NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 3, 2016
naNICK REEMSEN
"Vakawana nzvimbo paPluto muchimiro chemoyo," akadaro Michael Bastianduring musangano kuhofisi yake yeWest Chelsea nhasi, achiongorora bhodhi rake rekuunganidza. “Chisiko chapose pose chakanga chichitiudza chimwe chinhu—saka takangoenda munzira yenyanzvi dzenyeredzi . . .”
Rutivi rwerudo rwepakati penyeredzi rwakasanganiswa neruzivo-asi-rwekuda hunhu? Kuna Bastian, pfungwa iyi yakabudirira, uye, nenzira yayo, yakasimudzira inzwi rekugamuchira-pasi mu preppiness. Hedzino mbatya dzakagadzirirwa kupera kwevhiki munyika—asi dzokugara pamba nokutarira nyeredzi nomuteresikopu, kwete dzokupfura njiva dzevhu kana kunakidzwa nezvokudya zvemasikati zvakanyura muSouth Side pakirabhu. “Irwo rudzi rwenhamo yekurarama kwedu. . . tinoiswa mubhakiti rekuti, ‘Ah, ndivo vakomana vekare,’ ” akadaro mugadziri. Nokudaro, kugadzirisa.
Masweta akauya mune zvinonaka zvecashmere weave asi aine galactic intarsia motifs (hazy Pluto, inosiyanisa nyeredzi, mana-mapoinzi nyeredzi muLurex). Bastian nechikwata chake vakagadzirawo chidhindo chakafemerwa nedenga-chakamisikidzwa sirin'i yeNew York's Grand Central Terminal (bhatani rimwe-pasi rakatoita kuti ridzokororwe muchiteshi cheturquoise-uye-goridhe color scheme). Bhachi rine hood rakaba show; chunky metal hardware uye Casentino pre-pilled body ("mucheka wekuvhima wekuItaly," akajekesa Bastian) angave anga ari chinhu chakanyanya kupusa murume akambouya nacho. Sekondi imwe chete yaive pant-slim-fit nehomwe inotakura zvinhu pachidya chekuruboshwe.
Izvo zvakakosha kuti uzive, zvakadaro, kuti Bastian haazombove preppy. Prep chikamu cheDNA yemhando. Maumbirwo nemachekwa nemasimiro ese hazvina njodzi — anogadzira zvipfeko zveumbozha kune imwe mhando yemurume (ane fashoni anochengeta) murume, mukomana angangotarisawo kuna Brunello Cucinelli naLoro Piana mukutenderedza wadhiropu yake. Zvakadaro Bastian anogara achizadzisa zvese izvi nekupenya kwehudiki husina tsitsi-iyo inopenya Lurex nyeredzi iri nzira yake diki yekuenda "kunze uko."