LONDON, JANUARY 10, 2016
by ALEXANDER FURY
Dharka James Long waa dhadhan la go'aamiyay. Waxaa jira rag walaalihiis ka mid ah oo jecel Lurexes, denimyadiisa rinjiga leh, dhididkiisa daabacan iyo shabeelka caaga ah. Daaroosyadaas quruxda badan maaha oo kaliya macaamiisha daacadda ah ee Long laakiin dhiirigelintiisa Dayrta 2016. "Geesiyaal maxalli ah," ayuu u yeedhay, isaga oo xusaya dadka sida farshaxan-yaqaanka Eddie Peake, oo shaqadiisu inta badan ku lug leedahay midabyo jilicsan, hal-ku-dhegyo aan caddayn, iyo qaawanaan badan. -waxa uu dhigay ciyaar kubbadda cagta oo qaawan oo shan dhinac ah isaga oo wax ka baranayey Royal Academy. Sida muuqata, marka la xidho, Peake waxay xidhataa Long. Wax u wacdiya kuwa beddelay? Ka dibna qaar.
"Marka ay jirto wax badan oo ku saabsan fashion, waxaan go'aansaday inaan eego dadka dhabta ah ee xidhan dharkayga," ayuu yidhi Long, ka dib dhoola-tus, taas oo ku xidhan aragtidaada, ay ahayd mid soo jiidasho leh, ama farxad leh; cod dheer, ama raaxo leh. Waxaa jiray duno badan oo macdan ah, iyo shalash, iyo shabag kalluunka, iyo midabyo badan oo maskaxiyan ah oo saddexjibbaaran sida poppy-ga opiate ee u soo baxay sida daabacaadda iyo funaanadaha intarsias. Xirmooyinka suunka ayaa isu rogay ubaxyo xabag ah oo saddex-cabbir ah. Timaha ayaa dib loo subkay, indhuhuna dhalaal bay ka mareen. Waxay ahayd, waa cadaalad in la yiraahdo, buuxa.
Mawduucyada shaqada Peake - kulanka aan macquul ahayn ee fisqiga - waxay dareemayaan inay la kulmeen ciyaartoodii sarbeebta ee Long. Niyadda baahsan ee kala-goynta, labiska hal-gacan, waxaad u fiirsatay inaad u aragto shaqada Long inaysan ahayn “u eg,” laakiin shaqsi ahaan, walxo si qallafsan loo sameeyay oo laga yaabo in laga fogeeyo gebi ahaan xoogga badan si loogu shaqeeyo dharka armaajooyinka nin aan ka mid ahayn nashqadaynta isku xidhan ee taageerayaasha (guud ahaan Bariga London).
Laakiin miyaad dhibaysaa? Arrinka leh bilicda Long's-ka oo kale ayaa ah inay noqon karto mid niyad-jab leh oo ka fogaanaysa fiirsada caadiga ah. Ma joojin lahayd inaad ku dul istaagto tareenada jaakadaha jeaniska ah ee midab-malaasta leh ee jaantuska iyo casaanka ah si aad u hesho jaakad tuxedo ah ama, laga yaabee, labo surwaal oo caato ah, aan dhib lahayn? Mise u jeed meel si fudud loo dheefshiido?
Long waa mid ka mid ah naqshadeeyayaasha dharka ragga ee mashquulka badan. Isagu waa madaxa cusub (ish) ee labiska ragga ee summada Talyaaniga ee Iceberg, kaas oo calamadaha ganacsi ee kala duwan iyo kuwa midabka leh ay si fiican ugu habboon yihiin. "Ma aanan rabin inaan ku celiyo nafteyda," Long ayaa tiri. "Tani waxay tafatirtay waxyaabaha muhiimka ah ee aan jeclahay." Long sida cad wuxuu jecel yahay waxyaabo badan. In yar oo tafatir ah, yaab leh, waxay aadi lahayd waddo dheer.