Iqoqo le-Prada Menswear lika-Miuccia Prada no-Raf Simons lithatha njengesisekelo isifiso esiseduze nesomuntu siqu sokuxhumana, isifiso sethu sokushintshana nokuxoxa.
Isisekelo sakho konke umuntu ngamunye: umzimba womuntu, nenkululeko yawo. Umphumela wawuthakazelisa ngokuphelele futhi uthandeka.
Lesi akusona isikhathi sokubukisa, noma sokujabula ngokwedlulele. Isikhathi esengeziwe sokusondelana, ngokusho kwabaqondisi be-Prada co-creative u-Miuccia Prada no-Raf Simons. Benalokhu engqondweni, bakhetha ama-long johns njengengubo echazayo ohlwini lwabo olukhangayo, oluthakazelisayo lokuwa. Bekungalindelekile nhlobo, futhi akukhona yini imfashini yomklami lapha ukuze isimangaze?
Njengoba uPrada echaza ngesikhathi kunengqungquthela yabezindaba elandela umbukiso wedijithali, ama-long johns anezincazelo ezahlukene. “Ingabukeka inothando, ihehe, idlala noma ifane nengane,” kusho umklami. U-Prada no-Simons babeka lezi zingubo zangaphansi ezifudumalayo ngaphansi kwayo yonke impahla eqoqweni, okuhlanganisa nama-blazer anemithende agqokwa ngemikhono eshova phezulu phezu kwendololwane. Laba ababili baphinde bahumusha izingubo zangaphansi ukuze bakhe inhlobonhlobo yeminye imiklamo, kusukela kuma-jumpsuits kuya kuma-turtlenecks namahembe opolo. Bonke belukiwe, beza ngezindlela ezihlukene kanye nezinhlobonhlobo ze-jacquard motifs, ezazizwakala ngokuphelele i-Prada, kodwa ukuthi u-Simons wayeqashwe ngaphambili ekuqoqweni kwakhe kwamadoda. Amalutha agona umzimba abukeka ecijile futhi ehlukile phakathi kwenqwaba yezindwangu eziwugqinsi kanye nomumo owanele kule sizini yaseMilan.
Ukusebenza nombala kwakuyizici ezimbili ezibalulekile ohlwini, okuthuthukiswe nakakhulu yisethi enomthelela ye-Rem Koolhaas kanye ne-AMO yamagumbi axhumene, ngalinye linesithombe sangemuva ngezinto ezihlukene, kusukela kuboya bemvelo obufufusayo ukuya kumabula acwebile, futhi ekuhlanganisweni kombala okumangalisayo, okuhlanganisa onsomi kanye i-jade eluhlaza, kanye nokubomvu nokumnyama. “Sisebenze ngokuhlanganisa imibala ukuze sizwakalise imfudumalo nokuzwela, ngisho nangamathoni agqamile,” kusho uSimons.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwedijithali kombukiso we-Fall/Winter 2021 Prada Men's ngomhla ziyi-17 kuFebhuwari 2021, uPrada ukhiphe ingxoxo ejulile eku-inthanethi phakathi kokukhethwa kwabafundi abavela emakolishi namanyuvesi emhlabeni jikelele kanye nabaqondisi ababambisene nabo uMiuccia Prada noRaf Simons.
Nakuba izitayela ze-jacquard ezilukiwe zihlotshaniswa nobukhulu basekhaya, obuthokomele, imiklamo ehlukahlukene yezingubo zangaphandle, kusukela kumabhomu enziwe kabusha enayiloni kanye nemisele ukuya ku-peacoat namajazi acacile kakhulu, anikeza isivikelo ezintweni zangaphandle. Imiqulu yayiyi-cocoon futhi iqoshiwe, imilenze emincane yamamodeli ikhumbuza abantu abashaya izandla ngaphansi kwezimo ezinkulu zensimbi. “Sizizwe sifuna ukunciphisa, ukunciphisa,” kuchaza uSimons.
Kuleli qoqo lesibili elakhiwe ngokuhlanganyela, uPrada noSimons baqhubekile nokukhulisa amandla e-logo ye-triangle yomkhiqizo, engazange ivele kuphela ezinkinobho zamajazi, kodwa futhi yazisa ukuma kwezikhwama eziziphu ezihlobisa izingubo nezesekeli, kuhlanganise namagilavu.
Okwakuzwakala kuhluke kakhulu eqoqweni labesifazane elethulwa ngoSepthemba yindlela ubuhle bobuhle bukaPrada noSimons obuhlangane ngayo. Nakhu ukuqhuma okuphoqayo kwemfashini yokucabanga phambili.