EMILAN, JANUWARI 17, 2016
nguLUKE LEITCH
EBottega Veneta, uTomas Maier ebekwindawo ehamba phambili yodibaniso olubanzi lweekhowudi zezemidlalo ukuya kwezona ndawo ziphakamileyo zobomi obutofotofo. Kodwa ibhulukhwe yecashmere ngoku ilishumi le penny. Ke kule ngqokelela uMaier watyhalela phambili-kwaye ngaxeshanye ukuya phezulu nasezantsi. Wathi: “Imalunga ne-silhouette. Ndayiva ifuna utshintsho. Zonke izinto eziphefumlelweyo zezemidlalo esizifake kuyo: Lixesha lokuhamba. Iya isiba ngumkhwa, abantu abaninzi bayayenza loo nto, akufuneki ndiyenze ngonaphakade. ”
Oku kugatywa kwemvisiswano kubi kwenziwa kwacaca kwintshukumo yokuvula yesuti emnyama okanye emnyama engwevu, kunye nekhephu elinye lehempe elimhlophe. Iibhatyi zazisikwe phantsi kwaye zingavezwanga, ukuba zihambe ziye ezantsi kwempundu. Iibhulukhwe ngaphantsi kwazo bezingekho mxinwa, zingekho banzi; Ikhefu eliphantsi kwi-ankle, lincinci kakhulu, lisebenza njenge-pediment efihlakeleyo kule silhouette igxininiswe ngokuthe nkqo. Nangona kunjalo, iisuti zafika, zenziwe ngee-scarves emxinwa.
Beluphi ufele? Yafika nge-matte zip tote kwiraspberry evuthiweyo, i-barolo ebomvu kunye nepaki enkulu yesikhumba emnyama. Emva koko ngesikhumba esigunyazisiweyo icoat enkulu ngokungafanelekanga ebhalwe ngecravat ejijekileyo. Obo bomvu, kunye nombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye noluhlaza webhotile yewayini zaqinisekiswa njengezinto ezibalulekileyo zebali lombala wengqokelela kwiidyasi kunye nebhulukhwe yebhayisekile yebhayisekile eziziphu ngaphambili komlenze ngamnye ukusuka phezulu ukuya ezantsi. Iidyasi ezimbini zesikhumba ezidityanisiweyo zeCellophane zimenyezelwe kukukhanya okubonakalisiweyo. Uboya obutyebileyo obujongwe nge-miasma ye-fuzz-i-Cheviot, i-wool aficionado ecaleni kwam, i-venture-yayiyi-static ye-yellow and black. Isuti yecashmere ekwi-loden eluhlaza yayipeyintwe ukutyebisa umbala wayo ngokunzulu. Iimodeli ezimbini zamadoda kunye nebhinqa elinye babenxibe iisuti ezintathu zevelvet ezenziwe ngelinen—umnquma, iteal-touched turquoise, nemfusa—abambala wabo wawujijisana nokutshona kwelanga kumnyama. Bekukho inkangeleko engaphezulu yabasetyhini ngenxa yokufafazwa kwempahla ephumayo evela kwangaphambi kokuwa. Iibhatyi zetshekhi ezicinyiweyo kunye neecabhan ezinekhola ezitshekishwayo zibonise ukufika kweedyasi ezimbini zetshekhi ezihlatywe inaliti ebeziyikholaji engenamthungo yee-engile ezihambelanayo zasekunene. Olona gxininiso lwengqokelela nangona lwaluthe nkqo. Kuya kufuneka ube mde kwaye unciphe ukuze unxibe ezo suti ukuya kwisiphumo esikhulu; xa usenza njalo uya kukhangeleka umde kwaye ubhityile. Thina bamfutshane sinokujonga kwaye sithande-kwaye sithenge ikhabhathi.