LONDON, Jenụwarị 9, 2016
nke Luke LeITCH
Mgbe Patrick Grant gara emume ncheta ọmụmụ 30th nke enyi ya na 1985 na nso nso a, nwa agbọghọ ụbọchị ọmụmụ na ndị ya na ha dịkọrọ ndụ yi uwe dị ka Madonna, Michael Jackson, na akara ngosi ndị ọzọ nke otu afọ ha ka dị obere icheta. Otú ọ dị, Grant sitere n'oge ochie—o biri ya—ma bụrụkwa nke sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ gwupụta ụfọdụ n'ime uwe ya kasị ochie: “Apụghị m ikweta na ahụ́ ruru m ala na nke ha nwere onwe ha iyi,” ka o kwuru.
Ọ bụ ya mere nchịkọta E. Tautz a ji wepụta Grant's chere '80s dị ka enyocha ya site na ozi dị ike nke label ya iji weta nghọta Savile Row na ejiji oge. Enwere ọtụtụ tics ndị a pụrụ ịmata site n'oge ahụ. Ajị anụ nwere ubu dị nro, akwa okpukpu abụọ n'ime ụgbọ mmiri na isi awọ nwere epaulets elongated tricep-tickling. Otu uwe ojii na akwa uwe ojii na-eyi na njikọ na-emegiderịta onwe ha chọrọ ka a kpọtụrụ Gary Numan. Adọpụ elu na ajị anụ na naịlọn mix bịara na zipa diagonal na-apụ apụ na neckline nke Grant kwuru na e si na uwe ahụ a na-ekwujọ, uwe shei (British English maka nylon paneled tracksuits nke '80s na '90s). Enwere nnukwu ezigbo, nke a na-ahụ nke ọma n'elu uwe ogologo ọkpa nke Grant nwere nnukwu úkwù. Ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ihe niile mara mma nke ukwuu, nke bụ nsogbu ahụ. Mwepụta Sylvester siri ike na 1984 "Rock the Box" bụ nke pụtara na ụda ụda Grant. Lelee ya na YouTube maka nkwenye maka etu ụtọ nke oge a siri dị n'ezie. Grant bụ ihe na-adọrọ adọrọ nke ukwuu ịga jọrọ njọ - na ndị a bụ uwe mara mma, n'ezie - mana ọkụ ọkụ ma ọ bụ abụọ nke ihe ndị na-esighị ike nzacha ga-akwalite mmetụta nke nchịkọta a.