nguSARAH MOWER
U-Gigi Hadid no-Lauren Hutton, abalingiswa ababili bezikhathi zabo, babambene ngezandla njengophawu luka-Tomas Maier lwalokho i-Bottega Veneta emayelana nayo—indlela esezingeni eliphezulu yokuqhubeka. U-Hadid wayegqoke i-sporty, i-rose rose ye-taffeta egcwele uthuli kanye nebhulukwe, u-Hutton ijazi eli-beige. UMaier akenzi ubukhazikhazi nomkhosi; iqoqo lakhe lasentwasahlobo, ngisho nangezindinganiso zakhe eziqinile, ukuzivocavoca okwedlulele ekuzithibeni-noma njengoba akuchaza kamuva, mayelana nobuhle bezingubo "ezingenalutho". Nokho lona bekuwumcimbi omuhle kakhulu: umgubho weminyaka engama-50 ye-Bottega Veneta. Ukuxhumana noHutton ukuthi wayephethe isikhwama se-clutch esilukiwe se-intrecciato kwifilimu yango-1980 i-American Gigolo. Ikhiqizwe kabusha njengengqophamlando yohlelo kabusha lwenkampani phakathi kwezinye izikhwama eziyi-14 ezisuka kungobo yomlando.
Inani lesiko eliphilayo lomsebenzi wezandla wase-Italy libe yindikimba yeMilan Fashion Week—ngokwesekwa ngezwi likandunankulu wase-Italy. Kodwa noma imangalisa kanjani indlela ehlukile ye-Bottega Veneta eyalukwa ngesandla ingaba (noma eyanoma ubani, ngaleyo ndaba), ubuciko bungenziwa kuphela buthakazelise futhi bufiseleke uma kubhekwa imfashini, futhi yilokho uMaier akulethe ngempumelelo endlini yesisekeli ngesikhathi sakhe njengokudala. umqondisi. Nokho, uyayiphikisa imikhuba eminingi yokukhangisa ngengqephu. Lapho ebuzwa ngemuva kwesiteji ukuthi ngabe uhlose ukuphumela obala ngokuthi iBottega iyindlu yabantu abadala, waphendula wathi, “Akukaze kube ngeqembu lobudala. Angithandi noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuhlukaniswa, ngokwesikhumba noma ngobudala—into engiyizondayo.” Kunalokho, ukuze ube ikhasimende laseBottega, “kudingeka uthande okuthile okuthulile” futhi “uhlakulelwe kakhudlwana ngezinto zokwakha.”