"Okuningi kuya ngokwengeziwe kuyisicefe".
Kule ndatshana entsha ngiphakamisa ukuthi omunye wesifazane omkhulu abhekwe njengesithonjana semfashini futhi athandwe njengendlovukazi yesitayela.
Empeleni akayena umlobi wezitayela kepha ungumklami wangaphakathi, ungubani? Kepha kuhamba ngokungasho ukuthi kunjalo U-Iris Apfel, owesifazane ophethe izibuko ezinkulu eziyindilinga.
Eqinisweni bengingamazi yena noma indaba yakhe kepha ngenxa yombhalo omncane kaFrida, ohlala ukhuluma ngabesifazane abakhulu, ngifunde ngalo mlingiswa omuhle.
Wazalelwa endaweni yaseNew York e-Astoria emndenini wamaJuda, uSamuel Barrel, ubaba noSayde, umama odabuka eRussia, owayephethe i-butique; wafunda enyuvesi eNew York futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waqala ukusebenza waba nenhlanhla yokusebenzisana nephephabhuku i-Women Wear Daily, wabheka ibhayibheli lezemfashini; futhi usebenza njengomhlanganyeli womdwebi wezithombe uGoodman.
Ngesikhathi esemncane othile wamtshela ukuthi wayengemuhle kakhulu kodwa wayenokuthile okungaphezulu, isitayela.
Ngo-1948 washada noCarl Apfel aqala naye ubudlelwano kwezobuciko ngokuqala umkhakha wabo wezindwangu: "Indalo endala 
Abeluki"Ezosebenza kusukela ngo-1950 kuya ku-1992.
Futhi udume ngokuba ngumklami wangaphakathi weWhite House, esebenzela omongameli abaningi abanjengo, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan noClinton.
Isithonjana semfashini esingaphikiswa, uthanda imibala egqamile nezinye izinsimbi ezinkulu. Ngo-2005 i-Costume Institute ihlela umbukiso wokuhlonipha ukubukeka kwayo okunesihloko esithi I-Avis ejwayelekile: Irriverent Iris Apfel, eyethulwe okokuqala eMetropolitan Museum of Art eNew York yabe isihamba.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngo-2014 kwethulwa idokhumentari ngaye nangempilo yakhe kwi-NY Film Festival, eyenziwe ngu-Albert Maysles yasatshalaliswa ngonyaka olandelayo ngabakwaMagnolia Pictures.
Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye uqhubeka nokuhambela eminye imicimbi lapho enza khona abantu bakhulume ngokubukeka kwakhe nesimo sakhe somzimba.
Ngo-2014 waduma umhlaba wonke ngezentengiso zemoto i-DS 3, okuyiyona ayengumpetha wayo.
INdlovukazi yase-Upper East Side ibonakala ngokuhlakanipha kwesitayela okuhlanganiswe nomqondo ocashile.
"Lapho ungagqoki njengabo bonke abantu akudingeki nokuthi ucabange njengawo wonke umuntu”, Kule ngcaphuno kuqondakala kahle ukuvuma kwakhe ukuthi akakaze agqoke ukujabulisa abanye kodwa uziyela yena kuphela noma ngabe uyaphinda athi akakaze agqoke into umyeni wakhe angayithandi, ozazi ngemfashini.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-19 uyabona ukuthi akafuni ukulandela indlela yokuphila nemfundo u-anti wakhe azama ukuyifaka kuye, ngaleyo ndlela wanquma ukuzenzela okwakhe, " uma ungazazi awusoze waba nesitayela esihle. Awusoze waphila ngempela. Kimina, ukungahambi kahle kahle kwezemfashini ukuzibuka esibukweni bese ungazazi."
Umthandi wamagugu okubukisa, ngesikhathi esaphila wahola ukwakhiwa kwamanye amagugu nezikhwama okwakhuthazwa ukunambitheka kwakhe nesitayela sakhe. Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi "uthanda izesekeli noma izingubo" uphendula izesekeli, ekhumbula ukuthi wayeyindodakazi yoKuwohloka Okukhulu, lapho kwakungekho okuningi futhi kwakufanele uqaphele, futhi futhi wathi umama wakhe wamtshela lokho ngomnyama ofanayo dress nezinye izinsimbi ezahlukahlukene ungadala izinkathazo eziningi. Izingilazi ezinkulu ayezigqokile manje seziyisiginesha yakhe, zimthakazelisile kusukela eseyintombazanyana ngesikhathi ezithenga ezimakethe ezikhungathelene engazi ngempela ukuthi uzokwenzani ngazo.
Ukholelwa ekwenelekeni kokubukeka okususelwa ezimeni nobudala kepha usathembele ekuzizweleni lapho egqoka; " uma ukame kahle futhi ugqoka izicathulo ezinhle ongazithola kunoma yisiphi isimo".
Into engihlabe umxhwele ngaye ukuthi ukholelwa ekutheni kunesidingo sokufunda ukuxubana nemfashini enhle nenhle nezingubo eziphansi noma izesekeli ezishibhile nakwenye yezingxoxo eziningi athi: " abantu abahle kakhulu engibaziyo empilweni yami babengenamali”, Uyakholelwa nami kulokhu njengakuyo yonke into
Ngiyavuma ngokuphelele ukuthi ukugqoka kahle kuyindaba yesitayela hhayi imali, futhi ngikholwa wukuthi kungcono ukujabula kunokugqoka kahle.
Izindawo zalo zokuhlala manje seziyizipho zosizo kanye nemicimbi engaphambili yabaqambi abambalwa, ukuvuleka okukhethekile kwemnyuziyamu, amadokhumentari kaNdunankulu ngezinganekwane zemfashini netiye lomphakathi ophakeme eManhattan.
Ngikhethe ukukutshela ngalesi sibalo ngoba kwesinye isikhathi empilweni sithatha ubumnandi bokukhetha nokwenza okuthile komuntu uqobo noma ngabe kungumbono, iqiniso ukuthi ukugqoka ngendlela egqamile futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuzihlonipha kulungele umphefumulo.
"eDowtown, eManhattan, NY abantu bacabanga ukuthi banemfashini kodwa bonke bagqoka okumnyama, lokho akunaso isitayela, kugqoke umfaniswano"
Ngakho-ke angicabangi ukuthi kufanele ube namahloni okugqoka ngendlela egqamile noma e-quirky, kwesinye isikhathi okubangela ukusabela kwabanye kuyajabulisa futhi kungabi namahloni. Thatha isikhashana ukuzikhulula futhi uziveze.
" Ima di Kujabulele con la moda kusho athi ukufa. Isilinganiso semper ukuzitika la eyakho fantasia".
UGiorgia Crescia
