Kwigumbi lokutyela eliphambili lehotele yaseCarlyle, uSugar Rautbord, usoshiyali waseChicago, umxhasi wemali kunye nombhali wenoveli, uthathe isidlo sakhe sakusasa ngoMatshi 24. Emva koku-odola ijusi yeorenji (angazange ayichukumise) kunye nobisi olucekeceke oluninzi oluninzi foam, wajonga ezinye iifilosofi ezixhaphakileyo azifumanayo zinzima.
Jonga umhlaba namhlanje, utshilo uNkosazana Rautbord. Abasetyhini abanamandla amakhulu ngama-chameleon, abo banesibindi sokuthi, 'Kulungile, andisekho kwindawo esebenzela mna. Lixesha lokuba uye kwindawo elandelayo, ixesha lokuzihlaziya. ’Ukutshintsha ubomi bakho sisigqibo esisengqondweni. Le mbono yokuba 'uhambe nokuhamba.' Hayi. Ndiyazi konke ngayo: Sukutyhala umlambo uhambe nokuhamba. Ewe, umlambo ukusa eIndiya, sithandwa, U-Ms Rautbord utshilo.
Iinwele zakhe ezimhlophe ezimhlophe ezijikelezayo zajikeleza emagxeni enxibe ibhulukhwe emnyama emnyama uRalph Lauren. Kwiphepha lakhe, isikhonkwane se-chameleon. Emnweni wakhe, idayimani etyheli engaboniyo yeempteen-plus carats. Isipho xa ndandiqhawula umtshato noMnumzana Rautbord, wavuma, etshona ngokulinganayo kwincopho yegwebu le-cappuccino. Ezinye izinto ziphela ngcono kunokuba ziqale.
Ngo-Meyi, iWarner Books ziya kupapasha inoveli yesithathu kaNks. Rautbord, uChameleon. Kuthathe mna, oh, malunga neminyaka emibini ukubhala kunye nexesha lokuphila ukuze ndenze uphando. Andikwazi ukuthi le ncwadi yincwadi enkulu, kodwa ndicinga ukuba iyonwabile kwaye ifundisa. Uye wathula. Umhlobo wam uScott Turow wayemnandi kakhulu ngeChameleon. Wathi kum, ‘Iswekile, yeka ukulahla izihlangu zakho. Kolu hlobo lohlobo ungoyena ubalaseleyo. ’Iincwadi zikaNks. Rautbord zangaphambili ziSweet Revenge kunye naMantombazana kwiiNdawo eziPhakamileyo.
UChameleon ubalisa ibali lentombazana egama linguClaire Organ, owazalwa ngokoqobo kwivenkile yeSebe laseMarshall nje phambi kweKrisimesi ka-1924. Utata wakhe akekho, umama wakhe uhlala nabantu ababini kwigumbi elincinane. Aba bafazi bathathu, babizwa ngothando ngoomakazi, bangabafazi abathengisayo eMarshall Field apho uClaire eba luhlobo lwe-Eloise kwivenkile yesebe. Ewe, uClaire akakhuli abe ngumthengisi. Ngokukhuthazwa ngokukhululekileyo bubomi bukaClare Booth Luce, u-Eleanor Roosevelt, uLucy Mercer, uJacqueline Kennedy kunye noPamela Harriman, UNks.Rautbord utshata uClaire amatyeli amane, ukuya kubomi beentlobo ezine ezahlukileyo njengoko umbhali esitsho, ngaphambi kokuba umfundi ashiye uClaire othandekayo kwiphepha 516, xa ibali liphela.
Kwakunokuba nobukrwada kum ukubhala incwadi engeyonyani eyayisithi, 'Nantsi indlela yokuba luvukane,' ucacisile uNks. Rautbord. Incwadana yindlela elula. Kungakumbi 'ukuza nam' kunokuba 'ujonge kum.' UNks. Rautbord wavula ikopi ye-Chameleon wafunda ngokuvakalayo: ‘Uyazi ukuba kunjani, xa ujonga emva ebomini bakho, awumazi umntu obukade unguye. Njengenyoka echitha izikhumba. ’Qikelela ukuba ngubani lo uthethile? UJacqueline Kennedy Onassis!
Ejikeleza imela yebhotolo, uNks. Rautbord wavula imvulophu yeFederal Express kwaye wawahlola amanye amaphepha awayewathumele ngunobhala wakhe kwigumbi lakhe eLake Shore Drive. Iphothifoliyo yayiquka iikopi ezininzi zeFashions of the Hour, imagazini enemifanekiso kaMarshall Field ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-1920 kunye neye-30. Xa ndandisengumntwana, ndandisoloko nditsiba iklasi ethile okanye isifundo kwaye ndithatha uloliwe okanye imoto kamama kunye nomqhubi ukuya eChicago ndisuka e-Evanston ukuze ndiye eMarshall Field. Ukubukela. Ukumamela amanenekazi kwigumbi lokunxiba. Ukuzama ubuntu obahlukeneyo ukuhamba ngempahla eyahlukileyo, UNks. Rautbord ukhumbule.
Xa ndandiphanda nge-Chameleon ndachitha iintsuku kunye neentsuku ndihamba kwindawo yogcino lweMarshall Field. Kwiintsuku ezingaphambi kweenqwelomoya, i20th Century Limited yashiya i-LA, eyayibizwa ngokuba yiHollywood, eNew York ngokuma eChicago. Isivumelwano sasiyile: isidlo sasemini kwigumbi lePub, iiyure ezine eMarshall Field kwaye sibuyele kuloliwe. U-Amelia Earhart ngenene wenze umgca wempahla, u-Amelia Earhart umgca wezemidlalo wabaseTyhini abaSebenzayo, weMarshall Field. Ngenxa yokuba uShirley Temple wenza ukubonakala apho, ndamfundisa uClaire indlela yokuncipha.
Nge-29 ka-Epreli, iifestile zikaMarshall Field kwiMichigan Avenue ziya kunikezelwa kwiChameleon. I-Pucci International Ltd. yaseNew York yenze i-mannequins ephefumlelwe ngabalinganiswa kwinoveli. Ngokuphathelele kwezinye izicwangciso zokunyusa i-Chameleon, eyafumana isandi kuVavanyo lukaKirkus ngo-Matshi 15, uNks. Rautbord wayengaqinisekanga. Yayiyinto entle iVanity Fair yandibandakanya kwimagazini yayo kaNovemba 1998 njengomnye wabafazi abangama-200 ababenempembelelo eMelika. (Sukumbiza ngokuba ngunobubele. Ulivolontiya elinxibe kakuhle, ikopi ifundiwe.)
Kwaye kungakuhle ukuba singenza umboniso wentombi yam, esele ikho izihlandlo ezili-11, utshilo uNks. Rautbord, encumile. Intombi leyo ngu-Oprah Winfrey. Asithandi ukuthatha nantoni na, kodwa ngekhe kube kuhle ukwenza umboniso malunga nabasetyhini abanesibindi sokuzivuselela? Ukhethe abambalwa: UMadonna, uJane Fonda, uHillary Rodham Clinton. Kwaye uMonica Lewinsky, endadibana naye eWashington ngeentsuku zikaWilliam Ginsburg. Umhle kakhulu. Njenge-Snow White ngaphandle kwemizimba. Sizibophelele ngoba wayithanda kwangoko iringi yam yedayimane kwaye wayefuna ukwazi ukuba ndiyifumene njani, endicinga ukuba yayixela kakhulu.
Utata kaNks. Rautbord ongasekhoyo, uRobert Kaplan, osisityebi waseChicago, watshata umama wakhe, ongumlingisi waseHollywood uVirginia, ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Babenentombi ezintathu, kubandakanya uDonna Louise omncinci, ogama linguShukela ngumongikazi wakhe. Iswekile yeza empuma izokufunda ubugcisa kunye nokubhala ngobuchule kwiKholeji yaseSarah Lawrence eBronxville, NY Abaphetheyo yayinguShelley Wanger, umhleli weRandom House, noJoan Juliet Buck, umhleli oyintloko yeFrance Vogue. Ndandiyile ntombazana nje encinci ye-ol ’cornfed Midwestern. Ekhaya kwikhefu lam lokuqala, umama wabuza, ‘Uthetha luphi ulwimi?’ Ndithathe iipatheni ezininzi zentetho zaseMpuma. Ilizwi likaNks. Rautbord lihamba kancinci emazantsi ngamanye amaxesha. Ilizwi liyinto yonke, utshilo. Elona lizwi lilungileyo alinayo iJografi. Akukho kungcatshwa, njengoClaire. Emva kukaSarah Lawrence, uNks. Rautbord watshata nosomashishini waseChicago uClayton Rautbord. Unyana wabo, ngoku oneminyaka engama-26, uhlala eFlorida.
I-Jet-setha esandula kutshata kwi-bikini ngaphezulu kwexesha lesikhephe. Ixesha lokudibana komfazi. Ixesha elingaphezulu koomama, UNks. Rautbord wagigitheka okomntwana okwishumi elivisayo oqholiweyo kwi-helium njengoko wayedwelisa ezinye zezinto zakhe ezinje nge-chameleon. Ixesha lokufunda xa ndifumene inkosi yam. Ixesha loqhawulo mtshato. Ngoku, kukho ixesha lokulila. NgoJanuwari, umhlobo kaNks. Rautbord wexesha elide uJay Pritzker, usomashishini kunye nomxhasi wezokwakha, usweleke eneminyaka eyi-76 emva kokuhlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo.
Umama undifundise ukuba ngulo chameleon, uNkosazana Rautbord wazityand 'igila. Obu buchule bulula kakhulu: Kukutshintsha imibala ukuze uphile. Ndandinepoliyo ndisengumntwana. Ngeentsuku ezithile, umlenze wam wawungasebenzi kakuhle. Ukusuka kuqeqesho lukamama lwethiyetha, wandibonisa indlela yokuguqula ingxaki kwezi ndlela zithandekayo, njengokubeka isandla sam esinqeni kunye nohlobo lokutsala umlenze wam, UNks. Rautbord uthe xa ephakama ebonisa. Yenza izinto, kulungile, inomdla ngakumbi, utshilo, ebuyela kwi-cappuccino yakhe, eyayingalahlekanga nogwebu.
Uluhlu lukaBilly: Ixesha lemibuzo!
1. UMarc Hom usandula ukudubula umkhankaso wentengiso wefashoni yaseSweden i-H & M Hennes kunye nabaphi abadlali beHollywood abalandelayo?
ukuya. UJohnny Depp.
b. UJulia Stiles.
c. IGena Rowlands.
2. Kwenzeka ntoni kwimodeli yenoveli yothando noFabio kutshanje?
a. UFabio noMonica Lewinsky babophelene eFinland, apho babekhuthaza incwadi yakhe kwaye wayedubula umkhankaso weVodka.
b. Wanyulwa ukuba Mensa, iqela yingqondi.
c. Wayekhwele i-roller coaster roller i-Busch xa i-goose yambetha ebusweni yafa.
3. Ngokuka-Audrey Style, incwadi entsha kaPamela Clarke Keogh, enye indlela yokujongeka njengo-Audrey Hepburn kukufumana inja encinci enegama eli-wry. Yintoni uHepburn wayibiza ngokuba yinja yakhe?
a. Wry.
b. Waziwa.
c. Bark.
Iimpendulo: (1) a; (2) c; (3) b.
