Kungekudala nje, abantu abasha abavela emazweni ase-post-Soviet babeduka ngesiqeshana esisha seqembu elithi "Leningrad", lapho kukhulunywe khona uLuteni ovelele. Leli gama lizicathulo ezinemfashini elinomuntu oyedwa, odwebe obomvu, owamukelwa ngokudumisa umdali walo - umklami wezakhiwo zobuKristu Christian Labuten. Yilabo abamenza badume. Njengoba enegunya lobunikazi bakhe, uMacuten walondoloza indlela yakhe emhlabeni we High Fashion. Iqoqo ngalinye elisha lama-Labuten lamaKristu ngumcimbi wezigidi zabantu abalandeli bezicathulo ezihle kakhulu ezilindelekile.
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Ubuntwana nentsha
Eyaziwayo emhlabeni wonke, umklami ongumKristu Christian Labuten, odala izicathulo zefashini, wazalwa eParis ngoJanuwari 1963. Umndeni, lapho uChristian Labuten akhula khona, wawungekho lutho oluphathelene nobuciko nemfashini. Ubaba wakhe uRoger wasebenza njengombazi, futhi unina u-Irene wakhulela izingane ezine. Ngaphezu kobuKristu, amantombazane amathathu akhulela emndenini. Njengabodadewabo, umKristu wayeya esikoleni esivamile, kodwa eseneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ubudala waba nesithakazelo ezicathulweni eziphakeme . Lokhu kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuvakashela eMnyuziyamu kaZwelonke we-Art of Oceania ne-Afrika. Iqiniso liwukuthi emnyango wehholo lokubukisa umfana wabona isibonakaliso esivela kuso. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abesifazane babevunyelwe ukungena emnyuziyamu ngezicathulo ezinjalo. Lesi sithombe sasihlala siqinile engqondweni yomKristu ukuthi wanquma ukuba ngumklami wezicathulo. Kakade eneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye izincwadi zakhe zesikole zazidwetshwe ngemidwebo yezicathulo. Izifundo zobuKristu zazinesithakazelo esincane, ngakho kwadingeka ukuthi ashintshe izikole ezine ekugcineni athole isitifiketi. Yonke isikhathi sakhe samahhala wachitha ngemuva kwezigcawu zemidlalo. Wayengenasithakazelo kuma-actress, kodwa imilenze yawo, eboshwe ngezicathulo ezinhle. Yilaba besifazane abaye baba yizithonjana zesitayela somklami ozayo. Njengomuntu omdala, uLututen uthe izikhathi ezingaphezu kweyodwa izicathulo ziyingxenye yesithombe esigcina ukunakekelwa, okwenza kube okungenasici noma okungafanelekile.
Umklami wemisebenzi
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni, le nsizwa yathola umsebenzi ngokuyithandayo. Ehlelwe kwelinye lama-cabarets eParis, umKristu waqala ukudala abadansi bezemidlalo abadansa. Ngemva kokulondoloza imali encane, wanquma ukuya eNdiya, bese eya eGibhithe, ukuze afunde okuyisisekelo somsebenzi we-shoemaker. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva wabuyela eFrance, kodwa hhayi ngezandla ezingenalutho, kodwa enqwaba yemidwebo yezicathulo. Ebonisa umsebenzi wakhe kubadwebi bezindlu ezidumile kakhulu eParis, wathola umsebenzi ngokushesha. Ikhono lakhe lathandwa nguCharles Jourdain, osebenza kuye njengomfundi iminyaka emibili. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, uLatuten ufunde ukuqonda kahle ubukhulu nokuma kwesigqoko, ukuveza izicathulo zomuntu ngamunye. Kakade ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye wangena waba ngumklami wezokuzimela u-Chanel noYves Saint Laurent .
Iqoqo lokuqala, elidalwa yi-Christian Labuten ngo-1992, lisekelwe uphawu oluyimfihlo, lwenza umdwebo. Abesifazane, ababevame ukuvela emgodini obomvu, basheshe bahlele izicathulo zakhe zokuqala. Ngo-1994, i-biography yomklami yakhuliswa ngomcimbi oqhakazile - u-Christian Labuten wadala izicathulo zokuqala nge-sole sole.
Kodwa ukuphila komuntu siqu kuyinkinga ehlukile, njengoba umKristu uLabuten ethi kaningi umkakhe nezingane aziyona ingxenye yezinhlelo zakhe. Iqiniso liwukuthi uzibeka njengongqingili ovulekile. Kusukela ebusheni bakhe uhlangana nabafana. Abazali bebelokhu bephatha lokhu ngokuqonda, behlonipha ukukhetha kwendodana yabo. Njengamanje, isoka likaKhristu uLabuten nguLouis Beneš, owakhetha umsebenzi womklami wezemvelo. Ubudlelwano befomethi engavamile buphelile kusukela ngo-1997. Kodwa-ke, yikuphi umehluko okwenza ukuthi ubani ovuselela umklami onethalente ukwenza izicathulo eziyisifiso sezigidi zabantu besifazane?
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