Isimboli salo mboniso sisinxibo se-muslin esihonjiswe nge-silk roses kunye ne-taffeta ngumyili u-Anne Lou (1898-1981), owaphayona imfashini eyenziwe ngabafazi base-Afrika baseMelika.
I-Metropolitan Museum of Art - elona ziko likhulu eUnited States lokubonisa kunye nokufunda zonke iintlobo zobugcisa - linikezela umboniso wefashoni owenziwe ngabasetyhini kubasetyhini, i-AFP ibike.
Lo mboniso unesihloko esithi “Abafazi banxiba abafazi”. Isimboli salo mboniso sisinxibo se-muslin esihonjiswe nge-silk roses kunye ne-taffeta ngumyili u-Anne Lowe (1898-1981), owaphayona imfashini eyenziwe ngabafazi base-Afrika-baseMelika. ULowe uhlala engahoywa njengomyili, nangona ipateni yelokhwe yomtshato kaJackie Kennedy (1953) yayingumsebenzi wakhe.
Kumashumi amathathu eminyaka ngaphambili, indlu yefashoni yaseFransi elityelweyo ngoku - "Premet" - yasungula ilokhwe "La garconne". Impumelelo yalo mzekelo yandulelwe iminyaka emithathu ingcamango efanayo yefashoni kaGabrielle Chanel.
Imyuziyam iqokelele iimpahla ezingama-80 ngabaqulunqi abangama-70 ukusuka ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Iimpahla zikaGabriela Hearst zibonakalisiwe, zisebenzisa ifashoni yangoku ukuthumela imiyalezo yokusingqongileyo.
Imbali yabasetyhini befashoni iqala ngomsebenzi wokuthunga kwii-ateliers zefashoni. Uninzi lwabaqulunqi baseFransi babonakala ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 - uMadeleine Bionne, uJean Lanvin, uGabrielle Chanel. Phakathi kweemfazwe ezimbini zehlabathi, amabhinqa akwifashoni ngoku ayedlula amadoda.
Ukuze ukwazi ukubonisa abaqulunqi bendalo ka-Elsa Schiaparelli, uNina Ricci okanye uVivienne Westwood, i-Metropolitan Costume Institute ikhangela phakathi kweengqokelela zayo eziqulethe imodeli ye-33,000 kwimbali yonke yeenkulungwane ezisixhenxe zempahla.
Lo mboniso wawuhlelelwe i-2020 ukukhumbula iminyaka eyi-100 yentshukumo ye-suffragette e-United States. Ukulibaziseka kwayo kusisiphumo sobhubhani we-COVID-19.
Umboniso omkhulu olandelayo weCostume Institute uza kuba ngo-2024 phantsi komxholo othi Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.
Ifoto: Metropolitan Museum of Art
