SABUWA, 3 GA FABRAIRU, 2016
by NICK REMSEN
"Sun gano wani yanki a kan Pluto a cikin siffar zuciya," in ji Michael Bastianduring wani alƙawari a ofishinsa na West Chelsea a yau, yana nazarin tsarin yanayin tarin Fallasa. “Sailin duniya yana gaya mana wani abu—don haka kawai muka bi hanyar masu binciken falaki . . .”
Direban soyayya mai tsaka-tsaki gauraye da hankali na ilimi-amma-kaɗawa? Ga Bastian, ra'ayin ya yi nasara, kuma, a cikin nata hanyar, ya haifar da sautin maraba cikin preppiness. Anan akwai kayan da aka shirya don karshen mako a cikin ƙasar - amma don zama a gida da kallon tauraro ta hanyar na'urar hangen nesa, ba don harbin tattabarai na yumbu ba ko jin daɗin cin abincin rana a Kulub din. “Yana da illar wanzuwar mu . . . an saka mu a cikin guga na, 'Oh, su ne mutanen da aka riga aka shirya,' "in ji mai zanen. Don haka, daidaitawa.
Sweaters sun zo cikin saƙa mai daɗi na cashmere amma tare da motifs intarsia na galactic (hazy Pluto, bambance-bambancen taurari, tauraro mai maki huɗu a Lurex). Bastian da tawagarsa kuma sun ƙirƙiro wani bugu da aka yi wahayi daga rufin sararin samaniya-etched na Grand Central Terminal na New York (maɓallin ƙasa ɗaya har ma an yi shi a cikin tsarin launi na turquoise-da-zinariya). Wani sutura mai rufaffiyar ya sace wasan kwaikwayo; Kayan aikin sa na karfe da Casentino da aka riga aka yi wa allura ("ka'idar farauta ta Italiya," in ji Bastian) na iya kasancewa mafi kyawun abin da mutumin ya taɓa fitowa da shi. Na kusa da wani wando ne siriri mai aljihun kaya a cinyar hagu ta gaba.
Yana da mahimmanci a gane, ko da yake, cewa Bastian ba zai taɓa yin farin ciki ba. Prep wani bangare ne na DNA ta alamar. Siffofin da yanke da silhouettes duk suna da lafiya - yana yin tufafi masu tsada ga wani nau'in mutum (mai ra'ayin mazan jiya), irin mutumin da zai iya kallon Brunello Cucinelli da Loro Piana wajen zagaya tufafinsa. Amma duk da haka Bastian a kai a kai yana samun wannan duka tare da ƙwaƙƙwaran matasa masu ƙwazo-wanda tauraruwar Lurex mai ƙyalli ta zama ƙaramin hanyarsa na fita "fita can."