LONDON, JANUWARI 10, 2016
ngu-ALEXANDER FURY
Iingubo zikaJames Long ziyincasa efunyenwe ngokugqitywe. Kukho amadoda phakathi kwabazalwana bakhe athanda iiLurexes zakhe, iidenim zakhe ezipeyintwe ngepeyinti, izikipa zakhe ezihonjisiweyo kunye namahlosi erabha. Ezo pikoko ezivuthayo azikho kuphela abathengi abathembekileyo bakaLong kodwa impembelelo yakhe kwi-Fall 2016. "Amaqhawe asekuhlaleni," wababiza, ekhankanya abantu abafana nomculi ophucukileyo u-Eddie Peake, umsebenzi wakhe uhlala ubandakanya imibala enqabileyo, iziqubulo ezicacileyo ze-scatological, kunye nobuninzi bobunqunu. -Wenza umdlalo webhola ekhatywayo ohamba ze ezintlanu ngelixa wayefunda kwiRoyal Academy. Kuyabonakala ukuba, xa unxityiswa, uPeake unxiba ixesha elide. Ukushumayela kwabaguqukileyo? Kwaye emva koko abanye.
“Xa kukho ifashoni eninzi malunga, ndiye ndagqiba ekubeni ndijonge abantu abanxiba iimpahla zam ngokwenene,” watsho uLong, emva komngcelele owathi, ngokuxhomekeke kwimbono yakho, wawuchulumancisa, okanye wawuchwayitisa nje; nomsindo, okanye ubunewunewu. Kwakukho imisonto emininzi yesinyithi, kunye neleyisi, kunye ne-fishnet, kunye neemfumba ezinkulu zombala we-psychotropic njenge-trippy njenge-opiate poppies eyahluma njengeprints kunye ne-sweater intarsias. Amabhanti ajikela kwiirozi zentlaka ezimacala-ntathu. Iinwele zaziqatywe igrisi ngasemva, amehlo eqatywe bubukhazikhazi, iibhutsi zokukhwela ithole zikaChristian Louboutin zeza zinemigca enemibalabala ekhazimlayo. Kwakunjalo, kulungile ukuthetha, ngokupheleleyo.
Imixholo yomsebenzi kaPeake-okungenangqondo ukuhlangana namanyala-uziva ngathi udibene nomdlalo wabo weSartorial eLong. Kwimeko exhaphakileyo yokuqhekeka, ukunxiba isiqwenga esinye, uthambekele ekujongeni umsebenzi kaLong ungabi “njengenkangeleko,” kodwa njengomntu ngamnye, izinto ezenziwe ngobuqhetseba ezinokuthi zikhutshelwe kude kumandla amakhulu ukuze zisebenze kwiwadi yempahla. Indoda engeyonxalenye yeqela elidityanisiweyo lomyili labalandeli (ngokubanzi baseMonti).
Kodwa ngaba unokuzikhathaza? Umcimbi ngobuhle obunje ngeLong's kukuba inokuphazamisa kwaye ikude kumntu obukeleyo nje. Ngaba unganqumama ukrobe kuloliwe weebhatyi zejean ezityatyekwe ngebala ezikwi-chartreuse kunye ne-scarlet ukuze ufumane ibhatyi ye-velvet tuxedo okanye, mhlawumbi, ibhulukhwe ebhityileyo, engenabungozi? Okanye vele uye kwenye indawo kulula ukwetyisa?
Ixesha elide ngomnye wabayili bempahla yamadoda exakekileyo. Uyintloko entsha (ish) yempahla yamadoda kwileyibhile yase-Italiya i-Iceberg, enesiphithiphithi kunye neempawu zorhwebo ezimibalabala zimlingana kakuhle. “Ndandingafuni ukuphinda,” watsho uLong. "Oku bekukuhlela izinto eziphambili endizithandayo." Kudala ngokucacileyo uthanda izinto ezininzi. Ukuhlela okuncinci, okuxakayo, ngekuhambe umgama omde.