Ban tsammanin The Devil Wears Prada 2 zai sa ni yi kuka, amma ya yi. Duk wannan salon kayan ado na zamani da kalmomin kaifi guda ɗaya daga fim ɗin farko—kamar "Ta kowace hanya, ku yi tafiya a hankali kamar kankara, kun san yadda hakan ke faranta min rai"—sun narke cikin baƙin ciki ga masana'antar watsa labarai da ke gwagwarmaya a mabiyi. Mun haɗu da Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) wadda ta girma, mataimakiyar da aka ɗora wa nauyi ga editan Runway Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) a fim ɗin asali, daidai lokacin da ita da abokan aikinta na jarida ke karɓar lambar yabo don binciken rahoto. Amma a daidai wannan lokacin, an kore su ta hanyar saƙon rubutu. Yana jin zafi da gaske: manyan sassan Washington Post, ciki har da waɗanda suka kai matakin ƙarshe na Pulitzer da wakilan yankunan yaƙi, sun fuskanci irin wannan makoma—an kore su ta hanyar layin imel—a watan Fabrairun da ya gabata.
Ban kuma yi tsammanin zai sa ni jin daɗin tunowa ba. Fim ɗin asali na Devil Wears Prada ya fito a shekara ta 2006. Kallon wannan hoton da ba a bayyana ba na Vogue na Amurka a lokacin yana da daɗi. Na yi koyon sana'a a Condé Nast, a Vogue na Biritaniya da The World of Interiors, kuma na ji wata alaƙa mara tabbas da Andy da rigarta mai shuɗi mara kyau. Ta zo a matsayin mai shakka, ta zama ɗan asali, sannan ta tafi don ainihin kiranta a wata jarida mai ci gaba. Amma yanzu, bayan shekaru 20, wasu ji sun mamaye. Kamar yadda tsohuwar abokiyar aiki ta a Vogue Louise Chunn ta rubuta kwanan nan a New Statesman, a cikin shekarun 1990 ba mu san muna aiki "a babban matakin yaduwa da ikon masana'antar mujallu masu sheki ba." Lokacin da waɗannan manyan mujallu masu kauri suka faɗo a kan teburanmu a Vogue House—an kawo su da hannu, a zahiri—suna jin daɗi sosai, suna da tabbaci, suna cike da alƙawarin kyau da kyan gani, har muka yi tsammani zai dawwama har abada.
Tabbas, duniya ce mai ban dariya. A Vogue, na yi aiki a ɗakin masu gyara rubutu, wani tsibiri mai zaman kansa na daidaiton nahawu. Mu ne masu kula da jagorar salon, wuri mai aminci inda aka hana gyare-gyaren kalmomi da kuskuren rubuta Dolce & Gabbana (B biyu, N ɗaya!) sosai. Na sami aikin bayan hira da wata babbar mace daga HR wadda ta tambayi abin da mahaifina yake yi. Ta sa na rage albashi daga aikin da na yi a baya—zuwa kusan £11,000, idan na tuna—a kan cewa, eh, 'yan mata miliyan za su kashe kansu don wannan matsayi. Daga matsayin masu gyara rubutu, yawancin rubuce-rubucen dole ne a yi musu gyara, a takaice. Ƙoƙarina na farko na rubutu wani ɗan gajeren labari ne wanda mataimakiyar edita, Anna Harvey, wadda Gimbiya Diana ta saba tuntuɓar ta game da rigunanta, ta ba ni. Ya shafi dalilin da yasa ba shi da kyau a yi tafiya a cikin taksi baƙar fata da aka rufe da tallace-tallace. Wani babban kamfanin ruwan ma'adinai ya ji haushi kuma ya janye tallan sa daga mujallar saboda hakan. Kai.
Mai goyon bayan Alexander McQueen, Isabella Blow, wani lokaci takan wuce da hulunanta masu ban mamaki. Na maye gurbin shafi na farko na girki na Nigella Lawson. Akwai wata mace a kusa da ake kira Hicky, wadda ta kan yi ta hira a waya ko kuma ta yi ta tsegumi game da Twiggy. Shugabata, sarauniyar ɗakin gyara rubutu kuma memba a wani sanannen dangin masu sarauta, tana sanye da wando na Gap kuma tana hawan tsohuwar keka zuwa aiki kowace rana. Ta kasance mai girma, ko da yake ta kusa kore ni—bayan barin aikin rubuta kwafin odar wasiƙa a wani yanki na masana'antu a Oxfordshire, na rasa hankali lokacin da na isa titunan London da aka yi da zinariya. Amma ta ba ni dama ta biyu, kuma komai ya daidaita. Ta nuna cewa ba ta damu da tufafi ba, amma sai ta ba kowa mamaki ta hanyar siyan rigar fata ta Chanel da aka nuna a mujallar. Ta cire maɓallan da ke da haruffan Cs da ke haɗe da juna kuma ta ɗinka waɗanda take so.
Ina so in yi tunanin lokacina a can canji ne na kaina zuwa Chanel, kamar Andy a fim ɗin farko, amma bari mu yi gaskiya—H&M ne abin da mu ƙanana za mu iya saya a lokacin. Lokacin da na tafi, sun ba ni katin bankwana mafi yawan shekarun 1990 (Begbie daga Trainspotting yana nuna V) da kuma wani kyakkyawan pashmina, wanda na rasa a Odesa a shekara ta 2024 yayin da nake ba da rahoto game da yaƙi a Ukraine.
Har yanzu ina da ƙaramin tarihi daga wannan lokacin: wata sanarwa mai kwanan wata 10 ga Janairu 1996 daga mataimakiyar edita, tana jinkirta taro don kada ya ci karo da "siyar da Manolo"; da kuma sanarwa daga babban manajan, Nicholas Coleridge, cewa lambun rufin yanzu yana buɗe, amma "don Allah kar ku matso kusa da gefen ku faɗi." Wani lokaci abubuwa suna jin kamar ba za a iya yin izgili ba, amma wannan ba gaskiya ba ne, domin akwai marubucin sanarwa na izgili da ke yawo. Wani misali mai kyau, mai taken "Zuwa Kan Lokaci – Tunatarwa," yana da Coleridge da ake zargin yana tsawata wa ma'aikata saboda "suna son shigowa a makare, musamman lokacin da akwai babban rikicin masana'antu da ke haifar da rufe hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa na London gaba ɗaya." Ya gaya wa ma'aikata su yi hasashen yajin aiki, barazanar bam na IRA, da ambaliya, kuma ya haɗa da jerin "lambobin waya masu amfani" kamar ofisoshin Acas, Michael Fish a Cibiyar Yanayi ta London, direban sirri na Coleridge, da—kafin tsarin zaman lafiya na Arewacin Ireland—hedkwatar Sinn Féin.
Kwanaki masu daɗi, ko ta yaya. Shekarun 1990 sune zamanin samfura masu girman sifili da jaruntakar tabar heroin. Na tuna wata ƙungiyar manyan mutane suna tattaunawa ko yana da kyau a gyara hoton tsiraicin da ke nuna haƙarƙarin da suka fito a hoton tsiraicin samfura biyu, don kada matan (ko "'yan mata," kamar yadda ake kira su) su yi kama da yunwa. Na taɓa kira zuwa HR saboda yin wani abu da ya yi kama da ƙungiyar ma'aikata. The World of Interiors—mujallar Condé Nast da na koma gaba, inda na ƙaunaci abokan aikina—tana da shugaba mai ban mamaki, mai ban tsoro. Hanyoyinta ba za su tsira da dokokin mutunci a wurin aiki na zamani ko tsarin doka ba, tunda tana shan taba Gauloises a teburinta. Min Hogg ta taɓa nuna yatsa mai ƙashi da taba a cikina da ke sanye da Ghost kuma ta tambaya ko ina da juna biyu. Ta kan sa rawani. Wata rana lokacin da ba ta nan, dukan ma'aikatan, a cikin wani yanayi na 'yanci, suka yi rawani daga tufafi mara amfani kuma suka ɗauki hotunan kanmu muna sanye da su. A shekara ta 2006, lokacin da nake a Guardian, na ga Hogg tana zamewa cikin farin ciki a kan helter-skelter a cikin Turbine Hall na Tate Modern—koyaushe tana shirye.
A gare ni, waɗannan tunanin shekarun 1990 sun haɗu da siyasar lokacin. Tories suna cikin kwanakinsu na ƙarshe. Dan majalisa Jonathan Aitken ya yi ƙarya da yawa. A watan Mayu 1997, na zauna dukan dare ina kallon sakamakon zaɓe, sannan na tafi tare da abokin aiki daga Interiors zuwa Downing Street don ganin sabon Firayim Minista ya isa. Diana ta mutu kuma an binne ta a ranar haihuwata ta 25. Wata daya bayan haka, na sami aiki a Guardian. A can, na sami mutanena. Kuma ko da Guardian ta kore ni ta hanyar saƙo gobe, ba zan taɓa tunanin komawa wannan duniyar mai sheki ba.
Darussan Ukrainian: Fasaha a lokacin yaƙi tare da Charlotte Higgins da baƙi
A ranar Laraba 30 ga Satumba, ku haɗu da Charlotte Higgins da ƙungiyarmu ta mashahuran marubutan Ukrainian don yin tunani game da zurfin alaƙa tsakanin yaƙi, fasaha, da rayuwa. Tare da Olia Hercules, Sasha Dovzhyk, Olesya Khromeychuk, da Shaun Walker. Ku sayi tikiti anan ko a guardian.live.
Charlotte Higgins ita ce babbar marubuciyar al'adu ta Guardian.
Kuna da ra'ayi game da batutuwan da aka taso a wannan labarin? Idan kuna son ƙaddamar da amsa har zuwa kalmomi 300 ta imel don yiwuwar bugawa a sashin wasiƙunmu, don Allah ku danna nan.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyi da aka yi yawa dangane da batun Lokacin da na yi aiki a Vogue a shekarun 90 bai kasance daidai da The Devil Wears Prada ba. Tambayoyin suna magana game da gaskiya da almara na zamanin da kuma gogewar gaba ɗaya.
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1 Jira, ba ka yi aiki ga Anna Wintour ba? Shin da gaske tana da ban tsoro kamar Miranda Priestly?
Amsa Na yi aiki a Vogue amma ba mataimakiyarta kai tsaye ba. Duk da cewa tana da shahara da tsauri da mahimmanci, halin Miranda Priestly almara ne mai wuce gona da iri. Ta kasance mafi nisa, mai iko mai ƙarfi fiye da mai tsawatarwa kowace rana.
2 To, shin duk abin ya kasance liyafa masu ban sha'awa da tufafin masu zanen kyauta?
Amsa Wani ɓangare, eh. Fa'idodin sun kasance masu ban mamaki—aron samfuran riguna, halartar nunin kayan ado, da saduwa da masu zanen kaya. Amma shekarun 90 kuma sun kasance masu aiki da hannu sosai. Yawancin aikin ya kasance aikin ƙanana kamar tururi da samfuran da suka murƙushe, neman takalman da suka ɓace, da yin kwafi da ƙarfe 2 na safe.
3 Shin kun sami damar saduwa da shahararrun samfura kamar Kate Moss da Naomi Campbell?
Amsa Ee, suna cikin ofis don gwada tufafi da ɗaukar hotuna. Amma a shekarun 90, ana ɗaukar samfura kamar masu rataya tufafi. Za ku yi sallama amma ba ku yi hira da su ba sai dai idan kun kasance babban edita.
4 Shin ofis ɗin ya kasance mai ban mamaki kamar fim ɗin?
Amsa Fim ɗin ya tattara shekaru na ban mamaki cikin sa'o'i biyu. Rayuwa ta gaske ba ta da kalmomin kaifi da yawa kuma tana da matsananciyar lokutan aiki masu gajiya. Ban mamaki yawanci ya shafi rigar da ta ɓace ko jigilar kaya da ta makara, ba cin mutuncin mutum ba.
5 Shin kuna buƙatar zama mai ƙwanƙwasa ko mai arziki don yin aiki a Vogue?
Amsa A'a. A shekarun 90, akwai wani salo amma ba kwa buƙatar zama samfura ko mai arziki. Yawancin mataimaka sun kasance matalauta. Mabuɗin shine samun ɗanɗano mai kyau, ƙwazon aiki, da fatar jiki mai kauri.
Tambayoyi na Matakin Ci gaba
6 Menene babban bambanci tsakanin fim ɗin da gogewar ku ta gaske?
