Amagama amathathu akuchaza kangcono ukubukeka kwephathi ka-Hunter Schafer’s Vanity Fair Oscars? Okuncane okuningi.
Kodwa ngaphezu nje kokudala umzuzu wokubamba isihloko, iqoqo likaSchafer lacatshangelwa ngokucacile. Okusha kumzila wezindiza we-Fall-Winter 2023, ukubukeka okudalulwe ekuqaleni kwale nyanga embukisweni wendlu yemfashini u-Ann Demeulemeester eParis. Yaklanywa uLudovic de Saint Sernin, umqondisi wokudala wale lebula kusukela ngoDisemba.
Eqoqweni lakhe lokuqala lika-Ann Demeulemeester, u-De Saint Sernin waphefumulelwa “ukwenza imfashini njengesenzo sangempela sokuzibandakanya.” Kwakuyincwadi yothando – cishe ngokwezwi nezwi – eya kumsunguli welebula yaseBelgium, enezithombe “zombhali kanye ne-autobiography” ebhakwe ezingutsheni (u-Sernin wabiza ibhande lakhe lezimpaphe ngokuthi “ama-quill” kumanothi ombukiso).

Ama-Oscars ka-Hunter Schafer ngemva kokubuka kwephathi ayeyinkondlo kakhulu kunalokho okwakubonakala kuqala. Ikhredithi: Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images
Le mibono yokuziveza, ukuzithanda nokuzichaza yaba nencazelo entsha lapho igqokwa uSchafer. Njengowesifazane owashintshayo okunyukela kwakhe udumo kwakuxhumene ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nobunikazi bakhe bobulili – ikhefu lakhe elikhulu lalidlala i-trans teenager Jules ku-“Euphoria” ye-HBO – umzimba ka-Schafer ubhekwa njalo ku-inthanethi. Izigaba zokuphawula kokuthunyelwe kwakhe kwe-Instagram zivame ukwehlela ezinkundleni ezivulekile, lapho abasebenzisi bezizwa benelungelo (futhi babonakala bephoqelekile) ukubuza imibuzo ejulile mayelana nolwazi oluthe xaxa noma inselelo yobufazi buka-Schafer.
Ngokufanelekile, kunohlu olude lwemizwa edelela ubulili ethungelwe engutsheni ka-Schafer. Yasungulwa ngo-1985 ngu-Ann Demeulemeester nomyeni wakhe u-Patrick Robyn, lo mkhiqizo uziqhenya ngefa elide lemfashini engavumelani nobulili.

Izimpahla zikaSchafer zikhishwe okokuqala kumzila wezindiza waseParis ekuqaleni kwale nyanga. Ikhredithi: Izithombe zikaKristy Sparow/Getty
Eqoqweni lakhe lakamuva elididiyelwe, u-De Saint Sernin – odume embonini ngelebula lakhe elingaziwa, elinoketshezi lobulili – ulethe umbono wakhe womhlaba ongathandeki ku-Ann Demeulemeester ngezindwangu ezifakiwe, zothando nezindwangu ezivusa inkanuko zabo bonke (cabanga isikhumba- iziqongo ezinezikhala eziqinile, isikhumba, namahembe avulekile enziwe ngento ye-organza ekhanyayo).
I-quill eboshwe esifubeni sakhe, uSchafer usazise ukuthi usabhala ukulandisa kwakhe – futhi ezichaza ngokwakhe. Kukhona yonke indaba equkethwe kulezo zingubo ezimbili. Njengoba uDe Saint Sernin esho embukisweni ephawula: “Amashumi amathathu nesithupha abukeka, ngamunye umusho osuka enhliziyweni.”