"IProjekthi yokubaleka" Umnxibelelanisi weTim Gunn Slams yeShishini leMfashini yokungahoyi abasetyhini abaNinzi
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UTim Gunn unazo kakhulu iimvakalelo ezinamandla malunga nendlela abayili befashoni abaphatha ngayo nabani na ngobungakanani 6, kwaye akasabambezeli. Kwi-op-ed entsha ehlabayo epapashwe kwi IWashington Post ngoLwesine, i Iprojekthi yokuBaleka Umlingani obambiseneyo ubeke lonke ishishini kuqhushumbo ngendlela "ebuyise umva kubafazi abalinganayo."
"Kukho i-100 yezigidi zabasetyhini abanobungakanani bobukhulu eMelika, kwaye, kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, baye banyusa inkcitho yabo kwiimpahla ngokukhawuleza kunomlingani wabo othe tye," ubhala. "Kukho imali eza kwenziwa apha (i-20.4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi, i-17 yeepesenti ukusuka ku-2013). Kodwa abaninzi abayili-abayili-bathontsiza ngokudelela, bengenalo ingcamango okanye nje ngamagwala ukuba bathathe ingozi-basala ukubenzela iimpahla."
UGunn akazivumeli okanye Iprojekthi yokuBaleka ngaphandle kwewonga, echaza ukuba abayili bangakhalaza ngomceli mngeni "wabasetyhini bokwenyani" ngalo lonke ixesha lonyaka kwaye bavuma nokuba u-Ashley Nell Tipton uphumelele kutshanje (uphumelele isizini ye-14 ngomboniso wokuqala wokuqokelelwa kwesayizi) khange kukhuthaze ukuzithemba ukuba umzi-mveliso uzimisele ngokutshintsha.
Uthi: "Uloyiso lwakhe luye lwangumqondiso," utshilo. "Enye ijaji yandixelela ukuba" uvotela uphawu 'kwaye ezi yayizimpahla zabemi abathile. Ndithe mazibe ziimpahla bonke abantu ababhinqileyo abafuna ukuzigqoka.
Akukho sizathu sokuba ishishini lingakwazi ukutshintsha ngaphakathi, kwaye uGunn unikezela ngokukhwaza ngokufanelekileyo kwiimpawu ezinjengeModCloth kunye nomyili uChristian Siriano oye wangqina ukuba unako mayenziwe. Wonke umfazi ufuna ukubonakala kwaye uzive ngcono. Umzi mveliso wefashoni kufuneka wenze ngcono. Njengoko uGunn esitsho, "Bayili, yenze isebenze."
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