MILAN, JANUARY 19, 2016
ndi ALEXANDER FURY
Mwachizolowezi, Giorgio Armani amatenga mauta ake ku Milan sporting navy — juzi kapena T-sheti. Utotowo ndiwo unali chitsogozo cha zosonkhanitsa zake za Fall 2016, popeza zidathandizira ntchito yake komanso zovala za munthu wa Armani. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa gulu lankhondo lankhondo lankhondo ndi lachikale, losawoneka bwino, komanso lokopa padziko lonse lapansi, zizindikiritso zosatha za kukongola kwa Armani.
Nthawi ilibe tanthauzo kwenikweni kwa Signor Armani. Pamene dziko la Azungu likuzungulira kalendala ya Gregorian, nyengo ikukwera ndi kutsika, Armani imagwira ntchito yokha. Iye ndi mlengi osowa ndi mphamvu kutero; tiyeni titchule kalendala ya Giorg-orian, yomwe mwachiwonekere imayenda pang'onopang'ono, kuyimirira kunja kwa mafashoni. Chiwonetserochi chinalinso chisonyezero cha umunthu weniweni wa Armani: Anaphatikizanso zitsanzo zake zachimuna ndi zachikazi, zogwirizana bwino ndi maanja pomwe, mwinamwake, velvet inayang'anizana ndi zipilala zake ndipo adamusisita mu lobe wandiweyani kudutsa diresi yamalonda kwa iye. Zinapereka chithunzithunzi cha chilengedwe cha Armani, chomwe chimayendera limodzi ndi chathu, koma chosiyana kotheratu.
Zoonadi, zovalazo sizinali zochokera ku dziko lina. Anali akale a Armani, malingaliro omwe adakula motalika komanso kusintha pang'onopang'ono pakapita nthawi. Chifukwa chake cashmere, vicuña, ndi alpaca Armani zomwe zikuwonetsedwa lero, zowoneka ngati zofanana ndi zazaka 20 zapitazo, zidawululira kusiyanasiyana kocheperako, kuwonetsa mochenjera kudutsa kwa nyengo zomwe opanga ena amatsatira mokhazikika. Anadulidwa mokulirapo, amfupi m'thupi, nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi mabere awiri, ndipo amatsuka njira zomwe zimaphwanya pamwamba pa nsalu, kufewetsa zonse. Kufotokozera kwina kwa nthawi.
Kodi Armani amakonda nthawi? Mu 2015 adakondwerera zaka 40 akuchita bizinesi, chaka chotsatira kubadwa kwake kwa 80. Okonza ena akamakambirana za kukonzanso kwa masitayelo akale kuti apange zovala zamakono, Armani amapezanso mbiri yake, nyengo ndi nyengo, akuwongolera zakale zake, ndikupanga tsogolo kuchokera m'mbuyomu. Armani adanena kuti chosonkhanitsa ichi, chophatikizidwa ndi zojambula zochokera kumpoto kwa Africa ndi Mediterranean, ndipo zouziridwa ndi zithunzi za William S. Burroughs mu suti yophwanyika kwinakwake ku Tangier, inali pafupi ndi ulendo. Ulendo wopita ku Armani - kuyenda pang'onopang'ono, sitima yapakati pausiku (buluu) yopita ku Giorgio.
Chisinthiko chobisika, choyaka pang'onopang'ono chowonekera muwonetsero wa Armani - nthawi zina zopumira, koma pano zovutirapo - zimadzutsa mafunso okulirapo, akulu. Kodi ndimotani mmene anthu amafunira kuti chinachake chiphwasulidwe ndi kukonzedwanso chaka ndi chaka? Pamtengo wanji zachilendo? Ndikukayikira kuti Giorgio Armani amawona chilichonse mwazosonkhanitsa chake chatsopano, cholota kuyambira pachiyambi. Amazindikira kusiyana kwa onse, ngakhale ife sititero.