Ngaba uMike Jeffries uGay okanye uthe ngqo? -' Okushushu okuMhlophe: UkuPhakamisa nokuwa kwe-Abercrombie kunye neFitch ,’ a Netflix i-documentary, ihlalutya kwimbali yohlobo lwefashoni kwaye kutheni ihambe kakubi, lonke ixesha uMike Jeffries wayeyi-CEO. Abantu baye baqikelela ngokuqondakalayo ngobomi bukaMike kuba uhlala engumntu wabucala kakhulu ongakhange abelane nantoni na malunga nalo.
Ke, ukuba unomdla wokufunda ngakumbi, nantsi into esiyaziyo.
Kufuneka Ufunde: Uphi uMfoti ka-Abercrombie kunye noFitch 'uBruce Weber' ngoku?
Ngaba i-CEO uMichael Jeffries uyiGay okanye ngokuthe ngqo?
UMichael yayisoloko isaziwa njengendoda ekrelekrele kodwa egciniweyo eyayinika udliwano-ndlebe olumbalwa kodwa yabonakala inothando. Watshata noSusan Marie Isabel Hansen eMiami, eFlorida, ngo-Aprili 1971. Ngelixa babenonyana kunye, kuthiwa bahlala ngokwahlukileyo ngo-2006, kwaye ubudlelwane babo bubonakala buphelile ukususela ngoko.
UMike wayefihliwe malunga nobomi bakhe bobuqu ngeminyaka yoo-2000s, ngokutsho komboniso, kodwa ebengumntu othandana nomntu othandana naye esidlangalaleni kwiminyaka ukusukela oko. UMike unobudlelwane obude kunye noMatthew Smith, ngokweengxelo.
Impembelelo kaMike I-Abercrombie kunye neFitch kwavakala xa inkampani iqala ukukhuthaza iimbaleki kunye nobulungu kwiklabhu ye-elite. Ngokukhawuleza yafumana ukuthandwa phakathi kwamadoda amaninzi angama-gay ngelo xesha. Ukongeza, inkampani yapapasha A&F Ngekota, eyapheliswa ngo-2003 kwaye yabonisa amakhwenkwe namantombazana amhlophe ahamba ze afotwe nguBruce Weber. I-A&F ngekota yenza isiphithiphithi esinomxholo wayo ngelo xesha.
UMike wathi, Ayilunganga loo nto! xa ebuzwa ukuba intengiso yayiyi-homoerotic kwaye ukuba inkampani yayithengisa ngesondo kubantwana. Into esiyifanekisela ngesondo, ndiyakholwa, isempilweni. Kuyahlekisa. Ayingomnyama bhuqe. Asinto ihlazo! Ayisiyo gay, ayithanga tye, ayimnyama, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ayimhlophe. Ayinanto yakwenza neeleyibhile. Oko kuya kuba kukugxeka, kwaye asinjalo! Konke kumalunga nobudlelwane obuhle, ubuqabane, kunye nokudlala okukhoyo kwesi sizukulwana kodwa akukho kwizizukulwana ezidlulileyo.
Ngubani uMatthew Smith kwi-A&F?
iqabane likaMike, UMateyu Smith , kwathiwa unendima ebalulekileyo kwinkampani ngaphambi kokuba eme phantsi njenge-CEO. Ngelixa bekukho iimbono ezahlukeneyo malunga noMateyu, ukunxulumana kwakhe no-Abercrombie kunye noFitch kubangele iingxaki ezininzi. Abanye bamchaze njengomntu ophumelele isidanga se-Wharton MBA owayenobuntu ngakumbi kunoMike, kodwa abanye babengenamdla kangako wokuthatha kwakhe inxaxheba.
Ngelixa igama likaMatthew lingazange livele kwiifayile zolawulo, abasebenzi abaninzi bathi wayekho kwiintlanganiso zenkampani kwaye wayebandakanyeka kakhulu kwizigqibo ezinjengokukhethwa kwendawo yokuhlala. Ngaphandle koko, uMatthew wayethathwa njengohlobo lokunyanzeliswa kweMigangatho yokuSebenza kukaMike, ebandakanya imimiselo yeekhushini zokuhlala kunye nezincamathelisi.
Ekuqaleni uMateyu wayephethe i-Ofisi yaseJeffries yaseKhaya, eyayilawula iipropati zikaMike kunye notyalo-mali, kodwa uxanduva lwakhe lwakhula kwiminyaka eyakhokelela kumhlalaphantsi kaMike. UMike noMateyu baye bagcina iprofayile ephantsi ukususela ngoko, kwaye akukhange kubekho mabali amatsha malunga nobudlelwane babo okanye imisebenzi yangoku.
