PARIS, JANUARY 23, 2016
by LUKA LEITCH
Kodi Militaria yatani? Osati pa Ziphuphu. Ataona kuchuluka kwa asilikali a ku Sweden m’misewu, Jonny Johansson anakumbukira miyezi isanu ndi inayi imene anakhala m’gulu lankhondo ali wachinyamata. Iye anati: “Nthawi zambiri ndinkazizira bulu wanga, ndikugona pansi pa chipale chofewa m’nkhalango.” Pamene akutumikira dziko lake, Johansson anapatsidwa yunifolomu ya m’ma 1940. Pachikoka choyambirira ichi chinali chosakanikirana cha pinki, lavenda, squiggle ya riboni, ndi diso lokongoletsera lomwe lidapangidwa kuchokera ku Västerbottensdräkten, zovala zamtundu wa anthu wamba ku Lapland yaku Sweden komwe wopanga adakhala zaka khumi zaubwana wake.
Mathalauza atali-wachiwuno, opindika pawiri — mathalauza ankhondo okhazikika kapena okhala ndi zigamba anali kuvala pansi pa majasi akulu ocheperako, mapikoti ang’onoang’ono, ndi majekete aabulu a maxi. Shati yamtundu wa lavender suede yakutsogolo inali yokutidwa pansi pa galati yotchinga komanso pamwamba pa malaya atalitali omwe amaoneka ngati flannel ya azitona kapena zomverera. Nsapato zingapo zinali zomveka bwino-zosangalatsa kwambiri, zosakanizidwa za loafer-sock hybrids. Panali zosokera zotuwa mu nano-herringbone zokhala ndi tsatanetsatane wachisoni pamakona ake. Zina mwazinthu zamitunduyi zinali zokongola - ngati zimangobisala pamisonkhano ya extroverts - monga mathalauza achikopa achikopa omwe amalumikizana ndi masokosi alalanje a mohair.