Ubuhlalu Bufika Ebudaleni

Umsebenzi wabo unokusonteka okunqunyiwe kwesimanje, okunamandla okwenza kube owabo ngokukhethekile. Okokuqala, ubuhlalu ngokwabo buvame ukuba yindaba yomhlaba wonke. Isongo lingase lidlale ubuhlalu bengilazi bengilazi bakudala baseJalimane obungavamile kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1920s kanye nama-'30s, ukuhweba kwakudala kwase-Afrika noma ubuhlalu bensimbi baseJapane bakudala. Imibala iyakhanya, inomsindo kakhulu kunakuqala. Ubujamo beJiyomethri namaphethini ayinkimbinkimbi welukiweyo ayanda. Amanye amaciko axoxa izindaba emsebenzini wawo, kuyilapho amanye esebenzisa amaphethini efomu lamahhala lokuzindla. Zonke ziphuma nge-panache yesimanje.

Nazi idlanzana lobuhlalu bemfashini abaphezulu abavela ezweni lonke.

Chan Lu

UChan Luu wafika e-United States evela eVietnam ngo-1972 ngesikhathi seMpi YaseVietnam. Wafundela imfashini futhi wayesebenza njengomthengi ngesikhathi enomhlangano onzima nendoda engcwele yaseNdiya. Ubegqoke “isongo esigugile kodwa esipholile, esinentambo enombala esivela ethempelini lendawo,” kusho uLuu, futhi impilo yakhe yashintsha. Ephefumulelwe, uzenzele esakhe isongo sokugoqa esebenzisa intambo yesikhumba kanye nobuhlalu be-nugget besiliva obenziwe ngezandla. Kwakuwumnikelo wakhe wokuqala wobucwebe begama lakhe kanye nomugqa wemfashini futhi, "okumangalisayo, kusewumthengisi wethu kakhulu," kusho uLuu, ohlala e-Los Angeles.

Namuhla unabasizi bedizayini abayi-12 abasiza ukukhiqiza amaphethini akhe agqamile ngemibala eminingi. Bonke ubucwebe obunobuhlalu benziwa ngesandla izingcweti zesifazane eVietnam, futhi uLuu uthi injabulo yakhe enkulu iwukusiza abantu basemaphandleni abampofu "ngokwenza uhwebo olusimeme, ukuze bakwazi ukondla imindeni yabo futhi bafundise izingane zabo esikoleni." Amanani omkhiqizo womhlaba wonke asukela ku-$170 kuya ku-$295.

www.chanluu.com

Suzanna Dai

USuzie Gallehugh, ongowokuzalwa e-Texan, wazihambela yedwa ngo-2008 ngomnikelo wokuqala emugqeni wakhe wobucwebe obunobuhlalu, umgexo awubiza ngokuthi uKathmandu. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ohambweni oluya eNdiya wahlangana nezingcweti futhi wenza amasampula. Lapho ebuyela ekhaya lakhe eNew York City, wakha ezinye izingcezu ezimbalwa, futhi phakathi nezinyanga ezimbalwa ulayini wakhe wathathwa nguBergdorf Goodman noCalypso St. Barth.

Okugqamile futhi kukhulu, nakuba kungenasisindo, ubucwebe buka-Gallehugh obunobuhlalu akubona abesifazane abafuna ukuvele bahlangane. Wenza ubuhlalu bemiklamo emisha ngamawashi aphelele, abese ethunyelwa kubakhiqizi bakhe baseNdiya. “Isikhathi esiningi abantu besifazane bengitshela ukuthi bangathanda ukugqoka ubucwebe bami kodwa banamahloni, ngibatshele ukuthi vele uzame, uzokuthanda,” usho kanje. Ulayini wakhe uthengiswa emazweni angaphandle futhi usukela ku-$80 kuya ku-$450, nama-oda ngokwezifiso atholakalayo.

www.suzannadai.com

Chili Rose Beadz

Njengodokotela wezifo zengqondo ngeminyaka yawo-1980, u-Adonnah Langer waqala ukwenza ubuhlalu etafuleni lakhe lokudlela eWest Los Angeles ukuze aphumule. Ngo-1989, ngemuva kokwenza amasongo "elapha" kumakhasimende, waqala ukwenza uphawu lwakhe lokuthengisa amasongo agqamile futhi waphumela obala, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. U-Langer, manje ozinze e-Santa Fe, e-N.M., uklama izinhlobo ezingu-30 zezigqoko zakhe zesiliva ezinhle kakhulu ezine-turquoise, amatshe ayigugu, i-onyx, isipontshi sekhorali ne-carnelian, esebenza ngembewu, ithusi, iparele, ubuhlalu obupholishiwe ngomlilo kanye nobuphoni ukuze bakhe ukuthungwa okugqamile nokuhlukanisa. izingcezu zakhe zobuhlalu boMdabu baseMelika.

Nakuba esaqhubeka nokwenza “ubuhlalu obukhulu” ngokwakhe, manje usenobuhlalu abathathu, abakhandi besiliva ababili kanye nezisebenzi zesikhumba ezimbili ezimsizayo ukukhiqiza amasongo angaphezu kuka-2 000 ngonyaka. “I-artifact endala kakhulu eyenziwe umuntu etholwe ubuhlalu,” kusho uLanger, umsebenzi wakhe osohlwini lwezincwadi eziningi, kuhlanganise ne-Sundance Catalogue. “[Babe] umzamo wokuveza ukumelela okungokomoya kwemfihlakalo enkulu yokuphila. Idonsa endala, ejulile futhi siyawuthanda umbala. Ubuhlalu buyadlala futhi bubalulekile." Imiklamo yakhe ithengiswa kulo lonke elase-U.S. futhi isukela ku-$250 iye ku-$1,400.

www.peyotebird.com.

Roarke New York

Esebenza njengomthengi we-Bergdorf Goodman e-New York City, u-Laetitia Stanfield wafunda ukuthengisa ngempumelelo kulabo bathengi besitolo ababalulekile: Yiba nempahla ethengiswayo yekhwalithi ephezulu kanye nebhrendi enhle futhi wazi kahle imakethe yakho oyihlosile. Wahlangana nomunye umthengi waseBergdorf ukuze adale i-Roarke New York ngo-2009, enikeza lokho osekuyisignesha yemigexo yobuhlalu ye-chiffon ngemuva kokubona ukuvuleka emakethe yemfashini kokuthile okunobuhlalu obungathatha owesifazane kusukela ku-jean kuya kuthayi omnyama.

Ikhuliswe eDolobheni laseNew York, eParis naseVirginia, u-Stanfield uthi imigexo emihle econsa ukucwazimula, umbala kanye nephethini yenziwa abasebenzi bobuhlalu baseNdiya -- bonke abesilisa -- abenza ucezu ngalunye cishe ezinsukwini eziyi-10. Manje eyedwa, uStanfield, ozinze eNew York, wenza ukuklama, ukuthengisa, ukusungula izinto, ukucindezela, ukubalwa kwezimali kanye newebhusayithi. “Ngiwuhlelo lowesifazane oyedwa,” usho kanje. "Kuyasiza ukuthi ukusabela kwemigexo kube okumangalisayo." Ubuye adayise namasongo ngisho nelayini likamakoti lothayi nothayi bomnsalo wabesilisa kanye nama-garter omakoti. Izingcezu ezinesibindi zithengiswa emhlabeni wonke, futhi amanani asukela ku-$60 kuya ku-$725.

www.roarkenyc.com

Julie Rofman Jewelry

U-Julie Rofman usebenzisa ubuhlalu bembewu obuyingilazi obungacacile obulingana neyunifomu obulingana neyunifomu, ukuze akhe ukusonteka kwakhe kwesimanje ekwakhiweni komdabu. Ethatha isizinda sakhe njengomdwebi, u-Rofman waqala ukwenza ubuhlalu ngama-looms amancane ngenkathi esesikoleni esiphakeme. Ngesitolo somngane, u-Rothman waxhuma nabesifazane baseGuatemala manje abaluka ubuhlalu bakhe.

Ubucwebe bakhe buhlanganisa imibala engu-40 nezitayela eziyinkimbinkimbi, futhi uthi inqubo yokuklama iyazindla. Awukho umdwebo; kuyinqubo yamahhala, ewuketshezi lapho umugqa ngamunye wakhela kolandelayo. "Kuyatolika, ngokusekelwe kulokho okwenzeka ngezansi," kusho u-Rothman, owenza isitudiyo sakhe saseNyakatho California. "Ngiyalahleka kuyo." Uthola ugqozi oluvela ku-Bauhaus no-Kandinsky, kanye nabadwebi bezakhiwo bamaphakathi nawo-'50s futhi uthanda "ukunaka okumangalisayo kwemininingwane eyenza izinto ezinjalo zicishe zibe umsebenzi wobuciko." Amasongo akhe nemigexo ithengiswa emhlabeni wonke, futhi amanani asukela ku-$75 kuya ku-$265.

www.julierofmanjewelry.com

U-Assad Mounser

Kusukela eqoqweni lakhe lokuqala ngo-2009, ubucwebe buka-Amanda Assad Mounser bomklami omkhulu ozinze eNew York baba isithandwa somhleli wemfashini. Enye yezingcezu zakhe zokuqala, i-Moonage Daydream Collar eqoqweni lakhe lango-2010, idizayini yakhe edayiswa kakhulu futhi isabonakala kaningi ezincwadini zemfashini emhlabeni jikelele. Kwakungesikhathi esebenzela ubudlelwano bomphakathi nemfashini eNew York lapho uMounser eqala ukuzenzela ubucwebe. Lapho egqoka lezi zicucu, izitolo nabahleli baqaphela.

U-Mounser uklama wonke amaqoqo ngokwakhe, futhi izingcezu zenziwa ngesandla esitudiyo sakhe saseNew York yiqembu lezingcweti nezingcweti. Uthi imakethe yakhe “iwumoya okhululekile ononqenqema. Ngiyawuthanda umqondo wokuthunga ubuhlalu eketangeni. Ivumela izingcezu ukuthi zithathe isimo sazo. Izingcezu zingasuka ekubeni ubucwebe ziye kwezobuciko.” Umsebenzi wakhe uthengiswa emhlabeni wonke, futhi amanani asukela ku-$125 kuya ku-$995.

www.assadmounser.com

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