Isihloko esithi "Prep Passport", Izingubo zezemidlalo zikaTommy Hilfiger Ukuqoqwa kweNtwasahlobo/Ihlobo lika-2013 kusihambisa ohambweni lomhlaba olunesivunguvungu ngezigigaba ezintathu ezihlukene.
Ukusuka eMelika kuya eNdiya bese kudlulela e-Afrika, ngayinye ihlinzeka ngenhlanganisela eyingqayizivele ngempela yemibala, izindwangu, indlela yokwenza kanye namaphethini. Ukusikeka kwendabuko kanye nezitayela kuxutshwa nomunye ukuze kwakheke ukubukeka okusha, kwesimanje kwabanumzane banamuhla be-globetrotting.
Isitobhi sokuqala se-Prep Passport siseKapa. Ngemva kokusuka eNew York, indawo engaselwandle yaseKapa inikeza ugqozi I-Nautical Prep . Ecebile ngesiginesha yomkhiqizo obomvu, omhlophe nohlaza okwesibhakabhaka, leli qembu lokuqala lemfashini lihlanganisa ama-accents of green and grey - okukhumbuza inkungu ekuseni ku-pier. Ukubukeka kwe-chino-ne-sweater kwakudala kusungulwe kabusha ngokuvinjwa kombala: ukuhlanganisa amajezi anemibala ehlukene ye-v-neck noma i-crew-neck ngokumelene ne-summery Boston twill chinos. Itimu ye-nautical ihlanganiswe ngobuhlakani ngokushintsha kanye nemininingwane yehange engutsheni yangaphandle, futhi ihlanganisa netheyiphu enemininingwane ngamapholo ombhoxo. Imigqa kanye nokuphrinta okuqinile okungamanga okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kuncoma isitayela saseNingizimu Afrika kwezemidlalo namaphethini omdabu waseNingizimu Afrika.
Ethnic Prep , iqembu lesibili lemfashini, lenzeka eNdiya. Konke kugibele i-Darjeeling Express ekuqhumeni okubi kwamadenim anemibala, amasheke e-madras nama-indigo blues okukhumbuza uLwandle Lwasehlobo nesibhakabhaka. Ihembe le-Oxford lenza umdlalo oqinile kule ndawo ye-commonwealth. Lesi sisekelo sekhabethe sibonakala kuyo yomibili imibala eqinile, ewashiwe kanye nasemgqeni we-Ithaca, enemibala esukela komhlophe wakudala ukuya kokuchaphaza kwe-aqua kanye nehembe eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Bhangqa i-Oxford namadenim anemibala egqamile ukuze uthole isitayela esihle somhloli wedolobha. Amasheke e-Madras afaka kuwo womabili amahembe nezikhindi, njengesikhumbuzo semibala egqamile etholakala ezimakethe zaseNdiya. Ama-Blues nama-indigos enza isitatimende esinesibindi kulo lonke leli qembu, enezela ekuzizweleni okumnandi, okungavamile; lawa mathoni aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ahlinzeka ngengemuva elipholile okungase kubekwe kulo amathoni agqamile.
Ngemuva kwe-kaleidoscope enemibala etholakala ku-Ethnic Prep, sekuyisikhathi sokungena ebukhosini obungapheli bogwadule lwaseKenya I-Safari Prep . Leli qembu lesithathu nelokugcina lemfashini liyigcina ipholile ngezinhlobonhlobo zezikhindi namahembe, afaneleka kahle izinsuku ezigcwele ilanga ezichithwe ukuhlola. Amapholi adayiwe ngokweqile futhi anemigqa emithathu eminqumo ecwebezelayo, onsundu, obomvu nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ane-“pop” ewolintshi eyenzeka ngezikhathi ezithile, afaniswa nezikhindi zaseBrooklyn kuhlu lwemibala ukusuka kokuluhlaza okotshani kuye kobomvu okujester. Iphalethi liyimvelo, lidonsa ugqozi kumathoni amnyama ezwe laseKenya elimangalisayo. Itimu ye-safari igqama ngemininingwane efana namaphakethe amakhulu ahlelekile kanye ne-herringbone. Izingcezu ezikhululekile, ezikhululekile kuleli qembu lemfashini zibalulekile kunoma yiliphi ipotimende, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi indawo oya kuyo ingaphansi kweNayile noma uphumile ukuyovakashela idolobha.