Umboniso wam wokuqala eNew York wawungakholeleki, uyazi, kuba babonisa ngathi bangama-700, abantu abangama-800 kwiIgalari yeIngrao, wakhumbula isidlo sasemini sangoku eDowntown Cipriani. Ibali lam belingakholeki, kuba ndiza apha kwaye ndivela kusapho oluqhelekileyo, uyazi? Utata walinda, umama uhlala ekhaya.
Kwaye ngoku kunokuthiwa nguMnu.Perego ujoyine i-It-boy boy set set.
Umboniso, obubanjwe nge-20 ka-Septemba kwigalari ye-Ingrao kwi-East 64th Street, ubonise umdla omkhulu nakulowo wayesakuba ngumdlali webhola. Yayinezinto ezili-10 zokupeyinta ezinamaxabiso aphakathi kwe- $ 20,000 kunye ne- $ 30,000, kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo eyi-15 kwiidola ezili-15,000. Zonke izinto eziqingqiweyo zathengiswa. Mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke nangakumbi, uluhlu lwabathengi lwalugcwele ngamagama adumileyo, njengentsapho yaseMoratti, iDolce & Gabanna, indlalifa yeHard Rock Café uHarry Morton kunye nendlalifa yeFiat uLapo Elkan, umhlobo osondeleyo womculi. Isihlwele sasifana nomnyhadala wefashoni. Ukuchitheka esitratweni kwakuyimodeli enkulu uKarolina Kurkova, iintombi zikaKeith Richards uTheodora noAlexandra, kunye neegali zentlalo uZani Gubelman noMargherita Missoni.
Umnumzana Perego wayibona njengendawo enqamlezileyo yeklasi kunye nenkcubeko.
Kwakumnandi, kuba babonisa ukusuka kwi-skateboarding ukuya kuqokelelo olubalulekileyo kumdlali weqonga. Kwakubalulekile kuba kwakufana nama-80, olo hlobo lwesihlwele, utshilo uMnu Perego, othatha uninzi lokuphefumlelwa kwakhe kwi-icon ye-80 yobugcisa u-Andy Warhol.
Ezinye iimpembelelo zakhe zibandakanya uCaravaggio, uMarcel Duchamp, uPascal kunye nombhali uWilliam S. Burroughs. Ndicinga ukuba akakholeki, ndiyamthanda, kuba yonke into ivela esiswini.
Ngaphandle kwesiqalo sakhe esithobekileyo, uMnu Perego wabonakala emiselwe ubukhulu esencinci, efumana indawo kwiqela lobungcali laseVenice eneminyaka eyi-17.
Emva koko eneminyaka engama-21, wenzakala kakhulu emlenzeni. Wathuthela eBrazil unyaka ukuzama ukubuyela kwakhona kwaye aqhubeke nokudlala apho. Wajoyina iSamba academy. Kodwa ekwindla lowama-2002, wayishiya ibhola ekhatywayo wafudukela eNew York eyokulandela iphupha lakhe lokuba ngumculi.
Ndandihlala iSpanish Harlem ngaphandle kwemali kwaye bendihlala kwisitalato i-104, utshilo umnumzana Perego phakathi kwesips of espresso. Apho, wazikrwela ukwenza irente: Ndingu-busboy, uweta, ndifundisa ibhola ekhatywayo.
Uthetha ngesimbo esinzima sase-Italiyane kwaye unikela ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukubukeka kwe-Euro. Ngaloo mva kwemini wayenxibe isikipa esimhlophe, ivesti engwevu kwaye yaphela, wakrazula ijini, ebotshelelwe ngebhanti yesihloko. Amabhanti amaninzi ayehombise izihlahla zakhe. Amaso ambalwa ayelukiwe kwizitshixo zakhe ezide zazingafakwanga iblitshi. Imilenze yakhe enezihlunu, uphawu lokugqibela lweentsuku zakhe zebhola, ngoku sele ebotshelelwe kwiitattoos.
Ngebhola ekhatywayo, wathi, wadibana naye wonke umntu.
Ikhefu lakhe elikhulu lavela kunxibelelwano olunje. Uqinisekisile udade womhlobo wakhe, uGilda Moratti, ophuma kusapho oludumileyo lweMoratti kwaye esebenza eSotheby's, ukuba eze kubona ubugcisa bakhe.
Ngenye imini into eyenzekileyo yile, ndeza kuye ndathi, 'Mamela, jonga umsebenzi wam, ndixelele ukuba ucinga ntoni. Ukuba yinto ehlekisayo ndiza kuzama ukufumana enye into, utshilo.
Kwaye njalo, ndiyacinga, ebomini bam, njengoOscar Wilde angathi: ‘Sonke siphuma kumjelo omnye, kodwa abanye bethu bajonge ezinkwenkwezini.’ Sisicatshulwa asiphindayo amaxesha ngamaxesha esidlo sasemini.
UNks Moratti wabona iinkwenkwezi kuye — okanye ubuncinci wathenga umzobo.
Ndithi kulungile, ndiza kwenza umboniso omncinci e-Itali, ndibeke iziqwenga ezingama-30, kwaye ngosuku lokuqala ndithengisa yonke into, ukhumbule umboniso wakhe wokuqala e-2005 eGalleria Cardi, eMilan. Iziqwenga zakhe zazithengiswa nge-3,000 nje emva. UGiorgio Armani wayephakathi kwabathengi. Kwakungenakwenzeka, uMnu. Perego wathi, ndihlala eSpanish Harlem, uyazi, kwaye ngoku uGiorgio Armani angathanda ukuthenga umzobo.
Igalari yamnika umboniso wedwa kamva kuloo nyaka, imizobo engama-22. Yathengiswa ngosuku lokuqala. Ngeli xesha iDolce neGabbana babephakathi kwabathengi. Emva koko kwafika omnye umboniso eFlorence, ngoDisemba ka-2006. Ngeli xesha wazama ukukhupha amaxabiso akhe kwi-15,000 yeerandi kwipeyinti nganye.
Ngosuku lokuqala, wathengisa yonke into kwakhona, watsho. Kwaye kwenzeka ntoni ukuba wonke umntu e-Italiya uqala ukucinga ngomsebenzi wam.
Imiboniso emininzi ngakumbi e-Itali ilandelwe. Ke ngoJuni 2007, waye kumdlalo weqela kwigalari yaseLondon 20 Hoxton Square. Umsebenzi wakhe wathengisa kwakhona. Ngelo xesha, wagqiba ekubeni wayekulungele ukufudukela eSoHo.
Ngexesha lokunyuka kwakhe kweemeteoriki eYurophu uMnu uPerego ukhumbula abantu ngokuqhubekayo bebuza, Kutheni? Kwakutheni ukuze lo mntu athengise?
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