Kev tuag ntawm tus kws sau 'chic

2023 Tus sau: Mary Ward | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2023-07-27 20:18

Peb puas yuav tau pom cov nyiam Babitz thiab Didion dua, lossis peb puas yuav daig nrog tus hluas nkauj tu siab mus ib txhis?

Nws zoo nkaus li kev lim hiam ua phem heev tab sis tsis muaj laj thawj uas peb poob Eve Babitz thiab Joan Didion hauv tib lub lis piam. Babitz thiab Didion yog ob tus kws sau ntawv uas, txawm hais tias npog cov ncauj lus sib txawv thiab muaj cov qauv sib txawv, yeej ib txwm tsis muaj kev sib txuas los ntawm qhov tseeb tias lawv ua pa thiab da dej hauv tib lub hnub ci Los Angeles huab cua. Thaum cov khoom plig tuaj rau hauv, muaj qhov tseem ceeb rau ob tus neeg sau ntawv raws li tus kheej, zoo li cov poj niam stylish thiab zoo nkauj, uas tsis tshua pom siv rau cov kws sau ntawv. Feem ntau thaum tus kws sau ntawv loj dhau peb tsom mus rau lawv txoj haujlwm, lawv cov oeuvres loj, thiab thaum qhov no muaj tseeb rau Babitz thiab Didion, kuj tseem muaj khoom plig zoo rau lawv vim yog qhov tsis hloov siab lees txim.

Chicness yog ib lub tswv yim uas tau muaj kev hloov kho tsis ntev los no. Dab tsi ib zaug piav txog qhov zoo nkauj ntawm kev ua sartorially sleek thiab stylish, tam sim no nws tuaj yeem siv tau zoo rau lub aura ntawm tus neeg, khoom, lossis kev ua. Nws yog nebulous, intangible, tsis tuaj yeem txhais tau. Txoj kev Didion tuav nws cov luam yeeb? Chic. Babitz cov khaub ncaws ntawm cov npe nrov sib txuas? Chic. Lwm yam uas exude chicness: Fitzcarraldo Editions, Fabkis, siv lub sij hawm 'gauche', Kuv Phantoms los ntawm Gwendoline Riley, thiab me daim hlau.

Muab tag nrho cov no nrog kev caw rau txhua tus neeg sab nrauv thiab lub qhov muag uas tuaj yeem ntes qhov xwm txheej, txawm tias los ntawm centrestage (Babitz) lossis txias ntsia ntawm sab nraud (Didion), qhov tshwm sim yog tus kws sau ntawv. Ntau tus kws sau ntawv ib zaug tau sau qhov tshwj xeeb cloak ntawm chicness: James Baldwin, Tama Janowitz, Djuna Barnes, Oscar Wilde. Hauv kuv txoj kev mob siab nrhiav ib tus kws sau ntawv txawm tias zoo li tus qauv no niaj hnub no, kuv tuaj yeem xav txog ib leeg xwb: Zadie Smith. Thiab kuv paub tseeb tias nws mob yuav tsum nqa lub tsho tiv no zoo li tus soigné Sisyphus.

Kuv tau pom ntau zaus tias lub neej qub rau ntau tus neeg sau ntawv niaj hnub no yog cov ntawv sau cia: cov neeg uas rattan lawv tus kheej hauv cov ntaub plaub thiab ntaub plaub, txaj muag ntawm pej xeem cov xwm txheej thiab tuav-kaw cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev ceev ntiag tug thiab 'kev ua haujlwm hais lus rau nws tus kheej'. Tus sau raws li ib tug tu siab, literary ntxhais. Tus neeg no tsuas yog tsis yog nqaij, tab sis lawv tseem muaj sia nyob zoo li tus kab mob ntawm qhov kev sau ntawv niaj hnub no. Vim li cas peb zoo li tsis muaj peev xwm tsim cov neeg sau ntawv chic? Cov ntxhais thiab cov waif nyob qhov twg? Peb puas yuav tau pom cov nyiam Babitz thiab Didion ib zaug ntxiv, lossis peb puas yuav tsum nyob nrog kev ua phem ntawm tus hluas nkauj tu siab mus ib txhis?

"Peb yuav tsum taw qhia qhov tseeb tias qee qhov ntawm nws yog hais txog kev lag luam tsis zoo rau cov neeg sau ntawv hluas," tus sau Shon Faye qhia kuv, "kev sib raug zoo tsawg dua, tus nqi ntawm kev nyob ntau dua, tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab cov nyiaj tau los nyob tau thaum sau ntawv thiab yog li tsawg lub sij hawm thiab lub sijhawm los ua lub neej nplua nuj thaum sau ntawv. Txawm hais tias koj tau tshaj tawm txoj hauv kev yog tias koj tseem tab tom tawm tsam kom ua tiav kev ua lag luam luam ntawv lossis ib hnub ua haujlwm thiab, qhov zoo tshaj plaws, muaj ob peb qhov khoom seem kom tau txais nws ob zaug hauv ib hlis ntawm ib tus neeg lub rooj noj mov."

Nws yog qhov tseeb, tus nqi ntawm lub neej "chic" yog ib yam uas cov kws sau ntawv feem ntau yuav tawm tsam tam sim no. Tus nqi ntawm kev ua neej yog nce mus rau kiv taub hau tshiab qhov siab: Kuv tus kheej tuaj yeem pom zoo rau qhov no tom qab raug nqi £ 27 rau ob ob lub vodka cokes hauv nruab nrab London bar tsuas yog ob peb lub hlis dhau los (Kuv tseem coj nws raws li tus kheej affront). Ntau tus kws sau ntawv, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov kws sau ntawv tshiab, tsuas yog npau suav ntawm Babitz lub neej kev sib raug zoo lossis Didion lub wardrobe. Tab sis kev lag luam sheer tsis tuaj yeem yog qhov tseem ceeb xwb. Nws muaj peev xwm tawm tsam thiab tseem yog nqaij. Qhov tseeb, ua nqaij qaib thaum tawm tsam yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm txhua tus.

"Kuv ib txwm ceev faj txog kev nyiam ua rau yav dhau los," tus kws sau ntawv Holly Connolly hais tias, "tab sis nws zoo li kev sau ntawv, thiab los ntawm cov kws sau ntawv txuas ntxiv, tau siv los ua kom muaj kev sib tw nrog lwm yam, xws li kos duab thiab yeeb yaj kiab. Qhov ntawd xav tias tam sim no nws tsis tshua muaj dab tsi. Cov scenes uas kuv xav tias tseem tsawg kawg yog qhov txias me ntsis ntawm cov neeg sau ntawv, xav txog New York tshwj xeeb, muaj qhov sib txawv ntawm cov paj ntoo; koj paub cov kws ua yeeb yam, cov neeg ua yeeb yam, cov kws sau ntawv, cov neeg noj zaub mov txawm tias tag nrho hauv kev sib raug zoo ua ke. Kuv xav tias qhov tseem ceeb tiag tiag! Kuv xav tias cov kws sau ntawv yuav tsum ceev faj heev ntawm kev hais lus rau lwm tus kws sau ntawv, thiab kuv xav tias nws yog thaum pib tshwm sim uas koj tau txais cov lus qhia tsis txaus ntseeg, yuav luag tsis lees paub."

Qhov no tau ua raws li kev coj noj coj ua ib zaug ua haujlwm: xav txog cov kab lis kev cai ntawm lub tsev noj mov uas muaj los ntawm Gertrude Stein hauv Paris hauv xyoo 1920, lossis tag nrho cov neeg ua yeeb yam, cov kws sau ntawv thiab cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag uas koom nrog hauv New York's Greenwich Lub zos nyob rau hauv lub 50s thiab 60s. Muaj kev sib koom ua ke thiab kev sib koom ua ke ntawm lub ntiaj teb uas zoo li yuav ploj mus hauv cov kab lis kev cai niaj hnub no. Cov kws sau ntawv tam sim no tsuas yog sib cav nrog lwm tus kws sau ntawv hauv Twitter, nws yog qhov tsis zoo heev.

New York scene zoo li tsuas yog ib qho muaj peev xwm tsim tau cov neeg sau ntawv. Ua piv txwv Marlowe Granados, tus sau ntawm Champagne-soaked Happy Hour, los yog Kaitlin Phillips, ib tug neeg pov thawj pov thawj thiab ib tug neeg uas ua raws li cov footsteps ntawm Babitz thiab Didion. Nws ob tog tau sau cia hauv The Cut. Kuv ncav tes mus rau Phillips saib seb nws puas muaj kev xav txog kev tuag ntawm tus kws sau ntawv chic.

"Kev lim hiam hauv kev coj noj coj ua ntau txhiab xyoo - tshwj xeeb hauv online hauv zej zog sau ntawv - tua tus 'tus kws sau ntawv' rau peb tiam, "nws hais rau kuv. "Kuv nco qab tias yog ib feem ntawm kev sau ntawv Brooklyn, n + 1 kab lis kev cai, thiab zoo li yog tias kuv poob qaug cawv ntawm ib tog twg nws yuav yog qhov kawg ntawm lub ntiaj teb - qhov no yog qhov koj paub tias koj nyob hauv ib qho chaw phem hauv qhov xwm txheej phem.."

Nws zoo li poetically apt tias qhov nce hauv kev tshaj xov xwm yuav ua rau qhov kawg ntawm tus kws sau ntawv social. Tej zaum, yog tias ib tug neeg tau ua raws li Babitz thiab Didion nyob ib puag ncig txhua tog, tweeting lawv txhua qhov kev sib raug zoo faux-pas, lawv yuav tsis muaj peev xwm khaws cov ntaub ntawv ntawm qhov tsis paub meej uas tseem ceeb heev rau chicness.

Nrog tag nrho cov no ntawm kev ua si, nws nug cov lus nug: peb ib leeg puas yuav tau nqaij dua? Kuv tsis paub txog koj, tab sis tsis yog txhua qhov pom qhov muag ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm, kev tawm tsam tsis tu ncua ntawm kev xauj tsev thiab kev lees txais ntawm introversion raws li tus cwj pwm raug cai tsis txaus los pov tawm koj daim pam hnyav, cia ib khob ntawm lub pheej yig tshaj Sauvignon Blanc muaj, thiab glide txog cov neeg tuaj saib ntawm koj cov phooj ywg, acquaintance, thiab lovers? Qee zaum, koj tsuas yog yuav tsum tau hloov pauv koj xav pom hauv ntiaj teb.