by MAYA SINGER
Monga momwe adachitira nyengo yatha, a J.Crew adasankha kuwonetsa chopereka chawo chatsopano pa "anthu enieni," omwe anali mabwenzi apakale amtunduwu. (Chidziwitso cham'mbali: Kodi akatswiri odziyimira pawokha si enieni? Mukawabaya, samakhetsa magazi?) Ndipo mutu wa "abwenzi akale" udapitilira muzovala: Monga Somsack Sikhounmuong, wamkulu wa zovala zazikazi wa mtunduwo, adavomereza pa chiwonetsero cha J.Crew Lero, iye ndi timu yake adachita zosunga zakale nthawi ino. Chotsatira chosangalatsa chinali chakuti mawonekedwe apamwamba a J.Crew monga malaya a rugby ndi sweti ya rollneck abwezedwa atapuma pantchito kwanthawi yayitali. Anthu—enieni—omwe anakhala m’zidutswa zimenezo m’zaka za m’ma 90 adzasangalala kwambiri.
Zotsalira za J.Crew zampesa zaposachedwa kwambiri zidawonedwanso pano, m'mawonekedwe osinthidwa bwino. Khakis adasinthidwa kukhala mathalauza a camo kapena katundu wa azitona; kuvala mikwingwirima yoyera kapena ya seersucker ali ndi mawonekedwe atsopano a blouson; blazer yopita ku blazer inapatsidwa kusintha kwachangu kwambiri.
Zotsatira zake zinali kuchotsa zina mwazowoneka bwino za J.Crew ndikuzisintha ndi mawonekedwe a dishabille. Zokonzekera zitachepa, komabe, chizindikiro cha chizindikirocho chinali chitakhazikika: Majuvati Osangalala a Fair Isle, masiketi a satin onyezimira ndi masiketi a tulle, ndi zinthu zambiri zamitundu yolimba komanso yapastel zidapangitsa kutuluka uku kukhala kosangalatsa. (Zigamba ndi zojambula zamtima-ndi-nyenyezi, panthawiyi, zimakankhira kamvekedwe kake-pang'ono pang'ono mu gawo la twee.)
Mmodzi adakhala ndi nkhawa yayikulu pano - osati chilichonse chokhudzana ndi zomwe zachitika m'nkhani zomwe zakhudza kwambiri ziwonetsero zina, koma vuto lodziwika bwino la J. Crew. Zosonkhanitsazi zinali kuyesera kukhala zinthu zambiri-ogulitsa ma camos otsika, gwero la masiketi amadzulo a baroque, nyumba yochepetsera maonekedwe a tuxedo, ndi zina zotero. Kodi kasitomala wa J.Crew akufuna chiyani pamtunduwu? Yankho liyenera kupezeka pachizindikiro chimodzi: ma camos ovala ndi batani lalitali, lamizeremizere pansi mu buluu wotuwa ndi imodzi mwa ma blazi a drape-y atsopano a velvet wa indigo. Chovala chimenecho chinali ndi mtundu wa, inde, bwenzi lakale-mnzako yemwe mukufunabe kumuwona chifukwa akadali ndi china chatsopano choti anene.