Keʻike nei i ka City Windy Nā Lenses o ka Mea Paʻi kiʻiʻole
He maka makaʻo Nigel Barker no ka nani maoli. ʻO kona makuahineʻo Miss Sri Lanka. ʻO kāna wahine he meaʻokoʻa kālai'āina. A uaʻike nuiʻiaʻo ia no kāna kūlana lunakanawai a me kiʻi kiʻi no Tyra Banks ' "Hōʻoia Kūlana Hōʻike Houʻo America" .
Aiaʻo ia i loko o ke Kaona Kuleana ma ke ala o Macy ma ke Alanui Moku (kahi i komo i loko o kahi halepule iʻike muaʻia ma ka haleʻo Marshall Field ), me kona wikiwiki loa e hāpai ana i kāna puke kiʻi kiʻi hou, Models of Influence (Harper Collins, 2015).
ʻO ia kona hoʻokupu i 50 mau wāhine kupanaha - mai Twiggy iā Naomi Campbell iā Kate Upton -ʻo ia nā huakaʻi trailblazers a hoʻokūkū i ka nohona aliʻi a me kaʻoihana ahupuaʻa i nā makahiki he nui.
I ka manawa o nā huakaʻi he nui a Barker i Chicago, ua naniʻo ia i nā wahi a pau i hele aku ai, mai ka nānāʻana i nā poʻe helehelena e hele i lalo i ka Magnificent Mile e mahalo ai i nā hale kiʻi hilinaʻi a me nā kiʻi kiʻi e like me ka Bean . Ua kūkākūkā mākou me ia i kekahi o kāna mau kiʻi punahele punahele.
No Chicago Travel: Ua lohe wau e noho anaʻoe ma Soho House Chicago . ʻO kēia anei kāu manawa mua? Pehea kou manaʻo no kaʻike?
Nigel Baker: Ua noho au i lailaʻekolu manawa (i kēia manawa). Ua noho mua au ma laila ma nā pule mua i weheʻia. He lâlâ wau i ka lâlâ no ka makahiki he nui.
ACT: Ua loaʻa anei iāʻoe kahi manawa e nānā ai i ka polokalamu "One When Changing" i ka manawa e laweʻia mai ai kahi pahu waina inu waina i loko o kou lumi e hāʻawi mai iāʻoe i kahi hōʻoluʻolu maikaʻi?
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NB: Ke hana nei wau i lalo i ka pā. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo ua hele au i loko o koʻu lumi i waena o 6 a 9. Ua hana wau i kekahi manawa a iʻole kekahi mea, no lailaʻaʻole paha he mea e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻohana. He kuhi loa ia! ʻO ka Pelekania ia noʻoe.
ACT: Ua likeʻoe me Soho House Chicago ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe i loko o ka hui āu i kipa ai?
NB: makemake loa au iā lākou a pau. ʻIke au (kahi o Chicago) he nui loa kahi a me kahi lumi. ʻO ka hopena o ia mea, he nani a he nui nā lumi a maikaʻi a maikaʻi maoli nō hoʻi. ʻO ka mea nui ma New York he nui, akā e hakakā neiʻoe no kahi noho, he mea maikaʻi no lākou akāʻaʻole maikaʻi no ka mea kūʻai. ʻO kēia ma kahi o ka 30 mau minuke wau i piʻi ai i ka waiʻauʻau - no laila e hiki iaʻu ke hāpai i kekahi o kāu mau leka o Chicago - a noho wau ma kaʻaoʻao o ka waiwai me ka pilikia ole.
KANAWAI: He aha ka mea iʻikeʻia ma laila?
NB: Ke'ōpio a me kaʻoluʻolu a me ke anu, a holo wau i kahi mea aʻu iʻike ai. ʻO kēlā kahi kahi e pili ana: pili i loko o nāʻano a me nā media a me nā hoʻolālā (ahupuaʻa).
ACT: Uaʻike aneiʻoeʻo Soho House Chicago kekahi ma kahi maikaʻi loa ma Chicago, i kapaʻiaʻo West Loop ?
NB: Ua lohe au i kēlā, a hele mai nei au mai kahi kokoke loa loa ma New York,ʻo ia ka moku Meatpacking ma ke Komohana Komohana . Uaʻike wau i kēlā. Makemake au i nā wahi like. ʻO ia ke kumu i makemake au e noho ma laila. Ua makemake nui au i kahi eʻike aiʻoe i kahi kūpilikiʻi a me ka mākaukau e hui pū me kahi kiʻekiʻe a me ka posh.
Ke manaʻo nei wau i kēlāʻano "Sex and the City" vibe o graffiti ma kekahiʻaoʻao a me ka lāʻau poli maikaʻi maikaʻi e pili ana i kahi'ōlelo nui e pili ana i keʻano o nā kūlanakauhale.
Hiki ke hōʻoluʻoluʻia kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale i kekahi wahi kahi e nalowale ai kona inoa a iʻole e pau loa i ka lalo, akā, i ka wā e hui pū ai lāua i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka hana nui. Keʻike nei wauʻo ia ka uila aʻikeʻoe i ka noʻonoʻo a he mea hopohopo nui paha ia a he mea hopohopo paha ia, akā i ka manawa like, he mea hoʻoulu ia a aia kahi pulse e mau ana.
ACT: Ua hoʻolālāʻoe i kekahi mau kaiāulu'ē aʻe aʻaiʻole paha i nā wahi hauʻoli e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā?
NB: Ua hiki iaʻu ke holo holoʻokoʻa i ka pō i ka wā iaʻu. Ua hele au i ka Italia LPM a noho wau ma ke kani mamua, he mea maikaʻi loa ia. Nui koʻu nānāʻana a uaʻai nui wau i kaʻai (i kaʻumikumamāono ). Ua aloha au i ka pā.
ACT: Ua hele aku neiʻoe i Chicago i nā manawa kūpono eʻike pono i nā palena'āina o ke kūlanakauhale?
NB: makemake au e hele ma lalo o ka muliwai ma ke kahawai a nānā i nā alahaka.
Makemake au e hele wale wale. Aloha au i ka hale hana . Noʻu,ʻo nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o ke kūlanakauhale koʻu mau wahi punahele kahi eʻike pono aiʻoe i ka moʻolelo aʻikeʻoe i kahi o ke kūlanakauhale. A laila, no laila, aia ka Bean , he mea hauʻoli keʻike a hōʻike i kahi e hiki ai ke kūlanakauhale.
ACT: Ma keʻano he mea paʻi kiʻi, ke nānā neiʻoe iā Chicago mai kahiʻike o ka pehea e hiki ai iāʻoe ke pana?
NB: Manaʻo wau ke hana nei au ma kēlā wahi kēia wahi. ʻAʻohe paha he mea nānāʻoihanaʻoihanaʻole e heleʻole i loko o kekahi lumi a iʻole kekahi alanui a manaʻo paha e like me kēia. Aia kekahi mau wahi e hoʻolālā iāʻoe i kēlāʻano, mai ka hale hoʻolālā e hoʻomālamalama i ka hoʻolālā i feng shui a hiki i ka manawa o ka makahiki i nā mea a pau. Eia kekahi laʻana, ua hiki mai au i Chicago ma kahi lā nani loa a ke noʻonoʻo nei wau i keʻano o ka loaʻaʻana o ka wai i nā kānaka a me keʻano o kēlā me ke kuʻiʻana i ke kahua.
ACT: He aha kekahi mau hiʻona'āina iʻikeʻia e kou maka ma Chicago?
NB: Ke hele nei i lalo i ka Mile Magnificent . He mea kupaianaha. Keʻikeʻoe i kēlā mau hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale a me keʻano i hana nuiʻia ai ma kēlāʻaoʻao kēiaʻaoʻao, hiki iāʻoe ke pani i kou mau maka a manaʻo pahaʻoe i nā makahiki 1920 a 1950. He mea maikaʻi loa kēlā e noʻonoʻo ai, ka moʻolelo o kekahi wahi aʻo wai'ē aʻe i hele maʻaneʻi a me nā mea e like me ia i kēlā manawa. ʻAʻole hiki i nā kūlanakauhale ke hana pēlā.
ACT: Inā hoʻohālikelikeʻoe iā Chicago i kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui ma ka honua nei, ma hea kahi e kū ai?
NB:ʻO Chicago i ka nui loa. ʻAʻole i hoʻomanaʻo pinepine nā kānaka no Chicago iā lākou e noʻonoʻo ai i nā kūlanakauhaleʻAmelika. Manaʻo mau lākou i New York a iʻoleʻo Wakinekona, DC - no ka mea,ʻo ia ke kapikala - akāʻo Chicago he kūlanakauhale kūikawā. Ua aneane like ia me ka huakaʻi ma New York.
Ināʻoe e lawe i nā wahi maikaʻi loa o Manhattan a kau pū aku iā lākou, he mea nui loa ia no Chicago. A he mea nui loa ka naʻau. He poʻe maʻalahi nā kānaka maʻaneʻi, heʻano haʻalulu ko lākou iā lākou a ke hoʻokipa maikaʻi nei lākou. He nani a he mea maikaʻiʻole paha ma New York. ʻO wau nui nui o Chicago aʻo ia kahi kūpono ma laila e like me kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui hoʻokahi maʻAmelika.
ACT: I kou manawa e noʻonoʻo ai e pili ana i ka "style" o Chicago, pehea lā e hiki ai iāʻoe ke ho'ākāka maikaʻi aku?
NB: ʻO ka pulse he elele iʻaneʻi. ʻOiai i kou hōʻeaʻana i ke kau o ka hoʻoilo -ʻo ka nui o nā wahi'ē aʻe i paniʻia - ke hele nei nā poʻe i waho a makemake eʻike i ke kūlanakauhale. Ua pāʻani pinepineʻia nā haleʻaina e lākou. Nui ka hauʻoli o nā kānaka i kou komoʻana i loko, a ke manaʻo wau he mea maikaʻi loa kēlā a ke haʻi neiʻo ia i kekahi mea e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale. Ke haʻaheo nei nā kānaka i kēia kūlanakauhale.