LONDON, JANUWARI 9, 2016
ngu-ALEXANDER FURY
Kubuqhinga ukuthetha kakhulu xa usebeza, ngakumbi xa wonke umntu okufutshane nawe esenza ingxolo engako. ULou Dalton udla ngokubonakala ngathi ngoyena uthuleyo xa kuthethwa ngempahla yamadoda yaseLondon, egxininise kumalaphu abekekileyo, ubuchule bemveli, kunye ne uhlobo lweempahla ezikumgangatho we-bog ezihlala zingakuvumeli ukujongwa okwesibini, ngakumbi xa zichasene nejezi ze-neon, iipantaloni zeleyisi, kunye neziketi zamadoda. UBeau Brummell, eyona ntsika yokuthula kwamadoda, angayithanda into eyenziwa nguDalton. UJohn Bull wayengasoze ajike esitratweni ayokukroba kwenye yeedyasi zakhe.
Kodwa into eyenziwa nguDalton, xa ilungile ngokwenene, iphakama ngaphezu kwengxabano kunye nesiphithiphithi sabaninzi abakhuphisana nabo. Yenzela i-Fall, apho wajonga khona eShetland: ikhaya leejezi, ukuba asinguye nomyili ngokwakhe. Nangona kubonakala ngathi uyathanda ukutyelela, kwaye uyawathanda amadoda awafumana apho. Le ngqokelela yayiyi-ode kumlobi, umnini-fama, inkwenkwe ezinzileyo-kuphela ayizange iphele inkampu okanye i-theatre, kodwa kunomhlaba kunye nokwenyani, ukusuka kwiibhutsi ze-hob-nailed to ruddied cheeks (eyokugqibela i-cosmetics ye-MAC).
Njengoko ifanele ingqokelela enikezelwe kwiShetland, isinxibo esinithiweyo, esintsonkothileyo kodwa singongamandla, yayiyindawo eyomeleleyo, njengoko kwakunjalo ngombala wombala. Yeyakhe yonke loo nto kaDalton: Inkangeleko ekhumbulekayo engqubanayo yayiyihempe yekrisi enebhatyi enkulu ehonjiswe ngaphezulu njengebhanti yobomi, idityaniswe ngokuchasene nenkamela.
Ngaba bayazifumana iinkamela eShetland? Mhlawumbi akunjalo. Bafumana iigusha, eziphawulwayo zaba lushicilelo lwedijithali kwaye uboya babo babusetyenziswa ngabathungi bobugcisa baseBritani abadumileyo uJohn Smedley ukwenza i-merino polo-necks kunye neejohns ezinde. Bakwafumana imvula eninzi-ijezi zaseDalton ezihonjiswe ngelaphu kwaye basebenzise i-showerproof velor, ilaphu endingazange ndive nalo.
Ndiyarhana ukuba uDalton ligqiza elifihlakeleyo lesartorial. Andithethi ukuba ukwimitya kunye nezabhokhwe, kodwa eyona nto inomdla ngakumbi, njengokuzixakekisa ngee-tweaks ezibuhlungu kunye neenkcukacha (ukuwisa amagxa phantse ngokungapheliyo, ukwandisa ukulungelelanisa umnxeba) okanye ukulungiswa kwezo zinto zingaqhelekanga. Uninzi lujongeka lukhohlisayo ukusebenzisana-ukulungelelanisa ijezi elaminethiweyo kufuneka ibe yinto elula njengokuthunga kunye neengxowa zenkunkuma, yithi-kodwa luphawu lobuchule bukaDalton obuye babonakala bulula ukunxiba. Okufanayo kwakungenakuthetha ngoboya be-teddy-bear, obufakwe kwi-sweatshirts (kulungile) kunye neebhulukhwe (akunjalo). Lo mva wakhumbula umgca okwincwadi enkulu ka-1994 ka-Isaac Mizrahi ethi Unzipped, xa uMizrahi ngengqiqo enxibe i-jumpsuit enoboya obungafiyo enomgca ongafiyo: “Imalunga nabafazi abangafuni ukubonakala njengeenkomo, ndiyaqikelela.
Qikelela ukuba? Amadoda nawo awafuni. Badubula iinkomo eShetland, andithi?