I-Fake ithatha indawo yayo kwi-High End

Iziqwenga ezithengiswa kwizitrato eziphakamileyo kwihlabathi jikelele ngeepeni ziveliswa ngobuninzi ngoomatshini abasebenzisa ezona zixhobo zincinci zingabizi kakhulu, ukuze "igolide" okanye "isilivere" itshiphu ngokulula kwaye amatye aphume.

Iifeki ezibizayo zenziwe ngezinto ezikumgangatho ophezulu ngesandla. Azinakuphela nje ixesha elide, kodwa zibonisa ngcono ngokunjalo.

Ukuseta ilitye ngesandla, nokuba asiyonyani, kunokwenza umahluko kwindlela elikhazimla ngayo. Ukuba ibekwe ezantsi kakhulu, akukho kukhanya kwaneleyo kuyibethayo ukuze ikhazimle iliso; iphezulu kakhulu, kwaye isengozini yokuphuma.

U-Nathalie Colin, umlawuli wokudala we-Swarovski, wathi, "Emva kokuba wazi onke amanyathelo kunye nobugcisa obusemva kwayo, uya kubona ukuba ufanelwe ixabiso." I-Swarovski yenza ubucwebe besinxibo esinekristale yayo, ngamaxabiso aqala ngaphantsi kwe-100 yeedola kodwa anyuke ngokulula ngaphezulu koko. Lumsebenzi obanzi wamazwe ngamazwe, kunye nomzi-mveliso wawo wokuqala wekristale eWattens, eOstriya; umzi-mveliso waseThailand apho umsebenzi omninzi wenziwa ngesandla; kunye neeofisi eParis, apho uyilo luphuhliswa khona.

Isiqwenga ngasinye siqala ngengqikelelo evezwa ngababikezeli bemeko yefemu. Into abayibonayo ngentwasahlobo kunye nehlobo ezayo yahamba "kumacala amabini, njengoko ihlala injalo," utshilo uColin. "Kwelinye icala, kukho umkhwa obhekiselele kwabanemibala kwaye bonwabile. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kukho into echaseneyo: i-sparkle ngakumbi, incinci kwaye yanamhlanje ngokuchukumisa okukhazimulayo. Nawo nawuphi na umbala ovela kwintsimbi, negolide etyheli ebuyayo kunye negolide eninzi.” Iqela labayili abangama-35 leza nemizobo eli-1 500 kwisizini nganye, apho kukhethwa engama-400, utshilo uColin.

Ukuya kuthi ga kwiisampulu ezintathu zenziwe kwiqhekeza ngalinye; zivavanyelwa ukunxiba, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Emva koko isiqwenga sifakwe kwimveliso, "njengobucwebe obuhle, konke okwenziwa ngesandla, ngokusikwa kwamatye, ukucolwa kwesinyithi, ukusetwa kwamatye, yonke incwadi," utshilo uColin.

Enye i-necklace evela kwingqokelela yentwasahlobo / yasehlobo ka-2015, i-Celeste choker, yazalwa "kwiinyanga ezingama-20 ezidlulileyo xa saqala ukucinga ngeegadi kunye nesidingo sokuphinda sidibanise nendalo," watsho.

I-necklace egqityiweyo iqulethe i-crystals ye-2,000 ngesandla, nganye isetyenziswe kwi-disc ye-Plexiglas ukwenza i-backdrop kunye namatye angama-220 anemibala ye-amethyst, i-turquoise, i-opal eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye ne-emerald efakwe kwi-resin ukunika ifom yeentyatyambo ezingabonakaliyo. Ixabiso: $799.

Ngokwahlukileyo, u-Andrew Prince ngumsebenzi womntu omnye, kwaye ubucwebe bakhe besinxibo bunokuxabisa amawaka eedola. Nokuba wenza ubucwebe obungeyonyani be "Downton Abbey" okanye ingqokelela yakhe engaziwa, uPrince uyila yonke into kwaye ayenze ngesandla kwi-atelier yakhe kwi-East End yaseLondon.

Uyingcaphephe kwimbali yobucwebe, kwaye uye wafundisa kwiMyuziyam yaseVictoria noAlbert. Ukhangela kwiivenkile zamandulo kunye neefektri ezindala ekhangela amatye amadala, esikwe ngamacala ambalwa ukuze abengezele kancinci kodwa abengezela ngombala.

Uthi uyakonwabela ukusebenza kwizacholo zesinxibo kuba kumnika inkululeko yokuba ukuphatha amatye anqabileyo okwenene. Umzekelo, wenza umtya wengubo yangokuhlwa kunye nololiwe "wedayimani" ehla ngasemva, into engenakwenzeka kwaphela ngamatye okwenene.

Izacholo zempahla aziphelelanga kwikristale okanye esikwe kwiglasi ukulinganisa amatye anqabileyo, kwaye oku kuye kwakhula ngokuthandwa kobucwebe bengqiqo, ngamanye amaxesha benziwa kwizinto ezingalindelekanga okanye ezenziwe ngokutsha.

“Ihlabathi lobucwebe livuleke ngenene ngeminyaka yoo-1970,” utshilo uJosephine Chanter, intloko yezonxibelelwano kwiMyuziyam yoYilo eLondon. “Abenzi bezacholo baqale ukusebenzisa izinto ezingaxabisekanga. Ubucwebe abukhange bube malunga nexabiso lezixhobo, kodwa ixabiso loyilo." Ukushiya ikhathalogu yomboniso wemyuziyam ka-2012, "Ulonwabo olungalindelekanga: UbuGcisa kunye noYilo lwezacholo zanamhlanje," ubonisa ukuba yonke into yayiqwalaselwa. umdlalo fair: waziva, acrylic, iinzipho, ithambo, iinkuni, ngethwathwa njalo njalo.

Ubucwebe beempahla bunokunika umntu onxibayo inkululeko engakumbi, naye.

UJudieanne Colusso, umthengisi wezindlu kunye neMibala yaseTuscany eFlorence, eItali, unokuqokelela ubucwebe bokwenyani (kunye nentombi eqeqeshwe kwi-gemology eLondon). Nangona kunjalo "Ndiyathanda ubucwebe bempahla, ngakumbi amacici njengoko enokuba makhulu kunobomi," wabhala kwi-imeyile. "Azisoloko zinemali eninzi kodwa zinika ukunyusa okukhulu kwimpahla kunye nobuso bakho." Izinto azithandayo, wathi, ziihupu zesilivere "ezinamaqhekeza amancinci amancinci anoxolo kunye nemiyalezo yekarma elungileyo ekrolwe kuzo, kunye namatye amancinci aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka." Omnye umlandeli we-faux yi-Milan-based Stefania Fabbro, osele eza kuzisa iqoqo lobucwebe, iMediterranea, ukudibanisa ilaphu kunye namatye anqabileyo.

Ndiyabuthanda ubucwebe besinxibo kuba bundivumela ukuba ndinxibe iziqwenga ezongezelelekileyo ezijongeka zintle ngaphandle kwexabiso lezacholo ezintle,” ubhale watsho kwi-imeyile. "Usapho lwam luhamba rhoqo, ke ndiyathanda ukuba ezi ziqwenga ziyakwazi ukunyamezela ukuguga nokupakishwa." Nangona intlama (uhlobo lweglasi ekhokelayo enokuthi lukhazimliswe ukuze lubengezele njengedayimani) yayisetyenziswa kubucwebe ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-1720s, yayiyeminye iminyaka engama-200 ngaphambi kokuba uCoco Chanel enze umgunyathi ukuba ube sefashonini ngokwenene.

Wayeyi-couturier yokuqala ukuthengisa izacholo zesinxibo, kwivenkile yakhe eRue Cambon eParis. Ngexesha lakhe lokuphumla, wathi, wayethanda ukuhlala kunye ne-wax kwaye enze iitemplates zobucwebe, ezathi kamva zenziwe ngesinyithi esinombala wegolide kunye namaso eglasi atyhidiweyo ukuze abukeke njengamatye anqabileyo okanye iintambo zeeperile, utyikityo lwakhe. Xa wayeyifumba yonke into, abathengi bakhe benza okufanayo.

Ukuba namhlanje "ifashion" ubucwebe yenye isithethantonye "isinxibo," kwaye ukuba umyili ngamnye uneyakhe ingqokelela, yaqala, njengoko kwenza iindlela ezininzi, kunye neChanel.

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