Ingqokelela ka-Ashley Graham kunye noMarina Rinaldi luHlaziyo lweDenim kwiiMfuno zakho zeCloset
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U-Ashley Graham akoyiki ukubiza imboni yefashoni ukuba athande abantu ababhinqileyo abalinganayo. Ngobuqhetseba waphosa umthunzi kwiVictoria's Secret ngokungabikho kokungafani komzimba kwindlela yokubaleka kwaye wacela ukuba kuphele ileyibheli "yobukhulu obukhulu". Ukwayenze indima yakhe ukulinganisa ibala lokudlala ngokusebenza neempawu ezifana ne-Addition Elle, i-Dress Barn, kunye ne-SwimsuitsForAll ukuzisa iinketho ezithe kratya zefashoni kubasetyhini abanobungakanani obukhulu. Intsebenziswano yakhe yamva nje ikunye noMarina Rinaldi, inkampani ayimeleyo kwixesha elidlulileyo enikezela ukhetho lwe-luxe kubukhulu obukhulu. (Umthengisi okwi-Intanethi u-11 Honoré yenye indawo enqabileyo yokufumana ubungakanani obuphakamileyo kunye nefashoni.) Ukuqokelelwa kwe-denim eqokelelweyo kusungulwa ngomso kwaye kubandakanya ijean, izikethi zepensile, kunye nelokhwe kuluhlu lokuhlamba. Kwaye ewe, isiqwenga ngasinye sigxininisa ngokugqibeleleyo iigophe zomzimba wowesifazane ngendlela efanelekileyo.
Njengakuninzi lwentsebenziswano yakhe yangaphambili, ukubandakanyeka kukaGraham kwingqokelela kudlulele ngaphaya kokwenza imodeli. "Ndisebenze ngokusondeleyo neqela loyilo lwe-MR kumalaphu, kwiisilhouettes kunye nokulingana neenkcukacha ezincinci ezinje ngamaqhosha okanye iziphu," utshilo uGraham. INew York Post. Andizange ndidlale imodeli efanelekileyo, kodwa sithathe iziqwenga ezisisiseko kwiwadi yam, njengeelokhwe ezinomzimba, iziketi zepensile, kunye neebhatyi ezicwangcisiweyo, sazenza idenim. (Idibeneyo: Kutheni le nto uLane uBryant's oLungileyo-weNtengiso oBonisa u-Ashley Graham Waliwe yiNethiwekhi yeTV?)
UGraham uyangxama ukwenza umahluko (kunye nokwahluka kwesitayile kuloo nto), njengoko ukumiliselwa kukaMarina Rinaldi kuza kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba ingqokelela yemodeli yeSwimsuitsForAll yehla. Iminwe yethu kunye neenzwane zethu siwele ukuba iijusi zakhe zokuyila ziqhubeka zihamba-ke ngakumbi nangakumbi abasetyhini banokufumana iimpahla ezibenza bazive bekhulu.