UBilly Reid yinto engaqhelekanga, umntu ophuma phandle owonwabileyo kwindawo yamadoda aseNew York. Ngokuqinisekileyo, unevenkile ezimbini eziphithizelayo eManhattan kunye nenye esendleleni eChicago (athi ithathe iminyaka emithandathu ukuba yenzeke). Kodwa ubukhulu becala, uReid udlala ngokwahlukileyo.
Oko kuthetha ukuba isalathiso "esithambileyo, esincinci" seNtwasahlobo, esiseta kwikatala eyodwa. Njengobungqina, ngaphambi kokuba umboniso uReid wakrazula umtya webhatyi yemodeli ngokuqinileyo ngesandla sakhe ngaphambi kokuba ayikhulule kwimien yayo yoqobo. “Yisuede ethambileyo ibhotolo,” utshilo. I-twangy Alabamian iphinde yazama "i-tweeds ezilula," kunye nemixube yesilika yomqhaphu, i-knotted terry, kunye ne-jacquard knits. Ezo jacquards zixakekileyo zaziyimbalasane yengqokelela. Babonisa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yendalo ye-mosaic: amagqabi, i-everglades, amaqokobhe eefosili, nento umyili ayibiza ngokuba “sisitiya solwandle.” Ngamnye kubo kwasetyenzwa, kwaphinda kwalungiswa, kwaza kwaphinda kwasetyenziswa ezinye ngaphambi kokuba kuthunyelwe iisampulu eItali.
UReid ubukhulu becala ugcinwe kuphawu lwakhe lwekhrimu, umhlaba, kunye nombala we-oatmeal. “Ungakhe woyike ukungathabathi cala,” watsho njalo. Kukho, nangona kunjalo, ulwandiso oluthile malunga nokunciphisa. Babekhululekile, benesisa, phantse baggy. Kubonakala ngathi uReid ubandakanya i-archetype entsha ngokupheleleyo kubuhle bakhe obuphantsi kwekhaya: ezemidlalo. Iibhulukhwe ezininzi ezifika emadolweni, awayezichaza ngokwenene njengeebhulukhwe ezimfutshane zebhola, zazibanzi ngakumbi. Oku kuthetha ukuba umdlali webhola yomnyazi usenokuzinxiba enkundleni, nangona ipateni yabo yegadi yaselwandle isenokungabikho ndawo. Iivisor, nazo, zazifana neekepusi ze-baseball, kwaye kwiinkangeleko ezininzi, iiteki (i-K-Swiss) ithathe indawo ye-loaafers okanye i-lace-ups.
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