque uqinisekisa ukuxelela uNks Revson: Ukuba uyamhlawula, andisayi kuphinda ndithethe nawe.
UMnu Cinque naye wamnceda wabetha intlawulo yebango lenye inkampani, iWhiteman, iBreed, iAbbott kunye noMorgan. Kwimpikiswano yesithathu, wamoyisa uMnu.Cinque kwaye wazinza. Kwakukho amanye amaxesha amabini ubuncinci alwa namagqwetha akhe malunga namatyala, utshilo uCinque.
UMnu Cinque uye wawa ngaphandle okanye ezimbini ngaphezu kwemali ngokwakhe-kwaye ukulwa kwakhe noNks Revson akusiyo okokuqala ukuba ngaphezu kwebango lebhonasi. UPeter Brant, umphuhlisi wezindlu kunye nomdlali wepolo, wasala isicelo sakhe somvuzo ngokuphumelela ityala elibandakanya ukuthengwa kwephephancwadi iBrant Publications Inc. Wayethule kancinci phantsi kwekhola, utshilo uMnu Brant.
Sifumene umphumo omangalisayo kuye, utshilo uMnu.Cinque, ongakhange akhumbule indlela avakalise ngayo ukudana kwakhe.
UMichael Stout, umgwebi we-Keith Haring kunye no-Robert Mapplethorpe, wayeka ukusebenza noMnumzana Cinque kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo emva kobudlelwane beminyaka engama-20. Besingonwabanga kakhulu malunga nezinto ezithile malunga nesimo sika Mnu Cinque ngokubhekisele kwimicimbi yezemali yokumela abathengi bethu, utshilo uStout.
UMnu Cinque ungummeli olungileyo, utshilo uMnu Brant noMnu Stout. Kwaye, kunjalo, UNks Revson umnika ityala ngeqhinga lakhe lebhola ekhatywayo.
UNks Revson uthe isiluleko sakhe sangoku silunge ngakumbi. Ewe, utshilo uNks. Revson, Mnu. Burstein uyaxhamla ekubeni neqabane lomfazi elinobuchule, uLaurie McPherson, UNks Revson utshilo. Andazi ukuba ngekhe ndiqhubeke nokusebenza noJudd ukuba bendingenaye uLaurie, kuba uzisa enye into etafileni ethuthuzela kakhulu.
Ngaba uMnu Burstein noNks McPherson kufuneka bakhathazeke ngokuhlawulwa? Mhlawumbi, kodwa emva kokuba ityala le-L & N ligqityiwe ukusonjululwa, kukhokelela kwizigidi ezininzi zikaNks. Revson, umama kaScunci wabahlawulela ibhonasi engama- $ 600,000.
