LONDON, JANUARY 9, 2016
by LUKA LEITCH
Pamene Patrick Grant anapita ku phwando la kubadwa kwa bwenzi la 1985-themed 30th posachedwapa, msungwana wobadwa ndi anthu a m'nthawi yake anali atavala monga Madonna, Michael Jackson, ndi zithunzi zina za chaka zomwe anali aang'ono kwambiri kuti azikumbukira. Grant, komabe, amachokera ku mpesa wakale - adakhalamo - ndipo adauziridwa kukumba zovala zake zakale kwambiri: "Sindinakhulupirire momwe amavalira bwino komanso omasuka," adatero.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake chopereka ichi cha E. Tautz chinapereka malingaliro a Grant a zaka za m'ma 80 monga zosefedwa kudzera mu ntchito yake yolimba mtima ya chizindikiro chake kuti abweretse nzeru za Savile Row ku mafashoni a nyengo. Panali ma tics ambiri odziwika kuyambira nthawiyo. Zovala zaubweya zamapewa zofewa, zokhala ndi mabere awiri za navy ndi zotuwa zokhala ndi timipatu tating'ono tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono. Suti yakuda ndi malaya amthumba akuda amavala zomangira zomangika amafuna kutchula Gary Numan. Chovala pamwamba pa ubweya wa ubweya ndi nayiloni chinabwera ndi zipi yotsekera pakhosi yomwe Grant adati idachokera ku chovala chonyansa, chipolopolo (British English for the nalon paneled tracksuits of the '80s and '90s). Panali phokoso lalikulu, loyang'aniridwa mosamala pamwamba pa thalauza lalitali la Grant, lokhalamo limodzi. Zonse zinali zokondeka, lomwe mwina linali vuto. Kutulutsa kwamphamvu kwa Sylvester kwa 1984 "Rock the Box" kudawonetsedwa pa nyimbo ya Grant. Yang'anani pa YouTube kuti mutsimikizire momwe zokonda zamasiku ano zinali zovutirapo. Grant ndi wokonda kwambiri kuti asakhale wonyansa-ndipo izi zinali zovala zabwino, ndithudi-koma kung'anima kapena ziwiri zazinthu zosasefedwa pang'ono zikanawonjezera mphamvu ya choperekachi.