I-Crisp kodwa intofontofo yesiko, funda imeko kaMark Hampton kwiThe New York Times. Crisp, isiko laseMelika, utshilo umfundisi kwinkonzo yomngcwabo kwiCawe yase-Ignatius Loyola. I-Crisp, isithethe sendabuko, wabhengeza umongameli weCarnegie Corporation uVartan Gregorian, owesithathu kwizithethi ezilithoba ezakhumbula umyili wezinto ezingaphakathi, umbhali kunye nomzobi osweleke ngoJulayi 23 emva kokulwa nomhlaza.
Kodwa ukuchaza imbonakalo kaMark Hampton akunakwenzeka ngokupheleleyo. Yayiyilo loyilo olo. Andinamdla kwaphela kuphawu lwentengiso, wayehlala esithi kudliwanondlebe.
Ukonwaba kukaHampton-umsebenzi wakhe-yayikukubonelela ngemvelaphi yokwenyani, ukuba nelungelo elihle, ubomi. Abathengi bakhe baquka uJimmy noRosalynn Carter noGeorge noBarbara Bush kwi-White House, uBrooke Astor, u-Anne Bass kunye nesiqingatha seFifth Avenue, esona siqingatha singcono. Isifundiswa kunye nombhali we-erudite, wabhala ikholamu ye-House & Garden phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1980 kwaye wapapasha iincwadi ezimbini ezimalunga nokuhombisa ngaphakathi. Kwesinye sezincoko zakhe zeNdlu kunye neGadi, ezinesihloko esithi The Clients I Love, wachaza ulonwabo alufumanayo ekulindeleni iimfuno zosapho eziqhubekayo.
Ndaziva ndisekhaya kakhulu, kwaye xa ndandixhoma iseti yamacwecwe afunyenwe nguKaren awayehonjiswe ngezaphetha neentyatyambo, izaphetha ezazifana nezo zikwigumbi lokulala lamantombazana amancinci, ndaye ndathwala iintlungu kakhulu ukubeka iinzipho kwindawo emnyama ipateni yephepha kuba bendicinga (ndinethemba) lokuba kwiminyaka embalwa mhlawumbi ndingathatha iipleyiti phantsi kwaye ndixhome iipowusta zikaBruce Springsteen okanye nabani na kwaye bendifuna ukuqiniseka ukuba imingxunya yezikhonkwane ezivela kwixesha langaphambili azizukubonwa. Le misebenzi ayinakuze igqitywe, kwaye ikamva linezinto ezininzi ezimangalisayo ezigciniweyo.
Ku-Steve no-Courtney Ross, u-Hampton wenza i-art deco aerie phaya ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1980 ngaphambi kokuba ibe lixesha lokuvuselelwa komzuzu. U-Anne Bass, kunye noSaul kunye noGayfryd Steinberg, wayila amagumbi alungelelaniswe ngokugqibeleleyo njengendawo yefanitshala entle kunye nobugcisa.
Ngentsasa efudumeleyo kaJulayi 27, uHampton wakhunjulwa ngabahlobo kunye nosapho. Babalisa ibali lendoda enetalente, enobugcisa eye yadlula kwimida yedolophu encinci eIndiana kwaye yafumana ukuthanda kwakhe umsebenzi kwisiXeko saseNew York. Babuhlungu kukusweleka komyeni othandekayo, utata nomhlobo. Isikakhulu, balilela into awayeyimele uMark Hampton; wayengowokugqibela kumnumzana waseMelika wenkulungwane yama-20.
Wayethanda, engamthiyi, utshilo uRobert Macdonald, umpapashi weencwadi zegalufa kunye nomhlobo kaHampton.
Kwiminyaka engama-26, bendihlala kubuhle obenziwe nguMark, utshilo uSusan Burden, ugqirha wengqondo kunye nomhlolokazi kaCarter Burden, omnye wabahlobo kunye nabaxhasi bakaMnu Hampton.
Sasisazi ukuba uMarko wayegcwele isitayile, wakhumbula udadewabo, uRachel Hampton Blank, xa, eneminyaka eyi-6, waphazamisa elinye lamaqela ebhulorho kamama ekhaya eIndiana wathi komnye weendwendwe zikamama, 'uJean, ukuba ilokhwe ayikwenzi nto. '
Iintombi zikaMark Hampton, uKate, umdlali weqonga, kunye no-Alexa, umhlobisi wezangaphakathi, ukhumbule utata wabo ngobubele bakhe kunye nolwazelelelo, ekhula. UTeresa Heinz, umhlolokazi weSenator uCharles Heinz, kunye nosibali kaMnu Hampton uPaula Perlini bathethe ngamandla akhe obuhlobo, inkumbulo yakhe ngeenkcukacha zembali kunye neziqu zakhe, imfundo yakhe nolwazi, ngovuyo lokuhamba naye.
Umntu awayehlala naye kwiYunivesithi yaseMichigan School, uCharles Eisendrath, ukhumbula ukufika kwabo kwigumbi lokulala ukuze bafumane igumbi labo elihonjiswe nge-rhododendron kwiikomityi, kwiibhokisi, kwiibhokisi ezincinane ezingenanto kwaphela, kunye neempapasho ezixabisekileyo zenkulungwane ye-18 ... ' Molo, ndinguMark Hampton, utshilo lo mfo ngoncumo lukajongilanga. 'Ndihamba nzima.'
UMark Hampton washiya isikolo somthetho kwaye wafumana isidanga kwimbali yobugcisa kwiYunivesithi yaseMichigan yeSikolo soBugcisa. Ngo-1967, waba ngumyili wezangaphakathi. Isikhundla sakhe sokuqala esibalulekileyo yayingummeli waseNew York kaDavid Hicks, umyili wezinto zangaphakathi waseBritane.
Njengoko amabali ebaliswa, ebangela iinyembezi okanye ukuhleka, ukubhiyozelwa kukaMark Hampton kwaba ngumbhiyozo wabo bonke abantu abazise amaphupha abo eNew York, bekholelwa ukuba isiXeko saseNew York sasiyi-Oz yoyilo, ekuphela kwento abanokusindiswa kuyo ngokwenkcubeko. Umsebenzi kaMark Hampton, u-erudition kunye nolwazi, kwakuyi-payback, utshilo uMnu Macdonald, ngenxa yentlambululo-miphefumlo yakhe njengolutsha e-Indiana hayi njengomdlali. Weza kwezakhe ngokuza empuma.
Impumelelo, kunye nemvakalelo yombulelo, yanika uMark Hampton umphefumlo. Sonke siyazi ukuba ukuhonjiswa kwangaphakathi kubonwa ngabaninzi njengekhondo elinobuzaza eligcwele iiruffles kwaye liyachuma kwaye iingxelo zefashoni zangaphambili, wabhala kwisingeniso kuMark Hampton kwi-Decorating, eyapapashwa ngo-1989. Ukanti ukuguqula ukungcola nokungabinandawo ibe ziindawo zokwamkela. apho umntu anokuhlala khona kubonakala kum njengeyona njongo ibalulekileyo nefanelekileyo ebomini. Ngamanye amaxesha inguqu inokulothusa iliso, ngamanye amaxesha ilonwabise, kodwa ayizizo izinto ezingenamsebenzi.
Ukuphela komngcwabo, abalilayo babuyela ePark Avenue. Ilanga lasemini lisike izithunzi ngeempahla ezimnyama zasehlotyeni.
UMark Hampton wangcwatyelwa eSag Harbour ngentsasa elandelayo, nge-28 kaJulayi. Wakhetha amangcwaba aseSag Harbour kunalawo aseSouthampton, apho yena nosapho lwakhe bachitha khona ngeempelaveki, kuba yayintle, inyani.
Kwiveki yokuqala ngo-Agasti, uDuane Hampton, umhlolokazi womyili, uza kubuya eSouthampton ukuza kuthatha isigqibo malunga nokulandelayo. Enye into enokwenzeka kukufuna italente yomhombisi weenkwenkwezi ukukhokela inkampani yabasebenzi abali-15, kwihlabathi leefashoni, apho uJohn Galliano esiya eChristian Dior, Alexander McQueen ukuya eGivenchy. Mhlawumbi, u-Alexa Hampton omncinci, owayesebenza notata wakhe, uya kujonga inkampani. Ngandlela thile, uya kuqhubeka nokuhombisa kwaye ifemi iya kuyigqiba imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo ngoku.
Impembelelo kaMarko kwisizukulwana esincinci sabakhenkethi iya kuhlala ivakalelwa, utshilo owayesakuba ngumkhuseli wakhe uAlan Tanksley, umyili wezinto zangaphakathi onenkampani yakhe eManhattan. Wayenentlonipho enkulu, kwelinye icala, ucwangco kunye nokufaneleka, kodwa wayehlala esazi xa ilixesha lokuba angabi nantlonelo kwaye aphule imithetho.
