LONDON, JANUWARI 10, 2016
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UMargaret Howell uneevenkile ezingama-98 eJapan. Inyani yaphazamisa le ntatheli yaseMelika, isuka kwindawo apho uHowell agcinwe kuphela kwiivenkile ezikhethiweyo, iBarneys eNew York iyeyona iprofayile iphezulu. Ngelixa uyilo lwakhe lusilela ukubhitya kunye nemidlalo yokuqheleka kwesimbo sase-US (kungoko ukumelwa okuncinci ekhaya), kufanelekile ukuba kuhlolwe umdibaniso wabo wobukhwenkwe baseLondon kunye nokulingana kwaseTokyo.
UHowell uthe emva kweqonga: "Okutshintshileyo ngokuhamba kwexesha yinto evakala ilungile-akukho ibali likhethekileyo." (Apho sihamba kwakhona kunye nabaqulunqi bechaza imo yabo yangoku phezu kwempembelelo engapheliyo-nangona le nto ibisoloko iyinkolelo kaHowell.) Kwakukho i-carryoverfrom Spring kunye neebhulukhwe ezinqamlekileyo ezinqamlekileyo kunye nezikhafu zentamo (ngoku kwi-bichrome ye-jewel-tone); "Inkqubela phambili yesitayile" yakhe yafika nempahla entsha egugileyo, ngenxa yeeqhina ezidityanisiweyo kunye nezinemikhono engqindilili, ii-macs ezingenamilo, kunye neperi egqwesileyo yeedyasi zeduffle ezinde kune-avareji. Ngoko, uthando oluqhelekileyo, kunye nengubo efudumeleyo ye-foible. Umntu unakho (nangona uHowell engakhange aqinisekise okanye akhanyele ngombuzo) abone ubunomad apha, ngokunikwa lula, ubhaka okanye ezimbini, kunye nekaBob Dylan ethi "Gotta Travel On" ehamba kwigumbi elinesibhakabhaka. Ngokucacileyo, wanikela oku: “Kumnandi ukucinga ukuba luhlobo lwento ebhetyebhetye, elulwelo.