MILAN, JANUARY 19, 2016
ngu-ALEXANDER FURY
Ngokujwayelekile, u-Giorgio Armani uthatha iminsalo yakhe ye-runway eMilan navy yezemidlalo—ijezi noma isikibha. I-hue yayiyi-linchpin yeqoqo lakhe le-Fall 2016, njengoba lisekele umsebenzi wakhe kanye nekhabethe lendoda yase-Armani. Kungani? Ngoba i-navy ingeyakudala, ayibukeki, futhi iyathandeka emhlabeni wonke, zonke izimpawu ezingaphelelwa yisikhathi zobuhle be-Armani.
Isikhathi asisho lutho kuSignor Armani. Njengoba amazwe aseNtshonalanga ezungeza ikhalenda likaGregory, isimo sezulu sikhuphuka sikhuphuka, u-Armani uzisebenzela yedwa. Ungumklami oyivelakancane onamandla okwenza kanjalo; masiyibize ngekhalenda le-Giorg-orian, elihamba kancane kancane, lime ngaphandle kwemfashini. Lo mbukiso waphinde waba ukubonakaliswa kobunye obuphelele buka-Armani: Wahlanganisa amamodeli akhe wesilisa nabesifazane, abafanelana ngokuphelele lapho, mhlawumbe, ivelvet ibhekane namalaphu akhe futhi yamphululwa embotsheni ewugqinsi engutsheni ye-cocktail. Yanikeza umbono womkhathi we-Armani, ohamba ngokuhambisana nowethu, kodwa ohluke ngokuphelele.
Yiqiniso, izingubo zazingezona iplanethi ehlukile. Kwakungakudala kwe-Armani, imibono ekhule isikhathi eside futhi yashintsha kancane ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ngakho-ke i-cashmere, i-vicuña, ne-alpaca Armani ekhonjisiwe namuhla, ebonakala ifana neyaseminyakeni engu-20 edlule, yembula ukuhlukahluka okungapheli, okubonisa ngobuqili ukudlula kwezinkathi zonyaka abanye abaklami abanamathela kuzo ngokuqinile. Zazinqunywa zibe banzi, zibe mfishane emzimbeni, zivame ukubelethwa kabili, futhi zibe ngaphansi kwezinqubo zokuwashwa ezihlephula ubuso bezindwangu, zithambe zonke. Okunye ukubonakaliswa kwesikhathi.
Ingabe u-Armani unesithakazelo esikhathini? Ngo-2015 wagubha iminyaka engu-40 ebhizinisini, unyaka ngemva kokuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engu-80. Njengoba abanye abaklami bexoxa ngokusetshenzwa kabusha kwezitayela zomlando ukuze akhe izingubo zesimanje, u-Armani empeleni uthola umlando wakhe, isizini nesizini, ecwenga ezakudala, edala ikusasa kwelakhe elidlule. U-Armani uthe leli qoqo, elihlanganiswe nezithombe eziqoqwe kusuka enyakatho ye-Afrika naseMedithera, futhi ligqugquzelwe isithombe sika-William S. Burroughs esudi eshwabene ndawana thize e-Tangier, lalimayelana nohambo. Uhambo oluya e-Armani—uhambo olunensayo, isitimela saphakathi kwamabili (esiluhlaza) siya eGiorgio.
Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo okucashile, okushisa kancane okubonakala embukisweni we-Armani—kwesinye isikhathi kushubile, kodwa lapha kubi kakhulu—kuphakamisa imibuzo ebanzi, emikhulu. Abantu bafuna kangakanani ngempela ukuthi into ethile iklebhulwe futhi yenziwe kabusha unyaka nonyaka? Ngayiphi intengo entsha? Ngisola ukuthi u-Giorgio Armani ubheka iqoqo lakhe ngalinye njengelisha, eliphuphile kusukela ekuqaleni. Uyawubona umehluko kuzo zonke, ngisho noma thina singawuboni.