PARIS, JANUARY 24, 2016
naLUKE LEITCH
Chikepe chaamai cheFaith Connexion paRue Tronchet chinopisa, chine ruzha, uye chakabatikana. Kuipinda, muongorori uyu akanzwa kupusa asingabatike: Chii chaizvo chaimbove Faith Connexion, zvakadaro? Hearsay akati yaive chirongwa chekutevera chaChristophe Decarnin - murume akadziya mubhedha weRousteing kuBalmain ndokubudamo - nechikwata chake. Hapana kana mumwe wevatambi vanoyemurika mukamuri yeshoo inonyorova aizopindura mubvunzo wakashata nemhinduro yakatwasuka. Asi zvipfeko zvechitatu zvekuunganidza zvipfeko zvevarume zvakataura zvakakwana. Iyo Runner trouser, ine patent sezviri pachena, inoratidzira inoyevedza panhizha isina kufanana neDecarnin's Balmain-nguva inopenga inofanirwa-iine moto pant: Heino yakauya mune denim uye suede uye ziya - "mune zvese." Paive nematehwe nemadenim akapendwa nemaoko nevashandi vaviri; imwe yacho yaive yakapfava watercolorist, imwe Americana uye silhouette inorema. Dikita rakaputika uye denim yakaparadzwa yakaita kuti kuparadzwa kwavo kushandiswe naThomas, muparadzi wemumba: Iye (kana kuti) anoboora jira. Paive nemaduffles, aisanganisira chidimbu chedenim chakakura chakakudzosera kuTwisteds, uye mamwe majean akadhirowa akafaranuka uye tambo dzejumbo dzakagadzirwa nemugadziri wemumba anonzi Anastasia.
Dingindira recircus raipfuura nemuunganidzwa, wairatidzwa muBarnum graphics pamatehwe uye nhete dzehove-muswe zvibooresa nemumwe-mumba graffiti artist-Pyscologique, vakamudaidza-pamwe nevelvet reversible Bengal stripe uye cheki ringmaster tailcoat. Vatyairi vemabhasikoro vairamba vachiuya, zvekudzvanyirira pamusoro pehembe yemukati/siketi uye mabhurugwa anoregedzera "sekuru" (mudhara uyu aivada), kana majumpsuits mune tambo diki diki. Masikweya pamabiko — vachikurukura nezvehupfumi pakati pavo ivo vana vese vakatsiga mitsipa — aive maruko ecashmere, ane mutsipa kana V, uye akajeka. Asi hey, vanogara vachitengesa. Kutenda Connexion inosanganisa aesthetic direxion uye ideological circumspexion kune (zvakakodzera) kukodzera rudo.