ENEW YORK, NGE-3 FEBRUWARI, 2016
nguNICK REEMSEN
"Baye bafumanisa indawo kwi-Pluto ngokuma kwentliziyo," kusho uMichael Bastianduring idinga kwiofisi yakhe yaseWest Chelsea namhlanje, ehlola ibhodi yakhe ye-Fall collection's mood. “Indalo iphela yayisixelela okuthile—ngoko sasuka sahamba ngendlela yeengcali ngeenkwenkwezi . . .”
I-interstellar ye-romantic streak exutywe kunye nengqiqo-kodwa-adventure? KuBastian, umbono uphumelele, kwaye, ngendlela yayo, yenza ithowuni eyamkelekileyo-ezantsi ku-preppiness. Nazi iimpahla esele zilungiselelwe impelaveki kweli lizwe-kodwa ukuhlala ekhaya nokujonga iinkwenkwezi ngeteleskopu, hayi ezokudubula amahobe odongwe okanye ukonwabela isidlo sasemini esiseMazantsi eklabhu. “Luhlobo lwengxaki yobukho bethu. . . sifana nokufaka kwi-emele ethi, ‘Owu, ngamakhwenkwe angaphambili,’” watsho umyili. Ngenxa yoko, uhlengahlengiso.
Iisweyitha zeza ngemiluko emnandi ye-cashmere kodwa ine-galactic intarsia motifs (i-Pluto enombala oqaqambileyo, iinkwenkwezi ezichasayo, inkwenkwezi enamanqaku amane eLurex). U-Bastian kunye neqela lakhe baye baphuhlisa ushicilelo oluphefumlelwe sisilingi esekwe kwindalo iphela yeSitena saseGrand Central saseNew York (iqhosha elinye-ezantsi lide laphinda laphindwa kwisitishi sombala we-turquoise-kunye negolide). Idyasi enegqubu iwubile lo mboniso; izixhobo zayo zentsimbi ezichunkqisayo kunye nomzimba weCasentino owenziwe ngaphambili ("ilaphu lokuzingela lase-Italiya," wacacisa u-Bastian) inokuba yeyona nto yakha yaza nayo indoda. Umzuzwana osondeleyo yayiyibhulukhwe ebhityileyo enepokotho yempahla kwithanga elingaphambili lasekhohlo.
Kubalulekile ukuqonda, nangona kunjalo, ukuba uBastian akasoze abe preppy. Ukulungiselela yinxalenye ye-DNA ye-brand. Iimilo kunye nokusikeka kunye ne-silhouettes zonke zikhuselekile ngokwentelekiso-wenza iimpahla zodidi oluthile lwendoda (ekuthiwa i-fashion-conservative), uhlobo lomfana onokuthi ajonge kuBrunello Cucinelli noLoro Piana ekuhlanganiseni i-wardrobe yakhe. Nangona kunjalo uBastian uhlala efezekisa konke oku kunye ne-glimmers yolutsha olune-rambunctious-loo nkwenkwezi ye-Lurex ekhanyayo ibe yindlela yakhe encinci yokuphuma "phandle."