Dear Coco Chanel, usithethelela thina, besifazane, ngenxa ye-windiness ne-impermanence, kodwa kubani, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wazi kanjani umphefumulo wesifazane othanda ukuhlolwa nokuzama ukuphumelela, njengoba nje uzame ukuyifinyelela ngesikhathi sakho, udala encane yakho izingubo ezimnyama!
Futhi manje, emva kwekhulu leminyaka, sonke siyazikhothamela kulolu hlobo oluyingqayizivele, olunezikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ezisisindise kunoma yiziphi izimo zokuphila, kanti lihlala lihle kakhulu futhi lihle kakhulu. Sonke simenzele isithonjana sesitayela futhi sakhuphukela esigabeni sezingubo zomhlaba wonke, okumele kube yilabo abagqoke ngezocansi zansuku zonke. Kodwa manje.
... Manje yonke into ishintshile kancane futhi sasifuna into entsha, entsha, emhlophe. Abadwebi befashini, njengokungathi bafunda imicabango yethu ecacile, benqotshwe injabulo ejwayelekile futhi banikezela umphakathi omncane ingubo encane emhlophe, eyasheshe yanciphisa yonke indawo yezemfashini nathi, abesifazane abavamile. Cha, awucabangi ukuthi ingubo encane emhlophe ayiyona enye into emnyama, kodwa kunalokho ihlanganisa, umdlalo ohlukile ohlukile, owodwa, naphezu komzabalazo weminyaka ubudala, ohamba njalo.
Ngakho-ke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyayithanda noma cha, igqoke elincane elimhlophe liphakeme ekudumeni kwalo kanye nokuthandwa kwenkathi entsha yezemfashini ka-2014. Okubangela ukuthi kudingeke ukuthi kunzima nakakhulu ukukusho, ngoba umbala omhlophe uhle kakhulu futhi unamahlwane amancane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akuzona zonke izintombi ezizokwazi ukumgqoka, zikhumbule iqiniso leqiniso, ukuthi imibala ekhanyayo igcwele (nakuba kungekhona wonke umuntu owazi ukuthi amakhilogremu ambalwa wesisindo ngokweqile asihlanganiswa nombala, kodwa isitayela sezingubo). Kodwa iqiniso lokuthi ingqikithi emhlophe iyasebenza ngendlela ephawulekayo yiqiniso elingenakuphikwa. Ikakhulukazi uma kuziwa nge-lace eguquguqukayo noma i-atlas ehlabayo. Kodwa ngalokhu ngemuva kwesikhashana.
Ngemva kokuletha umbala omhlophe kulesi sikhulumi, izithuthuthu eziningi, ezazingakaze zisebenze ku-monochrome, zamangala ngokubunzima nokungaqondakali kwazo. Njengoba kubonakala, ubuningi bamhlophe bungayiguqula isembatho sibe yicwecwe elingenalutho elingenalutho, eliguqulwa libe yinqaba ephawulekayo, cishe ubuciko obuhle bokubukeka, ubuciko, izesekeli, izinhlanganisela zezinto zokwakheka, ukufaka ama-appliqués, ama-laces nama-embroideries. Isibonelo esivelele salokhu singaba izingubo zokusika ezilula, ngokumangalisa ukukhumbuza isigqoko esibhedlela. Kodwa engeza kubo izinkambo ezimbalwa ezikhanyayo ezikhanyayo futhi ... Voila - isimo siyashintsha ngokuyisisekelo! Ngaphambi kwethu akusiseyunifomu, kepha isembatho esinobuhle sephawu eliphezulu. Yebo, uma ususa ubucwebe futhi "u-pinch" kancane kancane, ungathola imodeli ehluke ngokuphelele nge skirt ene-tulip. Kuyinto yokuqala, akunjalo? Noma lapha: imigqa ecacile ye-dress-trapezium, i-neckline encane encane ngaphandle kwekhola nemikhono emgqeni onobuciko obufanayo. Kulungile lokhu kuyamangalisa, uzokusho futhi uzobe ungalungile ngokuphelele. Imfihlo yezingubo ezincane ezimhlophe ezimhlophe kanye nokusebenzisana kwezinsimbi ezihlukahlukene ezingabonakali, ezibonakalayo. Futhi, ekugcineni, idayisi. Kule nkathi, i-skate yakhe yayiyisitayela sezingane, esashintsha amathoni ajwayelekile e-caramel-pink kumbala omhlophe ongenacala. Amagqabhagqabha amahle anemikhankaso emhlophe ye-snow-white skirts of doll dresses, ahlotshiswe kakhulu nge-lac chice, ama-roses, iminsalo nezinye izinto ze-vanilla ezifanekisela lesi sitayela. Ngendlela, i-lace emhlophe emhlobiso omncane wezithokozi, abadwebi befashini babolekwa amaqoqo e-classical. Kodwa lapha, njengazo zonke izinto, konke kukhulu kakhulu futhi kungenakudlulela: izigqoko eziqondile, izindwangu ezincane, izindwangu ezilinganiselwe, izindwangu ezincane ezikhanyayo embala omhlophe oyigugu.
Zonke lezi izingubo ezimhlophe ezimhlophe zihle kakhulu, uyavuma, Madame Coco? Vumela ukuthi kungabonakali futhi kungabonakali ngendlela efana neyombukiso wabo, kepha bafanelekile ukuba bahlale esigodlweni sesigqilakazi esendaweni eduze kwesigqoko sakho somnyama omnyama.