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UKumkanikazi uElizabeth II wathweswa isithsaba apho, uPrincess Diana wayenomngcwabo wakhe apho, kwaye uKate Middleton kunye neNkosana uWilliam babetshatele apho. Kwaye ngoku, uAlessandro Michele uphose umboniso wefashoni weGucci eWestminster Abbey. Cue ukungavunyelwa okuqikelelweyo kwizazi zaseBritane-nangona ingqokelela yeResort yaboniswa kwiiCloisters, hayi kwiChancel engcwalisiweyo apho ookumkani baseBritane bathweswe isithsaba kangangeenkulungwane. Kodwa oku akunakuba kukuncoma okunyanisekileyo kwisiko lamaNgesi, njengoko kuhluziwe nge-hyper-colored, hyper-eclectic sensitivity ye-anglophile Italian. Ebuzwa ukuba kutheni ekhethe iLondon kunye ne-Abbey, uMichele owayenehlombe waphosa iingalo zakhe kuphahla oluphakamileyo: “Ukuntywila kolu lwandle luphefumlelweyo lwegothic!” Wakhwaza. "Ipunk, iVictorian, i-eccentric-ngale mpembelelo, ndingasebenza ubomi bam bonke!"
Yayingumboniso omkhulu, we-mesmeric onenkangeleko engama-94, amakhwenkwe kunye namantombazana, nganye kuwo igcwele iinkcukacha, imihombiso, kunye nereferensi yobugcisa, izinto zangaphakathi, kunye neengqimba eziqokelelweyo ze-archaeology yenkcubeko yolutsha lwaseBritane kunye neemarike zasesitratweni. . Kwakukho i-debs kwiingubo ezinokuthi zibuyele emva kwebhola lokuphuma komama kwi-1970; ii-yobs kwii jeans ezihlanjwe ngamatye; Oomakhulu baseKensington kwiilokhwe zesilika eziprintiweyo zexesha likaThatcher; Iibhutsi ze-90 ze-Spice Girl monster kunye neejezi ze-Union Jack; kunye nenenekazi lelizwe eline-husky ene-padded enokuthi ngandlel' ithile yadityaniswa nebhatyi yehussar ehonjisiweyo, enesele. Kwakukho iikhithi, zombini i-posh kunye ne-punk, kwaye ayisosiqalo soluhlu lwezinto eziboniswayo.
Ewe kunjalo, yayiluguqulelo olucocwe kakhulu, olwenziwe ngokugqibeleleyo lwesiTaliyane lwe-ramshackle scruffiness kwaye ungakhathali-yintoni-nabani na-ucinga izimo zengqondo ezibonisa iBhritane yalo naluphi na udidi. Endleleni, wachukumiseka kwezinye zezitayile zokubhukuqa abaqulunqi abazalelwe eBritane baye banegalelo kugcino lwefashoni lwesizwe, ukusuka kwiechoes zikaVivienne Westwood kunye negawuni yakhe ye-tartan bustier ibhola ukuya kusana oluhle uVictoriana ka-Edward Meadham waseMeadham Kirchhoff. Sekunjalo, ngeendlela ezininzi, oku yayikukuqhubekeka kwayo yonke into abantu abaye bayithanda ngomsebenzi kaMichele ukususela oko wathabatha iintambo kwixesha elifutshane elidluleyo—ukususela kwimiluko yakhe eyimiqondiso yezilwanyana ukuya kwiziqhushumbisi ezibenyezelayo, ukuya kutsho kwiingxowa ezilukiweyo neeperile— iilofu ezineziqhumiso. Lilonke, yayiyi-snapshot eshukumayo yokuba yeyiphi ifashoni yobunewunewu ukusukela oko uMichele weza ukuyibuyisela kwakhona: hayi enye inkangeleko echongayo, kodwa phantse ikhulu, kwaye ngaphakathi kwinto nganye, into efikelelekayo, nokuba yintsimbi yeenwele okanye isibini. yeejini, ukutsala isizukulwana esilandelayo sabathengi.
Kwinqaku lokugqibela, uMichele wenze intetho ebambekayo, enokuthi inxibelelene ngakumbi neengqondo zaseBritane kunayo nayiphi na iprinta yakhe yaseWedgwood, i-china-dog appliqués, okanye izihlangu ezibotshwe yipunk ezidityanisiweyo: "Uyinxalenye yenkcubeko yaseYurophu!" Yinto onokucinga ngayo ngokwenene leyo. Ekupheleni kwale nyanga, abantu base-Bhritane kufuneka bavote malunga nokuba bahlale kwi-European Union, okanye baqhawule amaqhina amadala okwenza kube lula kwaye kungokwemvelo kumaTaliyane anjengoMichele ukuza eLondon ukutyelela kwaye umsebenzi, kwaye ngokuchaseneyo neBritish. Ukwenza umbhiyozo onombulelo ongaka wefashoni engenamida ukuya nangaphezulu, kwisakhiwo esijongene neNdlu yePalamente? Masithembe ukuba iguqula iivoti ezimbalwa kwicala elifanelekileyo.