Iprojekthi ye-Runway Winner yenza i-Plus-Size Clothing Line

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Kwanasemva kwamaxesha ali-14, Iprojekthi yokuBaleka isafumana indlela yokothusa abalandeli bayo. Kumagqibela kankqoyi phezolo, iijaji zathiya uAshley Nell Tipton ophumeleleyo, nto leyo emenza umyili wokuqala wodidi oluphezulu ukugoduka newonga. Ndipholile nangakumbi? Eli nenekazi libi lithumele ingqokelela yobungakanani obukhulu kunye ne-catwalk. I-flash flash: Yiyo Iprojekthi yokuBaleka Ekuqaleni.

Umntu oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala waseSan Diego, CA ungumfashista ubomi bakhe bonke. Waqala ukuyila iimpahla zeeBarbies zakhe kwaye wayedale ingqokelela yakhe yokuqala yefashoni ukuphela konyaka wakhe wokugqibela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Ukusukela ekuqaleni, injongo yakhe ibikukudala iimpahla ezenzelwe abantu basetyhini ezibenza bazive benentembelo kwaye benomtsalane. imingxunya yokunxiba ezimnyama kuphela, utshilo kwiwebhusayithi yakhe. I-Tipon eneenwele zika-Lilac ngokuqinisekileyo ikhokelwa ngumzekelo, ii-hues zemidlalo eziqaqambileyo kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo ze-silhouettes kulo lonke ixesha lonyaka.

Ukuya kwiVeki yeFashoni yaseNew York, indawo yesiphelo sonyaka, uTipton watyhola ukuba uyilo lwakhe luya kuba yinto eyahluke mpela kulindelo lomboniso weeveki zeFashoni. Watsho Ewe! Iindaba ukuba wayekho "emele mna kunye nezinye izicwangciso endizenzayo."

Isiphumo? Ingqokelela enesibindi, engenaloyiko, enemibala eyenzelwe nje amanenekazi amnandi. "Ndiyathanda ukuyila impahla engekhoyo yomfazi wakho ophakathi, kwaye ndifuna ukugcwalisa isithuba somzi mveliso kwaye ndingayiyi izinto zokusika iicookies," watsho uNelson esiya kuqukumbela. (Ngokujonga ukomelela, jonga ii-Sportswear Brands ezenza ubungakanani bobukhulu bempahla echanekileyo.)

Ngokucacileyo, uTipton wenza oko kanye njengoko wayemangalisa abagwebi abaqhelekileyo uTim Gunn, uHeidi Klum, uNina Garcia, kunye noZac Posen-kunye nejaji yeendwendwe uCarrie Underwood. (Yiya ngasemva kweSigcawu kunye noCarrie Underwood!)

Kodwa ngaphandle koloyiso lokugqibela kunye nesixa esikhuthazayo sokuzithemba, uTipton khange asoloko enohambo olula. Ngexesha lomceli mngeni ekuqaleni kwesizini owahlula abaqulunqi bangamaqela amabini, uTipton wakhethwa ekugqibeleni, nangona wayephumelele imingeni emibini kwemine yangaphambili. Kamva, omnye ophumeleleyo wabiza ezinye zeziqwenga zakhe "impahla." Emva kweenyembezi (angazisoli ngazo, khumbula), uTipton wasebenzisa la maqhinga othusayo njengobungqina bokuba wayesisoyikiso kwaye wathatha loo mpembelelo ukuphela kwesizini. (Kubo bonke nina bathiyayo, Ukuhlazeka ngamanqatha kunokuwonakalisa umzimba wakho.)

"Ndinetalente, ndiyayazi into endiyifunayo, kwaye ndiyakholelwa kum, kwaye ndiyinyani kum," utshilo uTipton kulo mboniso. Izandi malunga nokunene. Wamkelekile kwisihlwele sefashoni, ntombazana!

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