Kungekudala, abantu abaselula abavela kumazwe aseSoviet basebenzelana ne-clip entsha yebhendi ethi "Leningrad", apho kubhalwe khona uLanguteni owaziwayo. Eli gama lizicathulo ezinokufashisa ezinomxholo wedwa, odwetswe ngebomvu, ezifunyenwe ngokuhlonipha umdali wazo-umklami wefashini ongumKristu uLebuten. Nguye owamenza udume. Ngenxa yokuba unelungelo lobunikazi oluluncedo olulula, uLututen walondoloza indlela yakhe kwilizwe leMfashini. Iqoqo ngalinye elitsha le-Christian Labuten ngumcimbi wezigidi zamaqhawe ezinqabileyo ezintle ezilindelekileyo.
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Ubuntwaneni kunye nolutsha
Eyaziwayo kwihlabathi lonke, umKristu ongumklami uLebuten, odala izicathulo zefashini, wazalwa eParis ngoJanuwari 1963. Intsapho, apho umKristu uLebuten akhula, wayengenanto enxulumene nobugcisa kunye nefashoni. Uyise uRoger wasebenza njengomchweli, kwaye unina u-Irene wazala abantwana abane. Ukongeza kumaKristu, amantombazana amathathu akhulela kwintsapho. Njengabodade bakhe, umKristu wayeya esikolweni esiqhelekileyo, kodwa sele eseneminyaka eli-8 ubudala waba nomdla kwizicathulo eziphezulu . Oku kwenzeka ngexesha lokuhamba kwiMyuziyam kaZwelonke yeMicimbi ye-Oceania kunye ne-Afrika. Inyaniso kukuba ekungeneni kwindlu yokubonisa loo nkwenkwe yabona uphawu apho umgca owenzela khona uvezwe. Oku kuthetha ukuba abafazi babenqatshelwe ukungena kwiimyuziyam ezinjalo kwizicathulo. Umfanekiso uzimisele ngokuqinileyo engqondweni yomKristu ukuba wanquma ukuba ngumqambi wezicathulo. Sekuneminyaka elilishumi elinesibhozo iincwadi zakhe zeekolo zazingqatshelwe ngengubo zezicathulo. Izifundo zobuKristu zazingenamdla, ngoko kwafuneka atshintshe izikolo ezine ukuze afumane isatifikethi. Yonke ixesha lakhe lokukhulula elalisemva kweemidlalo zengingqi. Wayengenomdla kwiidrafti, kodwa imilenze yabo, igqoke izicathulo ezintle. Ngabo aba bafazi abaye baba ziimpawu zesitayela somyili wekamva. Njengomntu omdala, uLututen wathi ngaphezu kweyodwa iinqwelo ziyinxalenye yomfanekiso ogcina ingqalelo, okwenza ube nephoso okanye iphosakele.
Umyili wezakhono
Emva kokugqiba esikolweni, loo mfana wafumana umsebenzi ukuthanda kwakhe. Ehlelwe kwenye ye-cabarets yaseParis, umKristu waqala ukudala abadansi beesigaba kubadlali. Emva kokulondoloza imali encinci, wagqiba kwelokuya eIndiya, aze aye eYiputa, ukuba afunde izinto ezisisiseko somsebenzi we-shoemaker. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva wabuyela eFransi, kodwa kungekhona ngezandla ezingenanto, kodwa ngeengqungquthela zeemfestile. Ukubonakalisa umsebenzi wakhe kubaqulunqi bezindlu zodumo ezidumileyo eParis, wafumana ngokukhawuleza umsebenzi. Ithenda yakhe yaxabiswa nguCharles Jourdain, owayesebenza kuye njengomfundi iminyaka emibili. Ngeli xesha, uLebuten ufunde ukuchonga ngokuthe tye ubungakanani kunye nesimo sesikhangu, ukukhangela izicathulo zomntu ngamnye. Kakade ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engama-80 wakwazi ukuba ngumklami ozikhethela uKhanel noYves Saint Laurent .
Iqoqo lokuqala, elidalwa yi-Christian Labuten ngo-1992, lasekwa uphawu lwegama eliqingqiweyo, lenza i-furor. Abafazi, abavame ukubonakala kwiphephethi ebomvu, baxhamla ukuyalela izicathulo zakhe zangaphambili. Ngowe-1994, i-biographer of designer yandisa umcimbi oqaqambileyo-u-Christian Labuten wadala izicathulo zokuqala kunye nomntu obomvu.
Kodwa ubomi bobuqu buyimpikiswano eyahlukileyo, njengokuba umKristu uLebuten wathi ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba umfazi wakhe nabantwana abayingxenye yezicwangciso zakhe. Inyaniso kukuba uyazibeka njengongqingili ovulekileyo. Ukususela ebusheni bakhe udibana nabafana. Abazali behlala bephethe oku ngokuqonda, behlonipha ukukhetha kwonyana wabo. Okwangoku, isithandwa sikaKristu uLabuten nguLouis Beneš, owakhetha umsebenzi wobuqili bomhlaba ngokwakhe. Ubudlelwane befomati engeyiyo ifomathi ukususela ngo-1997. Nangona kunjalo, yintoni umehluko owenzayo obangela umqambi onetalente ukwenza izicathulo eziyinto yokufuna izigidi zabasetyhini?
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