Ukusuka kwizakhelo ezinkulu zeglasi yakhe yamehlo ukuya kwizibhengezo zakhe ezigqumayo, umhleli wefashoni oliqhawe kwincwadi kahlekisi ka-Isaac Mizrahi, The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel, ngokungathandabuzekiyo uCarrie Donovan kangangokuba uSimon & Schuster bamthumelela iigalari ukuba zihlolisise phambi kokuba ipapashe incwadi le ukuwa.
U-Anna Sui, osandula ukubonwa ethenga i-Upper East Side ngendawo entsha ye-boutique, ucinga ukuba uNks.Donovan uyahlekisa kwaye uhlakaniphile kufanele ukuba abe ngumsindisi osisigxina weBhunga labaFaki beFashoni kumsitho wamabhaso owabanjwa ngoFebruwari. Kodwa xa igcisa lokutsala elaziwa ngokuba yiBaroness-aka. UJoseph Viggiani, umphathi we-David Barton Gyms-wandibuza ukuba uCarrie Donovan, owayethathe umhlala-phantsi njengomphathi-mhleli wesitayile kwiThe New York Times ngo-1993, unjani, ndaqonda ukuba lixesha lokuba ndibuze i-icon kwisidlo sasemini. Njengoko uAndy Warhol wakha waqaphela, nguwe kuphela phaya phezulu kule dolophu xa ukumkanikazi wokurhuqa eqala ukunikela ingqalelo.
Enkosi ngokuvela kwakhe kwintengiso zikamabonakude kwi-Old Navy, uCarrie Donovan, ongumfanekiso wefashoni kwihlabathi osikwe kwi-Diana Vreeland mold, ngoku uyinkwenkwezi yesizwe. Bayibiza ngokuba buboya begusha. Ndiyibiza ngokuba yi-chic, U-Nksz. Donovan ucocekile ngexesha leKrisimesi kumdlalo wokudibanisa owawubandakanya uMorgan Fairchild, ooSmothers Brothers kunye noMlingo, i-Old Navy mascot.
Ubulumko kunye nokuqhwanyaza kwayo yonke into kuyonwabisa uNkosk Donovan. Kuyanceda ukuhlawula irente, njengoko intengiso ayibhalayo kwifomathi yekholamu ye-Old Navy. Ibaleka kwiThe Times ngolwesiHlanu.
Andinalwazi lokuba abantu abenza imfashini okanye urhwebo ngeengubo bacinga ntoni ngayo yonke le nto, UNks Donovan uthe xa sisitya isidlo sasemini eMortimer ngoJan. 9. Kwaye andikhathali. Obo bubomi bam bangaphambili. 'Ubekhona, wenze loo nto,' njengoko besitsho. Ukusukela ngo-1977 kude kube ngumhlala-phantsi, U-Nksz Donovan ukongamela ukupapashwa kwesiqingatha seshumi elinambini lesongezelelo kunye namacandelo angama-52 ezimbo minyaka le kwi-New York Times Magazine. Kodwa iyaqaphela, uqhubeke. Abantu bandimisa esitratweni ngalo lonke ixesha. Bancuma kwaye bayabhabha kwaye babuze ukuba bunjani uMlingo. Yi-hoot. (Umlingo kunye nokuma kwakhe ngaphakathi, Amatye, wavuma, beza edolophini kwinyanga ezayo ukuza kwenza iifoto zentengiso ezintsha ze-Old Navy kunye noNks. Donovan kunye nabasebenzi.)
UNks Donovan wayalela amawele kaMortimer ngetshizi kunye namanzi amaminerali. Wayenxibe ibhulukhwe emnyama, uphawu lwamehlo lwentengiso kunye phantse nazo zonke izinto azithandayo zeChanel: iwotshi yegolide neblack emnyama ayithenge kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo kwaye namacici aphantse amnyama weeperile uKarl Lagerfeld wamnika ithutyana. Wayenganxibanga izacholo azithandayo zeChanel lacquer, ezo zinkuku zinkulu. Kuba ii-cuffs zindala kwaye ziyawa ngoku, wancwina.
Izixhobo zibaluleke kakhulu, utshilo ngokuqinisekileyo enokuthi iqinisekise nawuphi na ongakholwayo. Utyikityo. Njengeiglasi. Iikhofu. Zenzele iyunifomu esebenzayo, utshilo, kodwa ungakhathazeki ngokwenza iimpazamo, Sonke siyazenza iimpazamo. Ndikhe ndaneenwele ezibomvu.
Ukutya kwafika. Izinto ezimbi zokutya, uNkosazana Donovan wahleka. Ususe imiboniso yakhe kwaye waphakamisa ifolokhwe yakhe ngathi yibhendi. Ngeendlela zakhe ezinesitayile, yonke into, nokuba yisilivere, iba yinto efanelekileyo.
Andizange ndicwangcise ubomi bam, utshilo, ukuqala ukubalisa ibali elamkhokelela ebuntombini be-genteel eLake Placid, esiya kwisikolo seParsons School of Design apho waphumelela khona kwiklasi ye-1950 kunye nomyili wezinto zangaphakathi u-Albert Hadley, waya eNew York Amaxesha kuqala ngo-1955, emva koko aya kwiVogue ngeentsuku zeVreeland, ukuya eBloomingdale, ukubuyela kwiThe Times kwakhona kwaye, ngoku, yi-Old Navy. Nabani na oceba ubomi bam, kwenye indawo, utshilo, ifolokhwe yakhe ejikeleze amaphiko engelosi, kulungile, ubomi bam buqhubeka buhamba.
Ngaba uNkskz Donovan ungowomoya?
Owu, Thixo othandekayo, hayi, utshilo. Kucingwa njalo. Ndicinga nje ukuba umntu kufuneka avule kwaye alungele ukuzonwabisa. Ndiyakhumbula into eyathethwa nguBernard Baruch kudliwanondlebe emva kweMfazwe xa wayebuzwa ukuba acebise abantu ngendlela yokuqhubeka nobomi babo ngexesha loxolo. Umnumzana uBharuki wathi: ‘Yenza lo msebenzi uwenzayo kangangoko unakho. Zonke ezinye ziya kulandela. ’Ndixelela abantu abancinci oku ngalo lonke ixesha xa bebuza ukuba babe ngumntu onjani. Ndibaxelela ukuba bafumane nawuphi na umsebenzi, nditsho nokufumana ikofu, yenza nje okusemandleni akho. Ndiyinyani, ucinga ukuba wenza ntoni uPunch Sulzberger kuqala kwiThe Times? Uyifumene ikofu. Ewe, usapho lwaluphethe iphepha.
Yenza okusemandleni akho, UNks. Donovan waphinda. Ndandihlala ndicinga ukuba ndingoyena myili wehlabathi mkhulu wokunxiba. Andinalwazi lokuba kutheni. Apho bendihlala notatomkhulu notatomkhulu eLake Placid kuba abazali bam babeqhawule umtshato-zange ndadibana notata, wayephuma emnyango wahamba phambi kokuba ndizalwe- kodwa sasingenalo uVogue okanye iimagazini zefashoni. Khange siye kwiimuvi. Ngandlel 'ithile, umdla wakhe kwifashoni wambamba wamsa eParsons. Emva kokuphumelela, emva kwexesha lokukhanyisa eParis, wazama ukuyila iimpahla. I-rayon crepe sheath emnyama ene-black-and-white houndstooth bolero ngokwenene yavela kwiLadies 'Home Journal, apho uChessy Rayner wahlela amaphepha efashoni. Kodwa kwakamsinya emva koko, xa ndaphela kwiThe Times, UNks. Donovan wathi, ndiye ndabona ukuba eyona nto ndiyenzayo kukuxela.
Ngo-1963, uDiana Vreeland wamqesha kwiVogue. Ufundise uNks.Donovan ukuba athembele kwingcinga yakhe kwaye aphuhlise izakhono zakhe ezibonakalayo. Ndimkhumbula ngalo lonke ixesha, utshilo uNkskz Donovan. Wayengumntu obonakalayo obalaseleyo owaziphakamisayo. Andazi ukuba kutheni, kuba bendingamazi njengebhinqa eliselula, kodwa ndiyarhana ukuba ibiluhlobo lokhuselo. Yonke into awayeyithetha yayivakala ngenxa yendlela awayeyithetha ngayo. Nangona uLiz Smith wandikhumbuza kutshanje, xa wayexelela mna noLizzie ngenye imini ethekweni ukuba 'Zonke iingxaki zehlabathi, uyazi, zivela kwiiBalkan nakwibhotile yegin,' utshilo uNkosazana Donovan, ehleka waxelisa uNkosikazi Vreeland.
UNks uDonovan wayengafuni ukubona i-Full Gallop, umdlalo malunga neVreeland, kodwa umbhali uHal Rubenstein wamkhapha ukuya kuye ngaphambi kokuba aphume edolophini kunyaka ophelileyo. Bendikhe ndiyiphepha. S.I. [INewhouse Jr.] indixelele ukuba ibimphazamisile. Kodwa kwakumangalisa nje, kwaye kumnika ubomi obutsha ngokupheleleyo nabantu abancinci.
Njengoko i-Old Navy yenzele uNksk Donovan. Kodwa isebenza ngazo zombini iindlela. NguNks. Donovan oqhakamshelane nabantu base-Old Navy emva kokuba ivenkile yayo yaseManhattan ivulwe ngaphezulu konyaka ophelileyo. Wayemangalisiwe yintengiso, efikelelekayo kodwa enesitayile, kwaye wabanika ingcebiso yokuthengisa simahla. Bamqesha. Xa ndithanda ihempe yakhe, ijezi emnyama eyoluliweyo, wakhawuleza wayincoma: I-Old Navy. Malunga ne- $ 30. Amaxabiso amnandi! Amashumi amathathu eedola yimali eninzi kwi-Old Navy.
Yonke into malunga nesitayile iyafaneleka, UNkosazana Donovan utshilo, ecofa amaqunube asesityeni. Ubungakanani. Kufanelekile! Ikamva lefashoni yintuthuzelo. Kudala ndiyithetha le nto.
Ngaba wayenokuyila ilokhwe namhlanje, ngekhe ibe yingubo, uyabona. Ingayingubo entle, ibhlukhwe kunye nebhatyi. Yiyo yonke into oyifunayo ebomini. Ibhatyi ene-armhole ephezulu, utshilo.
Ndiqhuba abantu ukuba baphambane ngale nto, kodwa awungekhe ucinge ngokubaluleka komngxunya ophakamileyo weengalo. Okwangoku xa i-armhole ihamba, kukho ukubonakala, wahleka.
