Iko Kunakidzwa Kwepasi Kwekupfeka Zvishongo Zvakagadzirirwa Iwe

Handinyari kutaura kuti chimwe chezvikomborero zvikuru zvekubudisa bhuku zvishongo. Pakabuda bhuku rangu rekutanga, "Vanhu Mumiti," muna 2013, ndakatenga chinhu chimwe chete nekumberi kwangu: mhete yeblue-blue enamel yandakanga ndanyora nemutsara wekutanga - Kaulana na pua a o Hawaii/Famous are. maruva eHawaii - eimwe yenziyo dzinonyanya kunzwika dzekuHawaiian, "Famous Are the Flowers," yakanyorwa muna 1893 kuratidza kutsigira kwaMambokadzi Liliuokalani, mambo wekupedzisira wezvitsuwa. Bhuku rangu rakanga riri fananidzo yePacific colonialism, uye zvaiita senge zvakanaka kuti ndipfeke chiyeuchidzo ichi cheHawaii, zvayaive uye zvayakarasika, paruoko rwangu. March, handina kutenga zvishongo. Asi vanhu vakandipa zvakadaro: muverengi akanditumira cuff yesirivha. Boka reshamwari dzangu dzepedyo rakaungana rikanditengera mhete - shiri inorema yegoridhe ine denderedzwa, madhaimani akachekwa akajeka emeso uye akarembera mumuromo mayo briolette yakaita serubhi sedonhwe reropa - kubva kune ane mukurumbira Jaipur-based jeweler. Gem Palace. (Ichi chisikwa chaicho chakanga chakurudzira chishongo chakafanana chinowanikwa muchitsauko chokupedzisira chebhuku.) Asi kunyange zvakadaro, ndaida chishongo chetsika, chimwe chinhu chokurangarira vanhu vomunovhero yacho, avo vakanga vava kunyatsojeka uye kundiomesera. shamwari dzangu: zvamazvirokwazvo ndakanzwa sokunge ndakanga ndapedza nguva yakawanda navo mugore nehafu randakatora kunyora bhuku kupfuura yandakanga ndapedza ndiine vanhu chaivo. Zvino shamwari yangu Claudia, mupepeti wezvishongo, akandiudza nezvezita rainzi Foundrae.Foundrae yakatanga uye yakagadzirwa naBeth Bugdaycay, aimbova CEO weRebecca Taylor, uye inoumbwa nevakadzi vakagadzirira-kupfeka - silky, slouchy jumpsuits; micro-pleated, shell-pink chiffon skirts; knitwear yakarukwa nemakomba uye zvidimbu - uye mutsara wakanaka wezvishongo. Yakagadzirwa-yakagadzirwa naLeeora Catalan, madhizaini ezvishongo anosanganisira earcuffs-akaita katatu uye medallion-akaita mazango, asi zvidimbu zvinonyanya kusiyanisa enamelwork pa18k goridhe. Zvinofadza zvakakura, zvinouya mumavara mana anomiririra humwe hunhu kana chipo chinoda munhu kuti awane nzira yehupenyu: Simba (tsvuku), Karma (bhuruu), Kurota (dema) uye Dziviriro (girinhi). Zvidimbu zveiyo label zvakanakisa - zvine graphic, talismanic mhando inoita kuti ionekwe panguva imwechete inovimbisa yechinyakare uye inoyevedza yemazuva ano - asi Bugdaycay neCatalan vanoitawo basa retsika, uye zvechokwadi, zvishongo zvinonyanya kunaka kana zvakagadzirirwa iwe chete. Patinopfeka chidimbu chezvishongo zvetsika, tiri kuzviwedzera kune nhaka yekare seVaRoma, maGiriki, maPersia - ekare. Tsika shoma shoma dzinogona kunzi dzakaramba dzisina kushanduka munhoroondo yenguva, asi chiito chekuzvizivisa kune nyika kuburikidza nezvishongo ndicho chinhu chakagara mumireniyamu uye mutsika. Tinogona kunge tisisazivise zviri pamutemo hukama hwedu hwemadzinza pasi pemireza kana nemhando yebvudzi kana mavara, asi isu tichiri kuita nezvatinosarudza kuratidza paminwe yedu, nzeve dzedu uye pamitsipa yedu nemaoko.Bugdaycay neCatalan vanotaura zvakawanda pamusoro pezvisingatauriki hunhu hwezvishongo zvavo, uye pakutanga ndakambokahadzika, kunyangwe ivo vese vachipenya uye vane mutsa zvekuti kunzwa chero kupokana kwairatidzika kunge kwakashata, neimwe nzira. Asi ndakazoenda kunovashanyira. Mahofisi eFoundrae's New York City neshowroom ari paLispenard Street, nzvimbo isina kujeka, yakamanikana kumaodzanyemba kweCanal Street, pamucheto weTriBeCa, ndipo panogara mavara angu: Ndakanga ndisati ndambosangana nemunhu aiziva nezvemugwagwa. kuvapo, ndoda ani zvake akararama mazviri. Zvaiita seshura. Ndakakwira kuimba yeBugdaycay - anogara pamusoro pechitoro, sezvaingoita mutengesi wemuzana ramakore rechi 19 - uye iye neCatalan vakandirega ndichiisa mabhengi akasiyana pamaoko angu, regai ndiedze kurovera mhete dzavo dzakanaka paminwe yangu, ndirege. batanidza maketani egoridhe akaisvonaka. Vakamirira apo ndakaita zvisarudzo zvangu, ndokuzomirira zvakare sezvandaidzigadzirisa.Uyezve, mwedzi miviri kana kupfuura pashure paizvozvo, kushanya: kopi yebhuku rangu, mapeji aro akabatanidzwa pamwe chete kuita chidhinha chakasimba, chakaputirwa mumucheka mutsvuku uye kuendeswa kuhofisi yangu neCatalan (Bugdaycay yakanga iri kunze kweguta). "Vhura" akadaro achinyemwerera ndichibva ndamudaro. Imomo, mubhokisi rine sikweya rebhokisi Bugdaycay rakanga ravezwa kubva mukati mebhuku racho, makanga mune mipendero miviri, imwe ine mazita amabhii maviri apakati, imwe na“Lispenard”; uye mhete, ine mazita ose mana evatambi vakuru, nzvimbo iri pakati pawo yakanyorwa nemadhaimani madiki. Ndakaisa zvinhu zvose kamwechete, hongu: goridhe rakanzwa richidziya paganda rangu; Ndakanzwa kurema kwering pamunwe wangu. Vakanga vasipo kuti vandidzivirire, hazvo, kana kundipa simba - asi vakandiyeuchidza, nekundiyeuchidza zvino, nezvechimwe chinhu chandakanga ndagadzira, chimwe chinhu chichagara chiri changu. Chii chiri nani kuzivisa kunyika kupfuura izvozvo?