LONDON, JANUWARI 10, 2016
nguLUKE LEITCH
Le ngqokelela yayizele ziimpahla ezintle apho amadoda amaninzi—nale equkiwe—aya kuvuyela ukwehla evenkileni. Idenim, ithontsize ngokuzolileyo kunye nemigca engqukuva engqukuva yethontsi lemvula laseGermain, yayimnyama kwaye ithambile kwaye yenziwe kakuhle. Ngokunjalo yayilukhetho olubanzi lwemisonto engqukuvayo, emdaka okanye engwevu enomsonto obanzi ogqithileyo kunye nengwe yazo efakelwe ngakumbi okanye imvula-camo intarsia finer-gauge cousins. Kwakukho ukukhanya okukhanyayo kwethoni ebomvu-ephantse yafana ncakasana nesithe sayibona eMaharishi nase-Astrid Andersen izolo-kwindawo evulekileyo yepaki kunye nebhombu edibanisa umzimba enomdla ephefumlelwe nguChristopher Raeburn wemithombo yaseMongolia. Iinkangeleko ezimbini zokugqibela ezenziwe kwiiponchos zekhephu ezisetyenzisiweyo zazanelisa ngokwanelisayo iMuppet-esque show-closers, kodwa uninzi lweepaki zalo mboniso kunye neziqhushumbisi kunye nabanye abarhanelwa besiqhelo bebhatyi baphawuleka ngokuzibamba kwabo. Oko kubomvu kunye nala mathontsi emvula ngokwahlukeneyo, yayincinci i-quirk uRaeburn ehlala eyihambisa. Njengamava omboniso ayizange yothuke kunye noloyiko.
U-Backstage Raeburn, oneminyaka engama-34 ubudala, wayezidla ngokufanelekileyo ngobuqhetseba kunye nokulinganisela kolu qoqo. Ufudukela kwisitudiyo esitsha kungekudala, kwaye uhlakulele intsebenziswano yokuthengisa equka iDover Street, Selfridges, kunye neHarrods. Uthe: “Enye into kum, ukunyaniseka, kukuba kuyonwabisa ukukhula nophawu. Mhlawumbi kukho izinto endaziyila kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo endimdala kakhulu ngoku.”
Apha eLondon sifuna ukuba nekeyiki yethu kwaye siyitye; siyakhalaza xa umyili wefashoni owaqala emphethweni ngento yokulinga ukuthetha kamva evelisa iimpahla ezilungelelanisiweyo, ezilungelelanisiweyo, ezilungele urhwebo endaweni yoko. Kwaye ke xa abaqulunqi baseBritane besilela ukufumana impumelelo yeshishini kwaye banyanzeleke ukuba bavale, siyazibuza ukuba kutheni. Namhlanje uRaeburn ukhethe elona khondo lobulumko—kuba xa kufika ukutyhala, yintoni eyamkelwa ngabambalwa xa kuthelekiswa nesiko labaninzi?