Ake nginitshele ngo-Isabel Marant, bangane bami. Uselungele ukuthatha izwe, ukuzijabulisa, ukubukwa. Izingubo zakhe zokugqoka zimayelana nokugqokwa, kodwa okwenza zikhetheke ngempela ukunaka imininingwane. Uziphu kukhola, umphetho ophansi kakhulu obhakuza ngokudlala phezu kwamabhuzu esikhumba afika ethangeni, noma usizo oluvulekile lwamasenki ayisiliva akucela ukuthi uvuke futhi unyakaze. Lezi zingubo ezalabo abafuna ukuqashelwa, abafuna ukwenza isitatimende, futhi abafuna ukuphila ukuphila ngokugcwele.
Iqoqo elisha liwumgubho wento eyodwa: Ukugubha ubusuku obubodwa. Futhi ngaleyo njongo, idili lamehlo: Izihlukanisi zihle ngokuguquguqukayo kangangokuthi zingagqokwa ngokwazo noma zixutshwe futhi zifaniswe nengubo ebulalayo. Futhi masingakhohlwa mayelana nezindwangu – Zinobunkulunkulu nje, zinezindwangu ezikwenza ufune ukufinyelela futhi uzithinte, kanye nokusikeka okugqamisa isibalo somuntu ozigqokile. Amamodeli amadala ahlobise umzila wezindiza abebukeka ehlaba umxhwele nje, egqoke izikhumba zebhayisikili eli-blouson namabhuzu anemilenze abeyinhlanganisela ekahle yobunkimbinkimbi nomphetho.
U-Isabel Marant ubelokhu engumsekeli oshisekayo wokuthuthukiswa kwabesifazane, futhi lokhu kuyinkomba yalokhu. Le ethos igxile ngokujulile kumkhiqizo wakhe wemfashini. I-FW23 iveza ivayibhu enomoya kodwa engavamile, evumela abesifazane ukuba baveze imizwa yabo futhi babonise isimo sabo somzimba. Izingubo zivusa inkanuko futhi zikhululekile, kugcizelelwa ukuveza ubuntu bomuntu ozigqokile.

Lesi isikhumbuzo esifike ngesikhathi sokuthi usenesikhathi eside ezibophezele ekuphakamiseni usuku nosuku oluyiqiniso. Imiklamo kaMarant yakhelwe ukumelana nesikhathi futhi ayinakulahlwa. Lokhu, okuhambisana nokufakwa kwamamodeli akhe athembekile angomakadebona, asabukeka emangalisa, namandla athathelwanayo ombukiso wakhe, kusebenza njengesiqiniseko esihlakaniphile sokuthi ukubukeka okuhle nokuzizwa kahle kuyahambisana uma kukhulunywa ngokugqoka u-Isabel Marant. Indlela yakhe ehlala njalo yemfashini iyikhefu eliqabulayo nelifike ngesikhathi ekweqiseni kwemfashini esheshayo.
Imodeli yethula okudaliwe okuvela eqoqweni le-Isabel Marant Womenswear Fall-Winter 2023-2024 phakathi neviki le-Paris Fashion e-Paris, ngoMashi 2, 2023. (Isithombe ngu-Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
Imodeli yethula okudaliwe okuvela eqoqweni le-Isabel Marant Womenswear Fall-Winter 2023-2024 phakathi neviki le-Paris Fashion e-Paris, ngoMashi 2, 2023. (Isithombe ngu-Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
UMarant uhlala ethembekile kumbono womkhiqizo wakhe futhi wazi kahle ukuthi amakhasimende akhe afisa ini. Futhi, kusobala kakhulu ukuthi abafisi lutho ngaphandle kwesikhathi esihle.