Chanel ƒe nuwɔwɔ ɖekae si mexɔ se o si ame ate ŋu aku drɔ̃e ko. Woƒoa nusianu si míeyɔna be DNA kple domenyinu nu ƒu, ŋlɔa wo ɖe agbalẽ me, dea aɖaka me, dea dzesi wo, eye woƒoa wo nu ƒu ɖe piramid deblibo aɖe me, si ʋãa amesiame: tso Mademoiselle ƒe nɔnɔmetata si le keklẽm dzi va ɖo kamelia ɣi mamlɛtɔ, lãgbalẽ yibɔ, kple sika ƒe abɔta dzi. Wotsɔ SS2024 couture ƒe nuƒoƒoƒu si woyɔna be The Button la na nya sia tututu. Gake togbɔ be eponymous mini-movie si pgLang subɔ, si Dave Free ŋlɔ hefia mɔe eye Kendrick Lamar ƒo ha kpakple défilé set si me abɔta gã aɖe le xɔtaxɔa te si ƒe nɔnɔmetata Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free, kple Mike Carson wɔ hã la, naneke mele abɔta siwo le nuƒoƒoƒua ŋutɔ me ŋu o. Gbɔgbɔmeʋaʋã ŋutɔŋutɔe nye Ballets Russes eye abe alesi aɖaŋudɔwo dzikpɔla Virginie Viard gblɔe na mí ene la, wotsɔ nuƒoƒoƒua ɖo anyi na Chanel ƒe nuwɔwɔ aduadu kple Diaghilev ƒe gɔmedzedze ƒe ƒe alafa ɖeka.
Eye esi wona safui sia mí ta la, míate ŋu awɔ naneke wu be míadze agbagba afe kplii o. Safui sia ʋua ʋɔtru gã la bɔbɔe na spring collection sia si me kɔ ŋutɔ, si me ballet-wuwo dzena nyuie le — le leggings kple leotards ƒe nɔnɔme me le awuawo katã te. Awu si le abe fu ɣi-pink-kple-sika ene enye si — ameka tɔe wònye? Diaghilev ƒe amewo dometɔ kae asɔ na? L’Oiseau ƒe feu? — Ẽ, ɖewohĩ L’oiseau de feu, gake le Virginie Viard ƒe gɔmeɖeɖe si me kɔ wu me, eye menye le esi me dzo le si tso Léon Bakst gbɔ me o. Eye le ŋugbetɔ si le dzidzɔ kpɔm eye wòsɔ ɖe ɣeyiɣia nu ŋutɔ ƒe dzedzeme mamlɛtɔ me — Virginie Viard kpɔa dzidzedze ɣesiaɣi kple esiawo — le mini ɣi aɖe si me tulle ƒe abɔtawo vuvu kple cape keteke didi aɖe le megbe nɛ me la, Watteau&Rococo dona zi ɖeka, abe alesi wònɔ le ŋgɔdonya ƒe dzedzeme si Margaret ɖe fia me ene Qualley míekpɔ eƒe Pierrot ƒe kɔla ɣi si fu. Alo ɖe wònye nane si tso Ballets Russes me akea? Le kpɔɖeŋu me, Pétrouchka si Alexandre Benois ŋlɔ? Woate ŋu ayi fefe dodzidzɔname sia dzi, vevietɔ esi Virginie Viard ŋutɔ ɖo ŋku Bakst kple eƒe palette dzi, eye wòte gbe ɖe ŋutinya me kadodo si le Chanel kple ballet dome hã dzi, si ɖo ŋku edzi na mí be Chanel doa alɔ Paris Opera Ballet vaseɖe egbe. Gake le ƒomedodo bliboa me la, womete gbe ɖe ballet ƒe nya siwo ƒo xlãe dzi le afisia le mɔ aɖeke nu o — esia nye nuƒoƒoƒu si me fa miamiamia, si dze ani eye vevietɔ la, enye nuƒoƒoƒu si ƒe atsyã le bɔbɔe si me nukpɔkpɔ geɖe le, gake fefewɔƒe ƒe naneke mele eme o.
Awu siawo nye, nyateƒee, métiers d’art ƒe azãɖuɖu si Chanel ƒe nuƒoƒoƒu aɖeke mate ŋu aɖe asi le o — tulle, ruffles, pleats kple lace, atsyã siwo me woɖea avɔ siwo wotsɔa avɔwo ɖona, mousseline plumes, datiwo kple seƒoƒowo, illusion tulle kotokuwo, sequins. Wo dometɔ aɖeke mena nusiawo dzena lolo wu o, si na wose le wo ɖokui me be ya le wo me boŋ. Gake, ne metrɔ yi afisi ballet la dze egɔme tsoe la, nɔnɔmetata gbãtɔ si va susu me nam, esi mekpɔ dzedzeme gbãtɔ ŋutɔ kple awudziwui siwo me kɔ kple jumpsuits ko la, menye Diaghilev alo Bakst o, ke boŋ Margiela kple eƒe ametakpɔnu si me kɔ be eyae lɔ̃a dzedzeme vovovowo dada ɖe edzi. Edze abe Virginie Viard ɖoe be yeayi xɔtutudɔ si yedze egɔme le prêt-à-porter SS24 ƒe nudzraɖoƒea dzi kple awu vovovo siwo wotso hetsɔ wo lɔ̃ wo nɔewoe ene. Gake le haute couture tɔ me la, wowɔe kple vivisese kple pɛpɛpɛ, si na be nuƒoƒoƒu sia wɔ dɔ ɖe ame dzi wu.
Nuŋɔŋlɔ: Elena Stafyeva
Nuŋɔŋlɔ ƒe gomenɔamesi CHANEL