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Magda Butrym

Ịkpụpụta nwanyị Ugbu a
Okwu nke Nina Calder
Magda Butrym emebebeghị maka oge a - ọ na-emepụta maka ụmụ nwanyị na-akpụzi ya. N'ime ụlọ ọrụ na-agagharị na ọsọ nke usoro cycles na mgbanwe algọridim, ọrụ ya kwụpụrụ iche, gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ na ịnọ jụụ nke anụ ahụ nke na-ajụ ngwa ngwa. Enwere ụma maka ụwa ya: nkpọtu rose-aka-achie, esemokwu nke silk a na-ekpuchi ekpuchi, ntakwu nta nke Polish na a sharply ahaziri ubu. Ibe ọ bụla na-adị ka ihe arụrụ arụ nke ndụ mmadụ bi, ndụ ebe ike na-eleda anya, mmetụta uche, na miri emi.
A mụrụ na Poland na ugbu a na-akọwa asụsụ zuru ụwa ọnụ nke oge a femininity, Butrym arụpụtarala akara nke nwere mmekọrịta chiri anya dịka ọ bụ ụkpụrụ ụlọ. Atụmatụ ya na-ebu ụzọ abụọ nke nwanyị nke na-aghọta ịdị nro na ịdị njọ ọ bụghị dị ka ihe na-emegiderịta onwe ya kama dị ka nhazi-isi ihe abụọ na-akọwa ọnọdụ mmetụta uche ụmụ nwanyị na-agafe kwa ụbọchị.. Ọ na-abịaru nso uwe dị ka onye na-ese foto: ṅaa ntị na ndụ ime, nkwupụta ndị gbachiri nkịtị, nnupụisi aghụghọ na-ahọrọ ịma mma n'onwe ya. Ihe na-ekewapụ ya abụghị nanị nka—ọ bụ ezie na nraranye ya n’ọrụ aka n’ụzọ ime mmụọ—ọ bụ otú o si jụ ime ka mmuo pụta ìhè.. Eluigwe na Ala Magda Butrym bụ ndị inyom nwere ọnụnọ ha na-akpụzi, ndị na-anabata ihunanya na-ahapụghị ikike, onye ghọtara na adịghị ike na akwara nwere ike ibikọ ọnụ n'ime otu silhouette. Ka ọ na-abanye n'isiakwụkwọ ọhụrụ nke mgbasawanye na mmetụta, Otu kpakpando dị n'ebe ugwu ka na-eduzi Butrym: ihe na-eche banyere izi ezi na nkwenye na uwe nwere ike ijide mmetụta dị ka akpụkpọ ahụ si eme. N'ime ụwa nke arụrụ arụ juru, ọ na-enye ihe ọzọ na-adịgide adịgide, òkù ileba anya n'ime, inwe mmetụta miri emi, na iji ejiji n'ebumnobi na-enweghị mgbagha.

Ọrụ gị na-ebute esemokwu n'etiti anụ ahụ ahaziri ahazi na ịhụnanya siri ike. Mgbe ịmalite mkpokọta ọhụrụ, kedu ọnọdụ mmetụta uche ma ọ bụ ikuku dị n'ime ị na-emepụta site na?
M na-amalite mgbe niile site na mmuo, ọ bụghị ọgụgụ isi. Ọ dịghị mgbe ọ bụla iji wuo ọnọdụ ihu igwe – ọ bụ maka ijide mmetụta, a ụfọdụ esemokwu na ikuku. Mgbe ụfọdụ ọ bụ oge na-agafe n'okporo ámá, ihe ncheta, ọnọdụ nwanyị na cafe, ma na Warsaw, Paris, ma ọ bụ New York. Enwere m mmasị n'ụdị abụọ: nro nke na-ebu ike, na nhazi nke ka na-eku ume.
Ụzọ gị n'ịrụ nka na-enwekarị mmetụta ụkpụrụ ụlọ, dị ka iwu elu eluigwe na ala karịa ikpokọta uwe. Kedu ka esi akọwapụta ụkpụrụ ụlọ nke silhouette?
Maka m, a na-ewu silhouette - ọ na-akpụ akpụ. Ọ na-eme ka mmetụta dị gburugburu ahụ, mgbe ụfọdụ nkọ, mgbe ụfọdụ mmiri mmiri, ma na-akpachapụ anya mgbe niile. Achọrọ m ka ọ jide gị, ka ọ dị ka ebe nchekwa ma ọ bụ nkwupụta ị nwere ike iyi.
Ihe nketa Polish na nwanyị nke oge a na-ejikọta na ọrụ gị n'ụzọ aghụghọ. Kedu ihe ndị gbasara omenala gị ka na-emetụta nhọrọ gị na agba, udidi, ma ọ bụ ụdị?
Maka m, Ihe nketa Polish bụ ihe dị iche iche: oyi siri ike na lace na-esighi ike, brutalist concrete na ndị inyom na-eji ejiji na echiche na ịke. Esemokwu ahụ bi na palette m – uhie miri emi, inki ojii, soft ivories and in textures like crochet, lace, and weaving that are so deeply rooted in our culture. I don’t quote folklore literally. I translate those slavic codes into modern forms like a sharp shoulder, a sculpted coat, a headscarf, all that feels relevant to women today.
You’ve said before that women inspire everything you create. How has your understanding of womanhood—and who you design for—shifted as your brand has grown?
As the brand has grown, I’ve understood even more that womanhood is never one story, but many. Today I design for women of different ages, in different cities, from different backgrounds, who all want to be their own muse. As I say in my brand’s manifesto, “I don’t want to define them”.
I want to give them something that can hold their strength, their sensuality, and their vulnerability at the same time.
There is a softness in your pieces that never loses its edge. How do you balance vulnerability and power within your designs?
Maka m, softness and power are not opposites – they belong together. I often start from something tender, like a fluid fabric, a bare back, or a rose detail, and anchor it with clarity: a precise line, a bold proportion, a certain attitude. As banal as it sounds, I really believe the right piece can let a woman show her vulnerability and still feel completely in control.

Many designers speak of muses, but your garments seem to reflect lived emotion more than idealized figures. What feelings, gestures, or real-life moments most often drive your design impulses?
Enwere m mmasị na oge ndị ahụ dị n'etiti: nwaanyị na-edozi uwe ya, na-adabere na tebụl kafe, isi n'ụgbọ ala pụta, na ịdọrọ jaket ya ntakịrị. Ọ bụ ngwakọta nke obi ike na oge, ike na obi abụọ na-amasị m. Ndị a obere, mmegharị ahụ na-ezughị okè bụ, maka m, kedu ka ezigbo muse siri dị.
Nwanyị Magda Butrym na-enwe mmetụta nke oge na-adịghị agafe agafe na nke dị ugbu a. Kedu ka ị ga-esi na-edobe ihe abụọ ahụ na-adabereghị na agụụ ma ọ bụ omume?
Enweghị m mmasị na uwe ndị na-eti mkpu n'otu oge wee nwee mmetụta na-ezighị ezi. M na-ajụ onwe m mgbe niile ma nwanyị ga-amata onwe ya na mpempe akwụkwọ a afọ site ugbu a. Enweghị oge na-abịa site n'eziokwu na ịkpụ na mmetụta uche, ebe akụkụ nke oge a sitere na ịzaghachi ka ụmụ nwanyị si ebi taa – rhythm ha, obodo ha, mgbagwoju anya ha.
Ọrụ gị na-etinyekarị nkọwa nke ejiri aka mee yana usoro nka. Kedu ihe "ọrụ" pụtara nye gị n'oge ọsọ, mmetụta dijitalụ, na mmepụta oke?
Maka m, craft bụ ihe oge, imetụ aka, na ibu ọrụ. Ọ pụtara iso ndị ọrụ aka na-arụkọ ọrụ, ikwe ka ihe ọmụma ha na-akpụzi ibe ahụ, na ịnakwere obere “ezughị okè” na-eme ka ihe dị ndụ. Ụwa dijitalụ dị ngwa ngwa ma dị larịị; nka na-enye omimi – ọ bụ ihe na-eme ka nwanyị nwee mmasị idebe ibe, ọ bụghị naanị ka ọ dị na akwụkwọ mpịakọta.
Ọ bụrụ na mkpokọta ọ bụla bụ isi, kedu akụkọ ị chere na ị na-ede n'akụkụ ọrụ gị, na kedu isi nke ị na-abanye ugbu a?
Ama m na ọ dị ka m na-ekwughachi onwe m, mana agbanwe agbanwe bụ mantra m. Ekwenyere m na m na-ede otu ogologo akụkọ banyere nwanyị na-amụta ịbụ ihe ngosi nka nke ya – nabata ike na uche, romance na eziokwu, otu mgbe. Isiakwụkwọ ndị mbụ bụ gbasara ịkọwa koodu; ugbu a, a nọ m n'ọkwa mmuo karịa, akụkụ nke onwe, ebe m na-ekwe ka onwe m bụrụ ndị na-atụghị egwu na ndị na-adịghị ike na ọrụ ahụ – ọ na-adị obere ka icho mma ndụ nwanyị na karịa ka a kpọrọ ya n'ime ụwa nke ime ya.
Ka ị na-eche banyere ọdịnihu nke ika gị, kedu ajụjụ ị na-ajụ onwe gị na okike ma ọ bụ nkà ihe ọmụma nke ị na-ajụghị mgbe mbụ ị malitere?
Ugbu a, m na-ajụ onwe m obere “kedu ka m ga-esi eto?" na ndị ọzọ" kedu ka m ga-esi akwụwa aka ọtọ ka anyị na-etolite." Ka ika ahụ na-agbasa karịa ụlọ ahịa ịntanetị na ndị mmekọ, ma anyị na-akwado imepe nnukwu ọrụ n'ime 2026, Enwere m mmetụta dịịrị m karịa nke ichekwa mmekọrịta chiri anya, oru oru, na mmetụta uche n'ime obi nke ihe anyị na-eme. N'ime okike, Enwere m mmasị na otu esi eji ejiji ụmụ nwanyị site na oge dị iche iche nke ụbọchị, ọkwa dị iche iche nke ndụ ha, n'emebighị kpọmkwem echiche nke malitere njem a.
