Ngaba kukho ubuncinane umntu omnye kumhlaba ongeke azi malunga nomdlalo wefashoni yehlabathi, umyili wefashini onomdla ongaqhelekanga - uCoco Chanel? Mhlawumbi umzo weCoco ungomnye walabo abachazwa ngokucacileyo kakhulu, kuba yena ngokwakhe wayevame ukunika iinkcukacha eziphikisanayo ngobomi bakhe. Asikwazi nokuba ngumhla wokuzalwa kwakhe. Coco (igama langempela uGabrielle) wazalwa ngo-Agasti 19, 1883 endlwini yothando eSaumur.
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Imbali yeCoco Chanel
Indlu yokuqala yefashoni uCoco Chanel yavulwa ngo-1909, xa umyili wefestile wayeneminyaka engama-26 ubudala. Umsebenzi wakhe waqala ngokuveliswa kweehakazi zabesifazane. Ngoko ke, ukufunyanwa kwakhe kokuqala mhlawumbi kwakungeyona nto yokuthenga, kodwa i-workshop yokwenza iintloko.
Ngomnyaka kamva, uKhanel wavula i-boutique yakhe edumile, e-21 rue Cambon. I-boutique ye-fashion house yaseKhanel isaphila namhlanje, kwaye idilesi yayo ibhaliwe kwiincwadi zegolide kwi-adresi incwadi yehlabathi lefashini.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba bekukuqala kwimbali yefashini apho uluntu lwaseKhanel lwaluhamba ngokusuka kwiingubo zokuzikhusela. UKoko yena wenqatshelwe ubuninzi beefowuni ezihlukeneyo ngendlela yeebhande kunye neentlanzi. Wayexabisa ukulula kunye nobuhle kumfanekiso. Ingubo yakhe yaba yinto yokwenza ubabalo.
I-Chanel icingelwa ngokufanelekileyo ngenguquko kwihlabathi lefashini. Emva kwayo yonke into, yayibulela kuye ukuba abafazi babasusa i-corsets ephazamisayo. Khumbula ukuba ingubo emnyama emnyama? Indalo engunaphakade yinto ethandekayo yeCoco eninzi.
UChanel wayengowokuqala owamvumela ukuba agqoke ipantsuit kwisitayela somntu. Emva koko wayejongene nokugxeka okungaqhelekanga nokungaqondi kakuhle. Kodwa sibona ntoni ngoku? Ngokuqhelekileyo amabhinqa angamafestile omntu wesitala kwiingubo, nokuba ingaba umfanekiso olula wansuku zonke okanye iingubo ezingqongqo zeofisi.
Impembelelo kaGabriel Chanel ngendlela yexesha lokuqala leMfazwe Yehlabathi yokuqala (1914-1918) yayiphakamileyo kakhulu. Ngaloo mihla, abafazi baphoqeleka ukuba bathabathe iingubo ezintle. UChanel wasebenzisa le nto waza wanikela ngeempuphu ezigqibeleleyo-iipensile ezenziwe nge-canvas, i-flannel blazers, kunye neentlanzi kunye ne-jersey sweaters. Kwakuloo nto izambatho zikaKhanel zazingumfuneko kwiimpahla zonke zokugqoka.
Ngowe-1971, uCoco owaziwayo wafa. Indawo yakhe kwindlu yefestile yayingenamntu. Umsebenzi wokukhetha umvelisi omtsha wefashini kwakungekho lula. Emva kwakho konke, kwakudingeka ukugcina ingqalelo engenakulungeleka yeKhanel ngeendlela zonke. Emva kokufuna uphando kunye nodliwano-ndlebe, isikhundla sikaKoko sithathwe nguKarl Lagerfeld .
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