SABUWA, 3 GA FABRAIRU, 2016
ta LEE CARTER
"Sauƙi, sauƙi, ta'aziyya," in ji Billy Reidin da dumi-duminsa, mai raɗaɗi a Louisiana game da sabon tarin Fallasa. Lokacin da cajoled, ya shiga cikin ladabi dalla-dalla, amma da gaske, waɗannan kalmomi guda uku sun taƙaita su da kyau.
Mahimmanci, Reid ya kasance yana zana wani salo mai salo na kansa duka, ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan salon kudanci da kuma salon duniya mafi nagartaccen salo. Abin da yake sabo a wannan kakar shine matakin da ya bi wannan sauƙi, sauƙi, da jin dadi. Ya yi magana game da tsaftar layin da bai bayyana a baya ba, wanda aka samu ta hanyar fale-falen fale-falen buraka maimakon kayan masarufi ko wasu kayan adon da ba dole ba. Wando sun kasance jakunkuna sosai, da gangan, har sandunan suka taru a kusa da ƙafafun samfuran, yayin da Huck Finn huluna sun kasance masu walƙiya sosai wanda samfuran dole ne su ɗaga kawunansu don leƙewa daga ƙarƙashinsu.
Har yanzu kamfanin yana cikin Alabama, kuma hakan bai nuna alamun canzawa ba, amma Reid ya yi balaguro a duk faɗin duniya - Faransa, Italiya, Japan - don neman yadudduka masu dacewa don isar da alamar sa na musamman na ƙasar grunge, idan kuna so. Wato, lokacin da ba ya haɓaka masana'anta daga karce, wanda shine abin da yake ciyar da mafi yawan lokacinsa da kuzarin sa. Ya tafi don yadudduka tare da babban nau'i na nau'i, kamar tweed mai laushi, karammiski mai damuwa, corduroy mai fuska biyu, da cashmere, mafi yawa a cikin bambance-bambance masu ban sha'awa na beige, cream, da launin toka. Daga nan sai ya tara su cikin sifofin halitta da yake bi.
Hakanan sabo don Reid: ƙarin haɓakawa cikin suturar mata. "Mata sun kasance suna yin lissafin kashi 12 na tallace-tallacen mu," in ji shi, yana zamewa cikin maganganun kasuwanci. "Yanzu yana da kashi 30." An nuna wannan a kan titin jirgin sama, tare da mata suna karɓar dukiya mai yawa. Amma a yanzu, Reid ya gamsu ya ajiye kudi a gefe da kuma haskaka wani kyakkyawan nunin arewa.