Ngaba ikhona enye into onokuyithetha malunga neebhutsi ze-Ugg, izihlangu ezirhabaxa zokucheba-ubusika obulinganayo ne-Birkenstocks-enxitywe ngabasetyhini kulo lonke elaseManhattan, nakwikota yase-Nolita eyayifudumele ngaphambili.
Njani: Yeka ukunxiba zona? Njani malunga: Yonwaba ukuba iibhutsi zibuyele-odolwe kumenzi kude kube sentwasahlobo; konwaba ukuba baya kathathu ngexabiso labo le- $ 150 kwi-eBay, akunakufunyanwa, njl. Kuya kukunika ixesha lokuma kwaye ucinge ngaphambi kokuba uthenge, wena zimvu zefashoni ezinkulu.
Iibhotshi ze-ugg zivela e-Australia (apho enye indawo?), Kodwa njengabanye abaninzi kodwa zizinto ezithandekayo zoo-velor track suits zonyaka ophelileyo, njl-ityala lokuthandwa kwabo linokuphina ngokufuthi kwi-Southern California. Bamkelwe kwiminyaka engama-25 eyadlulayo ngoo-shaggy, abagibeli abanyamezelayo, ii-Uggs ezibanjwe kutshanje nabantu abadumileyo abanjengoJessica Simpson kunye noPamela Anderson. Ubuhle babo obucekeceke bukaBarbie kuthiwa buphoswe kukukhululeka ziibhutsi ezimdaka-ezenza ukuba sonke sibukeke njengabaphembeleli abathandanayo abathandanayo.
Ndiyabadelela, utshilo uMat Heien, intatheli yaseNew York okhulele eCalifornia, wase-Uggs. Ndonwabile kakhulu ukuba bayabuya.
Iiggs, ngelizwi, zoyike. Benza abafazi ababhityileyo babonakale betyebile, abafazi abatshatileyo bajongeka ngathi banamahlwili, abafazi abalumkileyo bajongeka besisimumu. Amanenekazi aseNew York ahlala eziqhayisa ngokujongwa okukhazimlisiweyo, ngokudityaniswa kunye, ukuxhobisa ngengalo nantoni na-kwaye ezi zichasene ngqo: ukunganyaniseki, ukungakhathali, ukuyekelela.
Okubi nangakumbi, ngeli xesha banokuba be-sooo bekhululekile, njengoko kwamkelwe kwilizwe liphela, abanalo mgangatho ubalulekileyo weebhutsi ezimbi esele zinazo: ukusebenza. I-flash flash: Ii-uggs azikhuseli manzi! Ewe, ungathenga i- $ 8 yokukhusela ukutshiza-kodwa sonke siyazi ukuba zisebenza kakuhle kangakanani. Enye intshukumo engeyonyani edolophini yesixeko kwaye ngokusisiseko unesibini seebhaktiriya ezithwala igumbi lokulala kwiinyawo zakho. Akuhloneli abemi bakho, ungazichazi.
Isixeko sasingasoloko sisamkela njalo i-Uggs. Sakuba sinomqolo. Kwiziko lewebhu elisemthethweni lenkampani, uza kulifumana ibali lokuba le mveliso yagqobhoza njani eManhattan kwiintsuku zedisco ezilukhuni zango-1978. (Ukwamkelwa kwakungengowobuhlobo.) Kuya kufuneka uzive ngathi ukubhatalwa karmic kwiiAussi xa Imveliso yabo ethambileyo, engenamikhono ye-boot ibonakale kwifoto yeBill Cunningham esasazeke kwicandelo leNew York Times ngeCawa ngeZitayile zangoDisemba 7.
UStefani Greenfield, umnini-mbini womnini we-Scoop boutique chain, wayephambili kumaza alandelayo e-Uggs, ethenga isibini sakhe sokuqala ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini eyadlulayo kwi-Third Street Promenade eSanta Monica.
Wonke umntu wam we-Scoop wayefana, 'Zintoni ezo?' uthe. Akukho mntu uyifumene. Wonke umntu wayefana, 'Ngaba ucinga ukuba ukwithambeka lokuskiya? Ngaba ucinga ukuba useAspen? ’Emva koko, ngequbuliso, yaba yile nto.
Ukuba ucinga ukuba kubi eNew York, yiza eNtshona, apho ukubonwa okungathandekiyo kwabasetyhini abagxadazelayo behamba ngezihlangu ze-hausfrau ezingacacanga kuxhaswa yinto esisiseko engekhoyo: Akubandi nokubanda.
Kwaye bayaziphindaphinda okweTribbles.
Kwi-Hollywood Wilshire YMCA: Iibhola ezili-15 zeebhutsi ze-Ugg zimi ngaphandle komgqibelo nge-10 kusasa.
Kwiintsuku ezimbini emva kweKrisimesi kumgangatho wesithathu weBeverly Hills Barneys: Abafazi baseYurophu kwii-Uggs babencokola ngeelwimi zasemzini. Ezantsi, ubuntu be-MTV uDaisy Fuentes wayezibamba kwikhawuntara yobucwebe, enxibe ibhatyi enesuti, ijezi yaseNordic kunye neebhulukhwe ezimnyama eziluhlaza ezifakwe kwii-Uggs ezinkulu.
Ndizifumene kwakudala, eAspen, utshilo. Ndiyabathanda. Eyona ndlela ndiyithandayo kukuzinxiba ekhaya eMalibu, ngeepijama. Bendibambe into ye-MTV eTexas kwaye ndibanxibile, kwaye abantu bebenjengoko, 'Ngaba ulindele isiphango sekhephu?' Bendifana, 'Hayi, awuyifumani-bayaphola kwaye bashushu ngaxeshanye ! '
Iikhilomitha ezimbalwa empuma, iWest Hollywood Nordstrom, umhambisi omkhulu wase-U.S, uthengiswe ngokuqinileyo ngaphandle kwe-Uggs. Ivenkile yayityhala uphawu olufanayo olubizwa ngokuba yiQwaruba. Abafazi babexinene ngeenxa zonke, bebathanda. Indoda yaseNordstrom shopper yabuzwa ukuba ucinga ntoni ngesitayile.
Ndicinga, 'Kutheni ungekho kwindawo yokutyibilika iinyawo zakho ziphakamile-kwaye mhlawumbi omnye umlenze wophukile?' uthe.
Ewe, inzondo yamadoda ehlaziyayo ye-Uggs inqumleza ixesha lonke kunye nezizukulwana. Bakhumbuza uLance Wills, oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala, umzobi ohlala eHollywood, ngendawo eDumb naseDumber: Xa uJim Carrey egqityiwe ngokupheleleyo ngeebhutsi zeSasquatch kunye nehlazo, elikhangeleka likhangeleka ngokungathi yiTaos, utshilo. Abantu bayayihleka loo nto kwiscreen, kodwa emva koko batyibilike ngqo kwaye bacinge ukuba bayatshisa kwaye banemfashini!
Gcina ngaphakathi emva kweengcango ezivaliweyo, ucebise uMnu. Wills. Luhlobo lokunxiba ezona ziliphu zakho zintle nezona zimbi ezisetyenziswe yinja yakho njengemidlalo yokuhlafuna iminyaka.
UNaomi Glauberman, umbhali wamashumi amahlanu ohlala eVenice, ebenqwenela iibhotile zeUg ngokuhamba ngebhayisekile yonke imihla ukuya kwiyoga, kodwa unyana wakhe oneminyaka eli-18 ubudala, uSam Jacoby, wakukhaba ngawo omane ukuthengwa.
Ngaba uzibonile ezo zikethi zincinci ezineebhutsi? Ubuze. Owu Thixo, iyandigulisa nje.
Usomashishini oneminyaka engama-29 owayengafuni ukuba igama lakhe lisetyenziswe-masimbize ngokuba nguHorace-wabizwa eNew York ukuba azilinganise.
Uthe waqala ukufumanisa ii-Uggs malunga neminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo, e-L.A., xa intombi yomntakwabo, istayile esivela eVermont, ibanxibe ngesiketi.
Wayemncinci ngesiqu, emncinci, kwaye yayintle, utshilo uHorace. Wayesoloko enesidima, kwaye ngandlela thile wayenza ukuba isebenze. Kuyafana, abafazi abancinci baseAsia banokuhamba nazo, kodwa abafazi abamhlophe abaqhelekileyo abanako.
Ukukhawuleza ukuya eHanukkah 2003. UHorace ngowakhe u-5-foot-7, blond, Caucasian, intombi enkulu yonyawo wafumana iphakheji ngeposi.
Unemihlali, utshilo. Ndandifana, ‘Inokuba yintoni kule bhokisi imenza abe nemincili kangaka?’ Kwaye uyayisombulula-kwaye ke uphakamisa into endikholelwa ukuba yenye yezona ziqwenga zezihlangu endakha ndazibona. Kuba yayinkulu. Kwakungekho kuncinci okanye kuhle; yayinkulu kwaye inoboya.
Intombi yakhe yatsala iibhutsi kwaye yaqala ukushukuma njenge-Snuffleupagus, njengoko uHorace wayibeka, phezulu nasezantsi kwipaseji yegumbi lakhe laseGramercy Park. ‘Thixo wam,” ndacinga, utshilo. ‘Mhlawumbi zange ndayiqaphela ngaphambili! Mhlawumbi akanobahle njengoko bendimcinga ngezihlangu eziqhelekileyo! Mhlawumbi uyazinyothula! '
Akasahambi ebuhleni, wagqiba kalusizi.
Umyeni wam ubabiza njengesihlangu soxinzelelo, utshilo uNksk Greenfield. Uqhele ukundibona ndikwi strol Manolos. Uyahamba, 'Ngokwesiqhelo, xa uhamba, unxibe izihlangu eziphakamileyo, umi unebhongo, umde. Usuka ekuzirhintyeleni… uye ekuqhekekeni kwezi zihlangu! ’Ufana nokuthi,‘ Ukuba bayakonwabisa, bayandonwabisa’-kodwa hayi, akabafumani benomdla. Kukonke.
Kukho igama eliphuma engqondweni ukuchaza amadoda anyamezelayo okanye, uThixo angavumeli, adumise ii-Uggs: zibethwe.
Ndiyabathanda, croon Matt Goss, inkwenkwezi yaseBritani pop inkwenkwezi owayehamba noNks Fuentes kwikhawuntara yeentsimbi zeBarneys. Banelungelo kakhulu lokuyeka! Akukho nto inomdla ngakumbi kunowesifazane okhululekile.
Ndicinga ukumfumanela iperi, utshilo uNks. Fuentes, emnxusa ngothando.
Kwitheko lomhla wamanqindi eSilverlake, uRebecca Coleman, oneminyaka engama-27, osebenza kwezentengiso, wayecinga malunga nokujongeka kwakhe e-Ugg, awayefunde ngako kumlobi we-MTV. Uthe ufuna ukuthengela umyeni wakhe u-Bart iperi yee-Uggs, kodwa akafumani namnye kubukhulu bakhe be-14.
Ndaya eBoston kwinyanga ephelileyo, kwaye andikaze ndonwabe kakhulu endaweni ebandayo, utshilo. Kwaye ndandinganxibanga neekawusi kunye nazo! Ayisiyo fashoni nje. Icocekile- kwaye ishushu ngokwenene.
Ngaba umyeni wakhe uyayithanda indlela awayejongeka ngayo kubo?
Akakhathali. Wayefana, 'Oo, mhle nantoni na.'
Abanye banokuphikisa ukuba ukunamathela kwabasetyhini kwii-Uggs kubonisa imeko yabasetyhini ngokuchasene noxinzelelo loosolusapho lokuba sizenzele.
Kodwa into ehlekisayo kukuba le meko yobufazi yi-slouch! Utsho uHorace. Asikuko ukuba ‘ume umde kwiiNikes zakho nakwiReeboks uze uzihambise,’ njengesithixokazi sengqondo esithi ‘Hamba uye kwenza ezemidlalo.’ Ayiyixhasi nengqele. Azizizo ezakhiweyo. Uyazi, size kude kangaka kwitekhnoloji yezihlangu-ayinakulunga iinyawo zakho ukuba zihambe kwiziqwenga zerabha ezingenanto. Ndiyathetha, andikuceli ukuba udade kwizithende zeesentimitha ezisixhenxe njengeemodeli. Ngubani olindele loo nto? Kodwa kukho ukulalanisa. Akufanele kube yi-Ugg boots okanye i-bust.
UZach Hafer, 27, igqwetha elihlala eBrooklyn Heights, unentombi (nayo igqwetha) eyayinqwenela iperi yeebhutsi ze-Ugg into embi emva kokubona ubume beCawa yeXesha.
Uhlala ebanda, utshilo. Walandelela isibini se-Uggs esine-ultra-tall, size-eight kwi-eBay kwaye wabenza ukuba baveze iAirborne kwiofisi yakhe besuka eArizona kwiintsuku ezimbini phambi kweKrisimesi.
Andifuni ukuthi yimalini, kuba ndinokujongeka njengesidenge, watsho. Kodwa ndiyijongile njengokufumana amatikiti: Ufuna ukubona umdlalo we-basketball omdaka, kufuneka uhlawule ipremiyamu.
Kwaye uyakholiswa yindlela abamjonga ngayo?
Ndiyayithanda, ewe, utshilo uMnu Hafer. Ndiyazicaphukela ezo zihlangu zinemikhono enxitywa ngumntu wonke-ndiyathetha, bendinganqumi, kodwa xa kuthelekiswa nezihlangu ezinamanqaku ... Kodwa kwakhona, ndaya eDartmouth.
