Ungababona phaya veki nganye ngentsasa yaphakathi evekini, ngeziketi ezixineneyo kunye neehempe, bephatha iZikhewu zedolophu kunye neClub Monacos njengeendawo zabo zokuhamba-ngaphakathi. Bavame ukufika kwangethuba baze balinde ngaphandle ukuze kuvulwe iingcango. Banokuthi okanye bangaziva benetyala malunga nento abayenzileyo phezolo, kodwa nangayiphi na indlela abanakho ukubonisa umsebenzi benxibe iimpahla zayizolo.
Ke benza into ekufuneka bayenzile: Bathenga isinxibo sakusasa.
Mhlawumbi yinto elungileyo ukuba iManhattan ibe yindawo enkulu yokuthenga. I-Banana Republic, i-Gap, i-Old Navy, i-H & M, i-French Connection kunye ne-Club Monaco – ezi venkile zinamaxabiso aphantsi, ezilahlayo, abathengisi abangakhathaliyo, amaxesha okuvula kwangoko kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yokubuya ngokukhululekileyo, vumela umntu ukuba alale ebhedini yomnye umntu, emva koko uye ngqo emsebenzini ngaphandle kokuba ujongane noogxa bakho xa unxibe ibhlukhwe yangokuhlwa.
Uninzi lweentsasa, xa umsantsa ongaphaya kwesitalato usuka kwikomkhulu laseCondé Nast e4 Times Square uvula ngentsimbi ye-9 kusasa, kukho umgca emnyango. NgoLwesihlanu wamva nje, u-Yarid Quiles wavula iingcango zowasetyhini otyhafileyo, oneentloni othenge ngokukhawuleza ibhulukhwe emnyama (eyancitshiswa ukusuka kwi- $ 48 ukuya kwi- $ 29). Ungene esoyika, ekhangela iblukhwe emnyama, utshilo uNks. Quiles. Wayendenzela ukuba amphekele, kwaye wayenxiba.
Emva kokuba nethamsanqa kwi-Upper West Side ngokuhlwa kwangoLwesine, umphenyi oneminyaka engama-23 yesixeko (okhetha ukuhlala engaziwa) wakhwela umgaqo ongaphantsi ngqo kwi-Gap yi-ofisi yakhe kufutshane naseWall Street. Wayekhona elinde xa ivenkile ivulwa nge-9: 30 kusasa.Wathenga ii-khaki ezi- $ 45 zokutshintsha i-Diesel yee-jean awayezinxibe phezolo. Wayeyicaphukela iblukhwe yakhe entsha, kodwa bayifumana imini yonke. Emva kweentsuku ezintathu wababuyisela: irente elungileyo. Kwaye kwamnika umbono wezorhwebo. Olona dolophu lokwenyani lwaluya kulanda ukuba bayokundilanda ipenti yam, watsho.
UViviana Morel, umthengisi waseBhanana Republic kwi-59th Street kunye neLexington Avenue, uthe uthengisa iimpahla zakusasa phantse yonke imihla. Abasetyhini badlula nge-9 kusasa kwaye baya kuchitha i-98 yeedola kwiibhulukhwe, i-118 yeedola kwidyasi kunye ne-48 yeedola ngaphezulu. Bacela uNks. Morel ukuba asebenzise ikhadi labo letyala ngokusebenzisa umatshini ngelixa betshintshela kwisinxibo esitsha. Basayina isiliphu kwindlela yokuphuma. Abafane bakhathalele ukuba ibiza malini. Isinxibo sakusasa, njengesipho sokuzalwa somzuzu wokugqibela, kufanelekile.
Nge-9 kusasa, xa sivula, kufanelekile ukuba babe semsebenzini kwaye bangxamile, utshilo uRoy Morin, umthengi we-Banana Republic. Bafuna isinxibo esipheleleyo, ngamanye amaxesha nezihlangu kunye nebhanti.
Eyona ndawo ilungileyo yokusa kwivenkile yaseBhanana ingafumaneka kwiGrand Central Terminal; ivulwa ngentsimbi yesi-8 kusasa, kwaye ibekwe ngokufanelekileyo kolo hambo ngamanye amaxesha ubuya ebhedini yomnye umntu eNew Rochelle okanye eYonkers.
Abantu bazama ukuzithethelela, kodwa abathengisi bayazi. Umama othengisayo kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseBhanana kwiFifth Avenue kunye nase-50th Street ukhumbule ukuthengisa i-dollar engama-300 ekuseni-emva kwe-skirt-skirt, phezulu kunye ne-underwear-kwintombazana enye. Uthe wayehlala nomhlobo, utshilo umfazi othengisayo, kodwa uhlobo lwempahla yangaphantsi yamnika.
Ewe kunjalo, abanye abantu – abo bane-moxie yokwenyani – abakhathazeki. Umbhengezi okwiminyaka yakhe yokuqala yama-20 uchaze into ayenzayo xa evuka ebhedini yenkwenkwe yasekholejini. Ungena egumbini lakhe lokulala kwaye ufumane isikipa sasekholejini, utshilo. Unxiba ibhulukhwe emnyama, ihempe yakhe yasekholejini, izihlangu eziphakamileyo kwaye uzirhangqe ujikeleze iofisi ngokuzingca. Ngaba kubalulekile ukuba yeyiphi ikholeji? Ukuba wayeye kwikholeji entle, kwakutheni ukuze ndilale naye? uthe. Wayengadlali.
I-Walk-of-shamers-ngakumbi abaphindayo aboni, kuba iyabiza emva kwethutyana-rhoqo emgceni ngaphandle kwe-H & M kwi-Fifth Avenue, ilinde ivenkile yexabiso eliphantsi yaseSweden ukuba ivule ngo-10 kusasa nge-23 kaJuni, emva nje kwe-10, zonke ezine imigangatho yayipakishwe. UTanii Chin, osebenza kumgangatho wamadoda, uthe amadoda athabatha iibrifkheyisi agcwala indawo yakhe ntsasa nganye ekhangela iimpahla ezintsha ukuze kungabikho mntu emsebenzini owaziyo ukuba khange ayenze ekhaya kubusuku obudlulileyo.
Bacela uncedo ngokudibanisa amaqhina neehempe, utshilo uNks. Ngamanye amaxesha abazikhathazi nangempahla endala. Isiqingatha sexesha sikhupha iimpahla zabo ezindala. Abawafuni.
-UDeborah Schoeneman
Ukhenketho lweAmnesia
Ngaba uya kuba nguwe, uJoey Ramone, ngubani oza kundisindisa kwizilo zehlabathi? Ingakumbi ubulolo, ukungabinanto, ubukrakra, ukoma kwe-c—?
UKaren Lillis uye wema kwaye wathetha nabaphulaphuli bakhe abancinci. Ngaba wonke umntu uyandiva?
Kwakungo-Lwesithathu ebusuku kwi-Korova Milk Bar kwi-East Village, kwaye wayefunda kwincwadi yakhe yokuzipapasha, i-scorpion: intlanzi isisu esirhubuluzayo entlango.
Enxibe into awayeyibiza ngokuba yivampire yesinxibo sakhe se-vampire, kunye neenwele zakhe ezimnyama ezimnyama ezixhonywe phezu kwentloko yakhe, U-Ms Lillis- umhlali wase-Greenpoint oneminyaka engama-29, u-Goth oyintlobano zesini, wayesokola ukufunda ibali lakhe lokuzifumanisa abaphulaphuli abanomdla.
Uninzi lwabathengi bebha bebengekho kufundo; bamamele ngokuthobekileyo imizuzwana embalwa ngaphambi kokurhawuzelela ibhari, bezama ukujongeka bengabonakali xa idiniso liwagxotha amazwi akhe.
Bendingafuni ukuba dick kwaye ndiwele phambi kwakhe, utshilo umphathi u-Anthony Cus-umano, owayehleli kwisitulo se-vinyl. Kodwa bonke abanye abantu benzile, nam ke ndenze njalo. Wancuma ebuthathaka. Banezitulo ezintle apha.
Emva kofundo, uNkosazana Lillis wahlala phantsi waphunga iSambuca encinci kwaye wathetha ngohambo lwencwadi.
Ngo-Matshi, wahlukana ne-370 yeedola awayeyizuze njengendawo yeshelfu yencwadi yethutyana kwiincwadi zikaSt.Mark, wathenga iintsuku ezingama-45, nonke ninokukhwela itikiti lebhasi laseGreyhound kwaye nihambe nohambo lokuwela ilizwe lonke zingqinele, ngokusisiseko kuye, ukuba ukubhala kunye nokubalisa amabali, ukupapasha oonozakuzaku kugwetyelwe, kuyaphila kwaye kulungile kweli lizwe. Wayibiza ngokuba yi-United States yase-Amnesia Tour. Ukufunda kwiiklabhu zepunk, iivenkile ezenza ikofu kunye nakwivenkile ethengisa iincwadi enovelwano, UNks. Lillis uhambe esuka eAthene, eGa., Esiya eSanta Cruz, eCalif., Ekhangela umhlaba ongaphantsi komhlaba- nakuphina ngaphantsi komhlaba.
Ukukhangela kwakhe akuphumelelanga. Ngokuqikelela kwakhe, abaphulaphuli bakhe abaqhelekileyo babalwa naphi na ukusuka ko-2 ukuya ku-uh, nge-12.
Kodwa ukubuya okuncinci akuzange kuyiphelise inzondelelo yakhe. Ngaphandle kokungakhathali kwamehlo awadibana nawo kwiGlobe bar eAthens, wazitshabalalisa.
Ndine-vibe embi kwasekuqaleni, utshilo. Khange ndijonge phezulu ngalo lonke ixesha kwaye bendikhwaza, kuba bendiziva, 'Kulungile, nina anifuni ukuyiva le nto kwaye andisafuni kuphinda ndinifundele, kodwa kufuneka yiya nayo. '
Izinto zihambe ngcono kancinci eNew Orleans, eFaubourg Marigny Book Store.
Ngaba uqhelene negama elithi 'squatter'? uthe. Ewe, bekungathi, amantombazana amabini amakhulu, abafana ababini abathe tye. Omnye wabafo obalekayo wayebalekile kwindawo yempambano. Wayekwelinye okanye iziyobisi ezininzi, nokuba ziingqondo eziphambeneyo okanye i-Ecstasy, okanye zombini. Ngokuqinisekileyo wayenento eyayimenza aphulukane nayo yonke imiqobo. Wayendibetha ngokupheleleyo kwaye wayengayeki ukundichukumisa. Wayengqiyama ngam esithi, ‘Ndifuna ukukuncamisa. Ndicela undincamise nje kancinane. ’Ke ekugqibeleni ndiyenzile le diva ndathi,‘ Ungasiphuza isandla sam. ’Ke ubamba isandla sam aze aqalise ukusitya.
Ekugqibeleni, elinye iqhekeza lamkhupha lamachiza. Ke emva koko ndafundela abantu abathathu-umzala wam kunye namantombazana amabini- kwaye enye yamantombazana yamka kuba umfana wayedlulile ecaleni kwendlela kwaye efuna uncedo. Kodwa ndive ngathi kukufundwa okuhle.
Ubusuku emva kobusuku koku kwaqala ukunxiba uNks. Lillis ezantsi. Ngo-Epreli wabuyela eNew York, ediniwe kwaye ekulungele ukulalanisa. Okwangoku ndophuke kakhulu kangangokuba ndifuna umvakalisi athathe incwadi kwaye andinike imali, utshilo.
Ukhumbule ukuphela kohambo lwakhe: umdyarho weentsuku ezintathu, nobusuku obuthathu ukusuka eSan Francisco ukuya kwisikhululo sebhasi sePort Authority. Ndabona ukuba ndandikwibhasi ixesha elifanayo nokufa kukaKristu, watsho. Ndingene ebhasini ngobusuku obuNgcwele bangoLwesine ndehla ngeCawe yePasika.
Ngaphezulu kwesidlo seMilk Bar, wabuza umbuzo womhlobo wakhe uDale Tucker, owayeze kufunda ukuze amxhase: Ngubani lo wathi, 'Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiyeleni?'
Umnumzana Tucker wamjonga ngokungathi wayengamantongomane, emva koko waphazamiseka ngokumangalisayo, Yesu!
UNks uLillis uthathe enye isiselo seSambuca. Ndacinga njalo, watsho, enqwala.
-Alyssa Brandt
