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Sikwi-simulacrum ye-nightclub yee-'70s okanye-sinikwe i-boudoir-pink velvet banquettes, izibuko, kunye neekhilomitha zekhaphethi ehambelanayo-mhlawumbi i-high-class pick-up joint. Inkungu emhlophe ilinganisa umsi wecuba. Ivakala ngathi ikwiseti yeemuvi. Kodwa kukho into engalunganga. "Uyazi, xa uthandana, kwi-nightclub, kodwa awukho kwindawo efanelekileyo, umntu akakho?" utshilo u-Alessandro Michele, kumboniso ongemva kwesiteji, kwimizuzu ngaphambi kokuba izidalwa zakhe ezimangalisayo zeGucci zibeke iinyawo zazo eziphakamileyo kumgaqo weenqwelomoya opinki. Owu: Sithetha ngokunxiba sonke, kodwa saphuke intliziyo ngaxeshanye?
Ingayiyo. Kwakukho ilokhwe enye yangokuhlwa eyayinentliziyo enkulu ehonjisiweyo ebomvu, ihlatywe ngekrele elihonjisiweyo ngaphambili, kunye namanani “XXV” ngaphezulu kwayo, eyinombolo yethamsanqa kaMichele kunye nenxalenye yegama leakhawunti yakhe ye-Instagram (@lallo25) . Nangona kunjalo inqaku likaMichele alinakuhlala kwindawo enye-yi-phantasmagoria yeereferensi zenkcubeko ye-20 yenkulungwane yeminyaka, ebotshelelwe kwiintsalela zeRenaissance awayidala apha. Enye indlela yokuqonda le nto ininzi ye-surreal yengqokelela yakhe inokuba yinto yokuba wadibana no-Elton John kumabhaso e-GQ Men of the Year, kwaye ungumlandeli. Yiyo loo nto inkangeleko yokuvula, kunye nejacket yayo ye-tweedy kunye namaflare, kunye ne-'70s enkulu eyongezelelekileyo yee-shades ezimenyezelayo. UFlorence Welch wayefunda imibongo kaWilliam Blake kwisandi.