MILAN, JANUARY 19, 2016
naALEXANDER FURY
Sezvineiwo, Giorgio Armani anotora uta hwake hwekumhanya muMilan sporting navy-juzi kana T-shirt. Iyo hue yaive linchpin yemuunganidzwa wake weFall 2016, sezvo yakatsigira basa rake uye wadhiropu yemurume weArmani. Sei? Nekuti mauto emugungwa ndeemhando yepamusoro, anobtrusive, uye anoyevedza pasi rose, ese asingaperi macherechedzo eArmani aesthetic.
Nguva haina zvazvinoreva kuna Signor Armani. Sezvo nyika dzekuMadokero dzichitenderera pakarenda yaGregory, mamiriro ekunze achikwira nekudonha, Armani inoshanda yega. Ndiye mugadziri asingawanzoitiki ane simba rokuita kudaro; ngatiidaidze iyo kalendari yeGiorg-orian, iyo sezviri pachena inofamba zvishoma nezvishoma, yakamira kunze kwefashoni. Chiratidziro ichi chaive zvekare ratidziro yehumwe hwakakwana hwaArmani: Akasanganisa mamodeli ake echirume nevakadzi, vainyatsoenderana vakaroorana uko, zvichida, velvet yakatarisana nemakumbo ake uye akapuruzirwa mumucheka mukobvu achiyambuka dhirezi rejongwe. Yakapa mucherechedzo wechisiko cheArmani, icho chinomhanya chakafanana nechedu, asi chakaparadzana chose chose.
Zvechokwadi, zvipfeko zvakanga zvisingabvi kune imwe nyika. Aive maArmani classics, pfungwa dzakareba uye dzakashanduka zvishoma nezvishoma nekufamba kwenguva. Saka iyo cashmere, vicuña, uye alpaca Armani yakaratidzwa nhasi, inoita seyakafanana neiyo yemakore makumi maviri apfuura, yakaburitsa misiyano isingaperi, zvichiratidza nemafambiro emwaka anoomerera kune vamwe vagadziri zvakanyanya. Dzakachekwa zvakafara, dzakapfupika mumuviri, kazhinji dzakaiswa mazamu maviri, uye dzichiiswa pasi pemaitiro ekugeza ayo aiputsa pamusoro pemachira, achinyorovesa rose. Kumwe kutaura kwenguva.
Armani anofarira nguva here? Muna 2015 akapemberera makore makumi mana ari mubhizinesi, gore mushure mekuzvarwa kwake makumi masere. Sezvo vamwe vagadziri vanokurukura nezvekugadzirisa zvekare masitaira ekugadzira zvipfeko zvemazuva ano, Armani anonyatso tsvaga nhoroondo yake, mwaka nemwaka, achinatsa makirasi ake, achigadzira ramangwana kubva kune yake yekare. Armani akataura kuti muunganidzwa uyu, wakabatanidzwa nemamotifs akatorwa kubva kuchamhembe kweAfrica neMediterranean, uye akafemerwa nemufananidzo waWilliam S. Burroughs musutu yakaunyana kumwe kuTangier, yaive rwendo. Rwendo muArmani-kufamba zvishoma, pakati peusiku (blue) chitima kuenda kuGiorgio.
Kushanduka kusinganzwisisike, kunononoka kutsva kunoonekwa mushoo yeArmani-dzimwe nguva inotutumadza, asi pano yakanyanyisa-inomutsa mibvunzo yakakura, yakakura. Zvakawanda sei vanhu vanonyatsoda chimwe chinhu kubvarurwa uye kugadzirwazve gore negore? Novelty nemutengo wei? Ini ndinofungidzira Giorgio Armani anoona chimwe nechimwe chezviunganidzwa zvake zvitsva, zvakarotwa kubva pakutanga. Anoziva musiyano uri mazviri ose, kunyange kana isu tisingauzivi.