NEW YORK, Lub Ob Hlis 3, 2016
los ntawm LEE CARTER
"Ib qho yooj yim, yooj yim, kev nplij siab," hais tias Billy Reidin nws sov, languorous Louisiana kos txog nws lub caij nplooj zeeg tshiab. Thaum cajoled, nws tau mus rau hauv cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws, tab sis tiag tiag, peb lo lus summed nws zoo.
Qhov tseem ceeb, Reid tau kos tawm lub ntsej muag stylistic tag nrho nws tus kheej, ib qho tshwj xeeb hybrid ntawm Southern nonchalance thiab ntau sophisticated thoob ntiaj teb style. Dab tsi tshiab lub caij no yog qib uas nws ua raws li qhov yooj yim, simplicity, thiab kev nplij siab. Nws tau hais txog kev coj dawb huv ntawm txoj kab uas nws tsis tau hais ua ntej, ua tiav los ntawm pleats thiab drape es tsis yog kho vajtse lossis lwm yam khoom siv tsis tsim nyog. Cov ris tsho hnav zoo li no, txhob txwm tshaj tawm, tias cov hems nyob ib ncig ntawm cov qauv ko taw, thaum lub kaus mom Huck Finn tau zoo li cov qauv uas yuav tsum tau nqa lawv lub taub hau mus rau hauv qab lawv.
Lub tuam txhab tseem nyob hauv Alabama, thiab qhov ntawd qhia tau tias tsis muaj kev hloov pauv, tab sis Reid mus ncig thoob ntiaj teb-Fabkis, Ltalis, Nyij Pooj-hauv kev tshawb fawb ntawm tsuas yog cov ntaub zoo los qhia nws lub npe tshwj xeeb ntawm lub tebchaws grunge, yog tias koj xav tau. Qhov ntawd yog, thaum nws tsis tsim nws tus kheej cov ntaub los ntawm kos, uas yog qhov nws siv nws lub sijhawm thiab lub zog muaj tswv yim ua. Nws mus rau cov ntaub ntawv nrog cov qib siab ntawm kev ntxhib los mos, zoo li mos tweed, kev ntxhov siab velvet, ob lub ntsej muag corduroy, thiab cashmere, feem ntau hauv kev hloov maj mam ntawm beige, cream, thiab grey. Tom qab ntawd nws finesses lawv mus rau hauv tej yam ntuj tso duab nws tom qab.
Tsis tas li ntawd tshiab rau Reid: nthuav dav ntxiv rau cov poj niam hnav khaub ncaws. "Cov poj niam siv los suav txog 12 feem pua ntawm peb qhov muag," nws hais, plam mus rau kev lag luam-hais lus. "Tam sim no nws yog 30 feem pua." Qhov no tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv txoj kev khiav, nrog rau cov poj niam noj li loj npaum li cas ntawm vaj tse. Tab sis tam sim no, Reid yog cov ntsiab lus los tso nyiaj txiag tseg thiab ua rau lub ntsej muag ntawm lwm qhov tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo nyob rau sab qaum teb.