ENEW YORK, FEBRUWARI 14, 2016
ngu LEE CARTER
Kwezi ntsuku, kwiminyaka ye-Instagram, i-J.Crew incinci malunga nokubetha abantu abaninzi kwaye ngakumbi malunga nokunyanga isitayile somntu, ukuthatha izinto zokuthuthuzela zesintu kunye nokuzilungisa ukuze zizaliswe bubuntu, ubuntu, ubuntu. Kwakumangalisa kangakanani ke, ukuba umyili wamadoda uFrank Muytjens kutshanje ufumene ingubo yeengubo zehashe zakudala, imibala yazo yobufundisi egugileyo ekhupha umgangatho ongazinzanga we-rustic awayeyijonge. Ukwakheka okuphuculweyo kunye ne-slouch efihlakeleyo-wayesazi ukuba ufumene umoya wakhe wokuwa.
“Kukho ukutyeba kubo,” watsho uMuytjens, esalatha kwimigca ethuleyo kunye neepleyidi kumboniso wamadoda amancinci namhlanje (eboniswe ecaleni kwabasetyhini). “Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, banoxolo kwaye abakhathali,” wongeze watsho. "Yile nto bendifuna ukukuxelela yona." Ibhulukhwe yentambo yayicekethelwe kabini, ngenxa yokungabikho-nto ethile; ikhati yegusha yoboya begusha yeza ibhanti ekhululekileyo; idyasi yenkamela yayisikwe kancinci; kwaye kwavela imibhobho yepyjama yonke, ixutywe nokucheba kunye nedenim. Ijezi ene-argyle yenza isikhewu, kuba awusakwazi ukuzifumana, utshilo uMuytjens. Kodwa eyona nto ayithandayo kweli qela yayiyi-topcoat enemikhono e-raglan enemikhono engaphezulu, enxitywe “umnqwazi othambileyo” owenziwe ngetweed, kwaye, wathi, “isikhafu sesilika se-tuxedo esinemikhono ethambileyo,” watsho. ukunxiba, ukubotshwa nje. Ukuba uMuytjens uza kuthetha ngesitayile sohlobo, uzakusihamba, naye.