LONDON, 9 GA JANAIRU, 2016
by ALEXANDER FURY
"Ta'aziyya da Tsoro" shine jigon Christopher Shannon na Fall. Kyawawan kalmomi masu nauyi. Amma Shannon ya kasance koyaushe wanda ke ba da damar ƙirarsa fiye da yadda ake saduwa da ido nan da nan. Landan na da masu siyar da kaya da yawa, masu tsalle-tsalle masu tsalle-tsalle-wasu daga cikinsu cikin izgili sun ƙi amincewa da lakabin, suna shiga cikin ilimin tauhidi lokacin da yakamata su ba da lokaci don kera ingantattun tufafi - amma Shannon ita ce mafi tsufa. Kuma, ina tsammanin, mafi kyau. Shi ne magaji ga Kim Jones, kuma nunin nasa sun yi ta fama da rikici iri ɗaya tsakanin machismo na aiki da kuma salon zamani.
Har Fall 2016. Domin, don Fall 2016, Shannon ya nuna ta hanyar shigarwa maimakon kan titin jirgin sama. Da fatan abu ne na kashe-kashe, kamar yadda za a yi kewar chutzpah na nunin Shannon-kuma, hakika, ya kasance a yau. An gudanar da wasan kwaikwayon nasa a cikin Alison Jacques Gallery a tsakiyar London, kuma an yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar kwanan nan tare da mai zane Linder Sterling a kan tufafi don yin wasa tare da Kamfanin Ballet na Arewa. Kodayake tsayin daka na gabatarwa ya ba ku lokaci mai yawa don sha'awar ƙwarewar ƙira ta Shannon, ba haka ba ne.
Lokacin da Shannon ya zaɓi "ta'aziyya da ban tsoro" a matsayin take da kuma sha'awar wannan fita, yana tunani game da yankunan da ke kusa da Liverpool, birnin arewacin Ingila da ya girma a ciki - kwanciyar hankali na gida, amma tsoro na kama shi a can. Manyan gine-ginen katako da ke tsakiyar gabatarwar sun cika da tagogi da aka yi da PVC. Sun yi kama da ƙasusuwan katako na wani gida mai zaman kansa, irin wanda aka gina a cikin salon izgili-Tudor wanda kamfanin gine-gine na Biritaniya Barratt ya yi. Waɗancan suna girma a kan wasu korayen da kyawawan ƙasashe a duk faɗin arewacin Ingila - jin daɗi, da ban tsoro.
Gidajen gidaje na jama'a na yau da kullun - waɗanda kuma ke tushen kayan Shannon. Ba kawai a wannan kakar ba, ko da yake wannan fitowar ta kasance mai gamsarwa musamman wajen ɗaukaka baƙar fata na 'yan wasan dambe-gajeren poplin na maza a cikin ratsi masu launin alewa da dubawa; Jaket masu kaho da aka yanka da wando da wando da aka yanka tare da raguwa; da 'yan kunne masu sarka na zinari da 'yan kunne waɗanda suke nuna tarkon dukiya.
Mafi wayo na tufafin Shannon shine yadda sauƙin fahimta duka. "Ina tunani a baya ga yaran da suka fita tare da masu kula da jarirai na," in ji shi, Shannon shine tarin rana na biyu don yin magana game da jarumai masu launin shuɗi. Ba ku buƙatar tarihin baya mai zurfi, kuma ba ku ziyarci yankunan Liverpudlian ba, don samun ma'anar rayuwar ƙananan gari (kuma, hakika, rashin jin daɗin jima'i na matasa) daga tufafinsa. Sun yi riffed a kan palette na pastel preppy, suna tunawa da sarƙoƙin wasanni masu yawa na Esprit da Benetton a cikin facin, masu yaudarar iska da riguna da sifofin varsity.
Wadanda kuma tropes Shannon ya ba da sau da yawa, remixed da reimagined kowane kakar, a m saƙa yanar gizo na tufafi a ga alama akai reinvention via da ko da yaushe-m tunanin. Yana da daɗi don ɗaukar lokaci daga tseren berayen da kuma sha'awar aikin sa na yau da kullun don Fall - kuma yana jin kamar Shannon ya kori kansa daga yankin jin daɗinsa na yin hakan. Amma mutum yana fatan ƙarfin ƙarfin Shannon ya dawo kan titin jirgin sama na London don bazara: Babu shakka birnin yana amfana daga ƙarfinsa, kuma ba shakka ya ƙididdige shi a matsayin ɗayan mafi kyawunsa.