LONDON, 9 GA JANAIRU, 2016
by LUKE LEITCH
Lokacin da Patrick Grant ya je bikin ranar haihuwar abokinsa na 1985 mai jigo 30 kwanan nan, yarinyar ranar haihuwa da abokan zamanta sun yi ado kamar Madonna, Michael Jackson, da sauran gumaka na shekara guda da suka yi ƙanana don tunawa. Grant, ko da yake, ya fito ne daga girbi na farko-ya rayu da ita-kuma an yi wahayi zuwa gare shi don tono wasu tsofaffin tufafinsa: "Ba zan iya yarda da jin daɗin da suke da shi ba," in ji shi.
Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa wannan tarin E. Tautz ya gabatar da tunanin Grant na '80s kamar yadda aka tace ta hanyar ƙwaƙƙwaran aikin lakabin nasa don kawo ƙwarewar Savile Row zuwa salon yanayi. Akwai yalwar tics da za a iya gane su tun daga lokacin. Jaket ɗin ulu mai laushi mai laushi, mai ƙirjin ƙirjin biyu a cikin sojojin ruwa da launin toka suna da epaulets mai tricep-tickling. Baƙaƙen kwat da wando da baƙar rigar aljihu da aka sawa tare da haɗin kai masu karo da juna sun buƙaci a yi la'akari da Gary Numan. Wani saman da aka cire a cikin ulu da nailan ya zo tare da zik ɗin diagonal mai kashe-kashe a wuyan wanda Grant ya ce an zana shi daga wannan rigar da aka zalunta, kwat ɗin harsashi (Ingilishi na Burtaniya don nailan paneled tracksuits na 80s da '90s). Akwai ingantacciyar gaske, a hankali an lura da billow sama da wando mai tsayi mai tsayi na Grant. Kusan duk kyakkyawa ne, wanda watakila shine matsalar. Sylvester's m 1984 saki "Rock the Box" an nuna shi akan sautin sauti na Grant. Bincika shi akan YouTube don tabbatar da yadda ainihin abubuwan dandano na zamani suke. Grant ya yi yawa na abin ƙima don yin muni - kuma waɗannan tufafi ne masu kyau, haƙiƙa - amma walƙiya ko biyu na abubuwan da ba a tantance su ba za su haɓaka tasirin wannan tarin.