Virginie Viard, owalandela uKarl Lagerfeld

Kwinyathelo elingamangalisiyo, uVirginie Viard waba lilandela likaKarl Lagerfeld eChanel, nto leyo umyili ongasekhoyo uKarl Lagerfeld wayesoloko eyigqala njengendlalifa yakhe.Ngoko ke, ngomhla wokufa kwakhe, uVirginie Viard wathatha isikhundla waza waba ngumalathisi wokudala we IChanel. UVirginie usebenze kule ndlu ihloniphekileyo yaseFransi iminyaka engama-32, kwaye injongo yayo ephambili iya kuba kukugcina ilifa likaGabrielle Chanel kunye noKarl Lagerfeld kunye.

U-Virginie ubambe isikhundla soMlawuli we-Studio Chanel ukususela ngo-1997, apho wayelawula iiqoqo ezisibhozo ezinikezelwa yindlu ngonyaka.

Indima yayo ephambili ibikukuvuselela umbono kaKarl Lagerfeld ngokuba likhonkco phakathi kwakhe kunye neendibano zocweyo ezisixhenxe eziphumeza uyilo lwakhe. Ngokuphathelele umsebenzi wakhe kweli candelo, uthi: “Indima yam ixhomekeke ekulungelelaniseni umsebenzi weendibano zocweyo, ukunxibelelana nabathengi, ukukhetha amalaphu, nokulandelela iiseshini zokulinganisa... Umsebenzi wam uqalisa xa ndifumana imizobo yemizobo yoyilo. ukuba ndilandele kude kube sekupheleni."

UVirginie wahlulwa ngobuntu bakhe obugciniweyo kwaye akafane athethe ngaye kudliwano-ndlebe, apho ekhetha ukuqaqambisa ubudlelwane obuluqilima anabo noKarl Lagerfeld. Kwenye yeengxelo zakhe malunga nolu budlelwane, uthi: "Ukudibana kwam noKarl kwakuyeyona nto ibalulekileyo ebomini bam bobugcisa. Xa ndambona okokuqala, ndaziva ngokukhawuleza ukuvisisana phakathi kwethu. Asifuni ulwimi lweelwimi. intetho yokunxibelelana omnye komnye." Ngokuphathelele yena, wayedla ngokuthi ngaye: “Sisandla sam sasekunene nesasekhohlo.” Wayekuthanda ukuthetha ngokungafihlisiyo kwaye wabelane naye ngento ayithandayo yokukhulisa iikati.

Ecaleni komyili ukusukela ngo-1987

Ubudlelwane bukaVirginie Viard nefashoni bubuyela emva ebuntwaneni bakhe. UVirginie wayewuthanda umsebenzi wokuzonwabisa wokuthunga nokuguqula amalaphu abe ziilokhwe ezimibalabala ukususela esemncinci, wathi akukhula, wafunda imvelaphi yalo msebenzi waza wawenza.

Iingcango zeChanel zavulelwa kuye kwi-1987 xa wangena njengomqeqeshi, kwaye walandela uKarl Lagerfeld xa wafudukela eChloe ngo-1992 waza wabuyela naye eChanel kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva ukuba athathe isikhundla "somlawuli westudio" kwaye wahamba naye kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe. Ngokuphathelele ngo-Matshi ozayo, umhla weChanel ubonisa ukulungelelaniswa kwexesha lekwindla-ebusika i-2019, uya kuba yedwa kwindawo ebanjwe nguLagerfeld iminyaka eyi-32.