LONDON, JANAIRU 8, 2016
by ALEXANDER FURY
Tambayi Craig Green-wanda ya fi so mai ra'ayi na salon Burtaniya-yadda yake ji game da yi masa lakabi da haka, kuma ya ɗan murƙushe hancinsa kuma yana murmushi. "Ba mu taɓa farawa da tunani ba," in ji shi. "Abu ne kawai da ke jin daidai." Wataƙila wannan shine dalilin da ya sa Green's ya nuna, da tufafinsa, suna da ƙarfi sosai. Babu wani nau'i mai yawa da ake jefawa yayin da yake kwatanta tufafinsa: Duk game da yadudduka da fasaha ne. Da kuma Iyalan Sylvanian. "Sun yi wahayi zuwa ga dukkan launuka a farkon," in ji shi, da sauri ya kara da cewa, ". . . watakila bai kamata in gaya muku haka ba."
Kamar yadda aka saba, sassan nassoshi da aka saka a cikin kayan ado na Green suna daidai da waɗanda kowane mai kallo ya karanta a cikin su kawai. Duk waɗannan ƙananan sassa suna ƙara zuwa babban gabaɗaya. Yana danganta baya ga abin da ke da kyau: A wannan lokacin, Green yana tunani, a cikin taƙaitaccen sharuddan, game da sababbi da tsoho, game da rashin iyawa—ya ambaci goge-goge na asibiti, waɗanda tufafinsa sukan yi kama da kama-da-wane da abubuwan da kuke kiyayewa har abada. "Kamar bargo," in ji shi, yana jefa hannayensa a fadi don nuna ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙullun da aka yi wa ado, wanda aka yi wa ado, da wanke-wanke, da kuma sake wanke tufafin da suka yi kama da waɗanda Linus ya kama a cikin zane-zane na wasan kwaikwayo na gyada.
An buga waɗannan ra'ayoyin akai-akai: Bouclé ya kasance, a cikin kalmomin Green, "kamar tsohon tawul"; siliki da fata (karo na farko da Green ya yi amfani da su) an sarrafa su sosai, da hannu, an wanke su, kuma an sake wanke su, launukan marasa lafiya sun zama riposte, in ji shi, zuwa hasken acid na bara. Akasin haka, wasu riguna ko dai an ɗaure su da ƙarfi-dawwama-da jiki, ko kuma an raba su ta hanyar lacing ko maɓalli kawai an ɗaure su, kamar an kama su cikin ɗan lokaci kafin a tashi. Wannan ra'ayi, na abin da za'a iya raba tare da na har abada, wani abu ne na salon da ke daɗaɗa da shi a matsayin wani babban hoto a yanzu. Abin da ya sa keɓaɓɓun samfuran ke bambanta tsakanin "fashion" da "al'ada," tsohon yana nufin tashin hankali na yanayi na flibbertigibbet, na ƙarshe zuwa salon da aka gina don wanzuwa har abada. Shuwagabannin Conglomerate suna fafutukar nada kawunansu wajen sulhunta wadancan kiyayya guda biyu; ganin mai zane kamar kore kamar Green nailing yana kamawa.
Tunanin baya ga Linus, kuma hakika ga duk ɓangarorinmu na ƙuruciya, ba zan iya daure ba sai dai in yi tuntuɓe a kan ra'ayin kariya. Shi ya sa muke manne wa waɗancan ƴan ɓangarorin tufafin, bayan haka—don jin kariya. Green ya buɗe nunin nasa da rigar hazmat ɗin da aka keɓance-ya yi nuni da kayan aiki; yadudduka tela; ɗimbin maƙallan maƙamai na tsaka-tsaki, cushe don fitar da sifofin sulke na sulke na faranti. Green ya kira pads ɗin da aka cika manne a hannun samfura ko ɗaure daga bel ɗin su "jakunkunan naushi." Da farko zai ɗaure su a kan ƙirarsa, kamar ya yi musu yaƙi da duniya.
Yana da wuya a gano dalilin da yasa wannan tarin ya ji daidai, kamar yadda Green ya ce. Amma ya yi. Wataƙila saboda, yayin da kasuwannin hada-hadar kuɗi na duniya ke girgiza, an sake kashe dala tiriliyan 2.3 a wannan makon—dukkanmu muna son samun kariya. Wataƙila Green da kansa yana jin tsoro, kuma ba shi da tabbas, matashin mai zane wanda ke nunawa a cikin masana'antar hargitsi, wanda tushensa yana canzawa yayin da muke kallo. Amma yadda prescient ya gina kariya a cikin tarinsa, saboda tufafin Green - gwaninta - shine kawai. Su ne makamansa na yaƙi da ɓarna na duniyar fashion. Kuma sun kasance na musamman kuma na musamman. Babu ra'ayi da ake buƙata.