By Asemahle Mbete.
Lo msitho ubujonge ukwazisa umboniso wefashoni ozayo, ocwangciselwe ukubanjelwa kuphahla lodederhu lweevenkile iHemmingways, kwaye uveze abayili abanetalente abazakube bebonisa ngendalo yabo.
NgokukaXolelwa Majiza, uMphathi Jikelele wezoRhwebo, uShishino, kunye noPhuhliso lweCandelo e-BCMM, kwinkqubo yokukhethwa kwabayili ibingqo kwaye ibandakanya.
“Xa sikhetha abayili, siqwalasela yonke imimandla engaphakathi kuMasipala oMbaxa waseBuffalo City,” ucacise watsho uMajiza.
“Sinabaqulunqi abane abasuka kwindawo nganye – elunxwemeni, embindini, kunye neelali, bangenise iiprofayili zabo kwiLimani Gallery. Ukusuka kwezi nkcukacha, ezona zibalaseleyo zifakwe kuluhlu olufutshane kwaye zinikwe ngokufutshane ukubonisa iindawo zabo zokuthengisa ezizodwa. Sikhethe abaqulunqi kumanqanaba ohlukeneyo ukwenza umboniso owahlukeneyo nonika umdla.”
UOnwaba Mleve, umseki nomlawuli weZazi Clothing Factory, uvakalise uchulumanco malunga nokusebenzisana nesikolo sefashoni, eNew York, ukunika iqonga kubayili abasakhulayo.
“Siluphawu olwaziwayo, sisuka eLondon, eNew York, kwaye sinezimemo eDubai, eMilan naseParis,” utshilo uMleve.
“Sibambisene nesikolo sefashoni eNew York, apho aba bayili baselula bazakubonisa umsebenzi wabo. Siza kukhetha abona bangcono bazakusimela kwiVeki yeFashion yaseDubai, emva koko, sibe nomboniso wethu wefashoni waminyaka le kaZazi obonisa imizobo yabo.
UMleve ugxininise ukubaluleka kokuqeqesha abayili abasakhulayo nokubanika ubhengezo kwihlabathi.
“Njengabayili, singamagcisa, kwaye siyakuthanda ukudala. Asikho nje malunga nezoshishino; simalunga nokwenza impembelelo. Yiyo loo nto sisebenzisana ne-BCMM ukuxhasa aba bantu banetalente.”
Umboniso wefashoni uthembisa ukuba ngumboniso ochulumancisayo wetalente yalapha ekhaya, kunye nabayili abakhethiweyo beza nomdlalo wabo weCatwalk. Lo msitho ujolise ekukhuthazeni ifashoni yalapha ekhaya, ukuxhasa abayili abasakhasayo, kunye nokuvuyisana noyilo lweshishini lefashoni laseBuffalo City.
Lo msitho ophantsi kwesihloko esithi “A Youth Celebration of Fashion Arts and Innovation” umiselwe ukuba ube ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesixhenxe (27) kweyeSilimela ngo2025, eHemmingways eMonti.