Emva kokutshintshiselana nge-imeyile kunye nengcali kwizinto zomyili weChanel, kunye neeyure ezisibhozo zokuskrola kumakhulu eefoto zesipaji, bendingekabinayo impendulo.
Bendimthumelele iifoto eziyi-10 ezisuka kwii-engile ezahlukeneyo, ndisondeze ndiphinde ndiphume, ze-wallet ye-Chanel eyayihlala kamama wam ongasekhoyo.Ndayifumana phakathi kwezinto zakhe kwiminyaka elishumi emva kokuba eswelekile.
Sasizingela isitampu esithi "Made in Italy" okanye "Made in France", nangona wavuma ngobudala be-wallet ukuba yayinokukhuhla.
"I-Chanel embossing ichanekile kwaye ulusu luyahambelana nesikhumba" se-caviar," wabhala."Kwanesitayile siqhelekile kwisiqwenga seediliya seChanel."
Ndaweni ithile emva kokufunda yonke iposi kwibhlog yesipaji eqala ngo-2012, ndamkele ukuba into eyayiqalisile njengokufun' ukwazi uye yahamba ngokukhawuleza.Xa ndingayazi into endiyaziyo ukuba iyaziwa, iyandinyela.Bendiphanda ngezipaji.Oku yayingengomba kwiirekhodi zoluntu okanye idatha yedatha njengoko ndiqhele ukwenza indima yam njengentatheli yeshishini, yayizibhegi zomyili wevintage.Nangona kunjalo, andizange ndiqinisekise ukuba iipaji endandinazo zaziyinyani.
Ndiqale ukuthenga iimpahla zam ezininzi kunye nezixhobo ezisetyenzisiweyo kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi: iimpembelelo zokusingqongileyo, ugcino kunye nokuncoma izinto ezindala, ezisemgangathweni endaweni yefashoni ekhawulezileyo eyakhiwe kakubi.Ngoku, bendiyiqonda imigibe yokuba yizinja zakudala kunye nomthengisi othe rhoqo.
Ngendlela eziye zaba "ngaphakathi" ngayo izinto zakudala, abaqinisekisi beengcali bathi iibhegi ezindala ziye zanda.Ibali elitsha lezinto zomgunyathi zilungile kangangokuba ziye zabizwa ngokuba “zomgunyathi”.Ukuba oko akuphambene ngokwaneleyo, ii-dupes ezilungileyo ezivela kwiminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo zisajikeleza.
Ayizizo zombini iibhegi ze-Dooney kunye ne-Bourke zangaphambi ko-2000s endisandula ukuzigcina zibe yinkohliso- inokuba njalo i-wallet ye-Chanel yevintage endinethemba lokuba iya kuba lilifa losapho.
Iingxowa zomgunyathi aziyongxaki intsha.Kodwa ngokunyuka kokuthengwa kwezinto ezisetyenzisiweyo, iingxowa zomgunyathi azikhuphuki kuphela kwiiGoodwills kunye neevenkile, kodwa nakwiiwebhusayithi ezithumela izinto zodidi oluphezulu, njengeRealReal, ezithembisa ubunyani.
I-RealReal, ethe yaya esidlangalaleni ehlotyeni exabisa phantse i-2.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, yafunyanwa ithengisa iimpahla zomgunyathi ngamaxabiso eprimiyamu, ngokweengxelo ezimbini zamva nje ezivela kwiForbes kunye ne-CNBC.Izinto - enye, isipaji somgunyathi seChristian Dior esixabisa i-3,600 yeedola - sityibilike kwiingcali zewebhusayithi.
Ingxaki?Abanye abaqinisekisi beRealReal, ngokwezo ngxelo, baqeqeshwe ngakumbi ekubhaleni ikopi malunga nefashoni kunokuba babenokuqinisekisa iimpahla zomyili.Kubonakala ngathi, bekungekho iingcali zokwenyani ezaneleyo zokulawula uluhlu olukhulu lwe-RealReal eyalufumanayo njengoko lwalufumana ukuthandwa.
Ibhrendi nganye yomyili inolwimi lwayo, izinto zayo ezintsonkothileyo.Iibhegi zam ezimbini kunye nesipaji?Babengenazo izalathisi zokuba yinyani iiblogi zesipaji (zininzi kakhulu iibhlogi zengxowa-mali) ziya kukuxelela ukuba ufumane kuqala: iithegi ezithungelweyo kunye neenombolo zesiriyali.Kodwa oko akuqhelekanga kwizinto zakudala.
Yiloo nto eyandikhokelela ekubeni ndithumele i-imeyile uJill Sadowsky, oqhuba ishishini lothutho lwe-intanethi kuphela e-Jacksonville, eJillsConsignment.com.Wayeyingcaphephe yam yeChanel.
“Kunzima ukufundisa le nto,” utshilo uSadowsky emnxebeni.“Kuthatha iminyaka yamava.Kuya kufuneka wazi ukuba uhlobo lwefonti lulungile, yintoni ikhowudi yomhla, ukuba ihologram ichanekile.
Ukuzama ukunyanisa iibhegi zam kundibonise ingxaki enkulu yotyando olusetyenziswayo olujongene nayo.Ubaqeqesha njani abasebenzi ukuba bafunde, ngokukhawuleza, into ethathe iingcali ezininzi amashumi eminyaka ukuyiqonda?
Emva kweveki ndifunda iforum nganye, inqaku kunye neposti yebhlog endinokuyifumana, ndiye ndaqonda ukuba andinakukwazi ukugqiba ukuba izinto zam ezizithandayo ziyinyani.Ndandiyicaphukela into yokuba ndingafumana iziqwenga ezikumgangatho ophezulu ezithungelwa ngabantwana abaqeshwa kwizithukuthuku zasemzini.
Ndithenge iDooney & Bourke yam yokuqala kule nyanga ka-Okthobha kwivenkile ethengisa izinto e-Atlanta.Ibonise ubudala bayo, kodwa ixabisa i-$ 25 kuphela.Okwesibini, ndafumana kwi-Closet kaPlato yasekuhlaleni kwi-Black Friday, engeyiyo indawo eqhelekileyo yokufumana i-handbag yakudala.Kodwa i-90s ibuyile ngoku, kwaye ibhegi ibonakala itsha.I-kelly green ibiseyiqaqambile kwaye bendingenokwazi ukuyishiya apho.
Ndithe ndisagoduka, ndabe ndiqinisekile ukuba ndiyimoshile imali yam.Ibhegi ibijongeka intsha kakhulu kujongwe ukuba ibifanele ukuba yeyokuqala koo-1990.Kwaye yintoni eyandenza ndaqiniseka malunga nobunyani bebhegi emnyama endandiyichole kwinyanga engaphambili e-Atlanta?Ndandibabona bobabini yayizithwathwa zokwenene, kodwa oko akusoloko kwanele.
Ndandizingela iifoto ukuze ndithelekise iingxowa zam.Kodwa abaqulunqi abapapashi ukusilela kweebhegi zabo ezindala okanye izikhokelo zokuqinisekisa, kuba abazenzisi banokuzisebenzisa ukuze bahlale bengcono.
UJoAnna Mertz, umthengisi waseMissouri kunye noDooney & Bourke oyingcali, uxhomekeke kwingqokelela yakhe yabucala yeekhathalogu zoshicilelo ezigubungela amashumi eminyaka eebhegi zesikhumba zohlobo.Abanye, wahlawula amakhulu eedola ukuze azifumane.Uchithe iminyaka efunda umsebenzi wobugcisa kowayesakuba ngumsebenzi uDooney.
Yinto eqhelekileyo ukuba umqinisekisi abe yingcaphephe yokwenyani kwenye, okanye mhlawumbi ezimbalwa, iibrendi zomyili - hayi zonke.Ngokukodwa kwiimpawu zelifa esele zikho amashumi eminyaka, zitshintsha rhoqo isitayile, ihardware, uphawu, iithegi, izitampu kunye nezincamathelisi.Luninzi ulwazi lokuqokelela.
“Ndihlala ndifuna ukubona umfanekiso kwaye ndiyazi kwangoko,” utshilo uMertz."Kukho isibini esiphantse sandikhohlisa."
Rhoqo ngeveki abantu bangena kwiwebhusayithi kaMertz - VintageDooney.Com - kwaye umthumelele i-imeyile ngokuphelelwa lithemba.(Unikela ngenkonzo yakhe ngeedola ezimbalwa.) Ngokufuthi, kuye kufuneke athethe ngeendaba: Uxolo, ukhutshiwe.UMertz wenza inkqubo ibonakale ilula.Kodwa nantsi isizathu sokuba kungenjalo.
Iilogo kwiibhegi zam zazithungelwe endaweni, zingancanyathiselwa kuzo zombini iibhegi - zilungile.Umthungo wawungumthunzi ofanelekileyo womthubi, nawo ulungile.Kodwa isikhwama esimnyama sasineziphu zobhedu nge-brand "YKK".Uninzi lukaDooney luneeziphu zohlobo lwe-Italian “RIRI.”Ibhegi emnyama yayingenayo ithegi ethungiweyo enenombolo yesiriyali, ezithe iiblogi zandixelela ukuba ayilunganga.Ibhegi eluhlaza yayisikwe inombolo yayo, ishiya imisonto embalwa ngasemva.
I-hardware yengxowa ingaba ngundoqo kule nkqubo.Ndaye ndagqiba ekubeni ibhegi yam emnyama inokuba yinkohliso entle kakhulu ukusuka kwi-80s okanye i-90s kuba yayingenayo i-zipper yase-Italian.Ngendlela entsha ebukeka ngayo eluhlaza, ndigqibe ekubeni inokuba yinto entsha yoyilo lwevintage.
U-Mertz undibeke ngokuthe tye: Bobabini bebenyanisekile, kwaye bobabini bezibhegi zakuqala ukusuka kwiminyaka yama-80s okanye ekuqaleni kwe-90s.Ke kutheni kukho konke ukungahambelani kwinto endiyifumene kwiiforam zesipaji?Asikuko ukuba bebephosakele-kuphela nje ukuba kukho izinto ezininzi eziguquguqukayo.
Ibhegi emnyama yenziwe kwangoko, ngaphambi kokuba uDooney aqalise iithegi ezithungelweyo ezinamanani.Nangona i-zipper ethi "YKK" yayingaxhaphakanga, yayisetyenziswa engxoweni ndiyifumene.Ngokuphathelele ingxowa eluhlaza?Inkangeleko yayo entsha ibubungqina bendlela iibhegi zesikhumba zikaDooney ezinokuthi zibambelele.Ithegi kusenokwenzeka ukuba yasikwa kuba, emva phayaa ngeminyaka yoo-1990, uDooney wasika amanani ethotho kwiingxowa awayecinga ukuba zineziphene ezincinci.Ezo bhegi ziya kuthengiswa ngesaphulelo kwiivenkile.
Kodwa abenzi bomgunyathi bade basebenzise le nugget yexesha elidlulileyo likaDooney kwaye banqumle ezabo iithegi kwiinzame zokudlulisa ubuxoki babo njengeengxowa zokuthengisa.Ngokunyanisekileyo, le nkqubo iyamangalisa.Ezinye izinto zomgunyathi ziya kuba nazo zonke izalathi ezingundoqo ekufuneka ibhegi ibe yeyokwenene: iithegi, inombolo yesiriyali, izitampu, amakhadi enyani-kwaye ibe yinkohliso ngokupheleleyo, ngamanye amaxesha uyilo olungazange lwenziwe uphawu.
Ndiyazi ukuba kaninzi kangakanani na izinto zeChanel zenziwe ngomgunyathi.I-Dooney's ayibizi, kodwa ilawuleka ngakumbi kunezinye iibrendi eziphezulu malunga ne-$200 ukuya kwi-300 yeedola ezintsha.KwaChanel, isipaji esincinci sinokukuqhuba iidola ezingama-900.
Ukuqala kwam ukuva isipaji sikamama sesikhumba esithambileyo, ndacinga ukuba le yinyani.Ngaphandle, umama wam wayeluhlobo lwe-Mickey-Mouse-overalls ngaphezu kwe-900-luxury-wallet uhlobo.Akukho mntu wasekhaya owayenokundixelela ukuba uyifumene njani.Utata wam waqikelela ukuba kwakusebudeni bohambo lokumodela awaluthathayo ukuya kwisiXeko saseNew York malunga namashumi amabini eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumama ongasoze akhuphe amakhulu eedola ukuze afumane isipaji.
Njengomama wam, ndiyigcina isongelwe ngevali emnyama, ifakwe ngaphakathi kwibhokisi yekhadibhodi emnyama eno-“CHANEL” ngoonobumba abamhlophe abangqindilili ngaphezulu.Ngamanye amaxesha ndiyayikhupha ukuze ndiyisebenzise njenge-clutch emitshatweni.Ndiyibonise kwi-junior kunye neeprom zam eziphezulu.
Kodwa ukuthanda kwam ukufumanisa ukuba iibhegi zam ezikhutshiweyo zophe ngokwenene ukuba zifike emazantsi ewallet yeChanel.Ngaba lo yayingumkhohlisi olungileyo ngokwenene?
"Ndiza kuvuma," uSadowsky wandixelela kamva ngefowuni."Indikhubekisile kude kube yihardware."
Xa ndikhangela yonke isentimitha yesipaji ukufumana imikhondo, ndiye ndabhaqa kumkrolo omncinci kwindawo ebiyelweyo, amagama athi "Juen Bang."Umenzi we-snap, uSadowsky undixelele, uChanel akazange asebenzise.
Ngaphaya koko, uthe ngelixa iziphu zegolide zeChanel-logo zijongeka zilungile, amakhonkco awakhusela kwi-zipper ayengalunganga kwi-brand.
Wathi, ke, isipaji asiyonyani.Kodwa akuzange kubonakale ngathi yinkohliso epheleleyo, kananjalo.Isikhumba, i-lining, isitayile kunye nokuthunga konke kubonakala kuhambelana neChanel yokwenyani.
USadowsky undixelele ukuba kukho iimeko ezimbini ezinokubakho: isipaji mhlawumbi sinezixhobo zaso ezifakwe endaweni yaso kumzamo wokusihlaziya, okanye isipaji sokuqala sahluthwa amalungu.Oko kuthetha ukuba umntu ebenokuzisusa ngabom i-Chanel logo yenyani ye-zipper-zipper ukuze ayisebenzise kwibhegi yomgunyathi ukuyinceda idlule njengokwenyani.
Kuyavela ukuba ndingumnini we-wallet ye-inbetweenie Frankenstein, ebonakala ngathi ifanelekile, isiphelo esinganelisi ngokupheleleyo kolu hambo ludinayo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jan-11-2020