ngu-AMY VERNER
Umbukiso ka-Paul & Joe wenzeke endaweni ye-barge-cum-nightclub, lapho amamodeli aphinde ehla waya onqenqemeni oluseduze, andisa umgwaqo wezindiza endaweni yomphakathi ngoLwesihlanu lapho kuhwalala. Kwakuyisenzo sobungane—esicishe sifane nese-Givenchy’s Spring ‘16 dockside defilé—esingeke senzeke emasontweni amathathu edlule lapho lesi siqephu sedolobha sicwila ngaphansi kwe-Seine evuvukele.
Kepha izolo ebusuku, uSophie Mechaly, ohlale ejabule, uthe ukholelwa ukuthi bonke bazobuyela kwesijwayelekile ngesikhathi ukuze ethule umbono oqabulayo. Amaqoqo amadoda kanye ne-Resort ayeseduze nezibuko zomunye nomunye, ngokuvula ukubukeka okubonisa ukuphrinta kwezimbali okumpunga okuphefumulelwe ngu-Robert Mapplethorpe (ngokukhululekile, akukho zindleko zocansi) okuphakamisa ukubukeka okuhlobene kakhulu kunezinkathi zonyaka ezedlule. Futhi ngempela, njengoba umbukiso uqhubeka, iqoqo lama-khaki acwebile, ama-patchwork denim, nezingcezu ze-pinstripe ezakhiwe zaqinisekisa kakhulu.
U-Mechaly, ophakamise ukusebenzisana nomdlali oseceleni omusha, uthe ubone ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokudlula emoyeni wama-'70s, eshiya i-cutesy shtick ngemuva kokuthile okubukhali kodwa okufana nobusha. Abafana abagqoke ijezi kuya kwelinye lamateki apinki, kanye namantombazane agqoke iziqongo zangaphansi ezihunyushwe ngamabhulukwe axegayo athola amathrendi abekwe kwenye indawo ngaphandle kokuzizwa ene-déjà-vu ngokuphelele. Isitatimende esishiseka kakhulu kunemfashini senziwe ngesikibha esibonakala sifundeka ngokuthi "Iyatholakala" ngaphansi kweblazer yoboya obukhanyayo; kamuva ohlwini, i-sweatshirt yaziqhenya ngokuthi "Ayitholakali" ku-banner, njengokungathi iphuzu lokuziqhenya. Kuphakathi noma kokubili kuzothengisa kahle eminyakeni ye-Tinder. Kodwa ukubamba iqhaza akufani nokuqhubekela phambili, ngakho-ke kuzojabulisa ukubuka ukuthi u-Paul & Joe bathuthuka kanjani kusukela kulo mzuzu. Okwamanje, incazelo ye-Mechaly ye-franglais ethi "une bonne vibe" izokwenza.