UMichael Bastian uchithe isikhathi esiningi eTokyo ngonyaka odlule. "Bengicabanga ngeJapan isikhashana," kusho umklami esitudiyo sakhe saseWest Side Highway ngosuku ngaphambi kokuthatha umgwaqo wezindiza. Ngokukhethekile, ubecabanga ukuthi amadoda aseJapan—ikakhulukazi, abahleli nabathengi abavakashela umbukiso wokuhweba odumile waseFlorence u-Pitti Uomo—awathatha kanjani amareferensi edizayini yesiNtaliyane, isiNgisi naseMelika awayise kwelinye izinga. “Basebenzisa isiko elingcono kakhulu ngalinye futhi balenze libukeke lingcono kakhulu,” kusho yena. “Iqembu laseJapan liyayishaya.
Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi i-Fall 2014 yayikhuluma kakhulu "ngokunethezeka kwaseMelika" ku-Bastian-nakuba, akunjalo?-wayebheka leyo mibono nge-lens yaseJapane. "Reverse Take Ivy," esho, ebhekise encwadini yezithombe zabafundi be-Ivy League kaTeruyoshi Hayashida. U-Bastian wayefuna ukuvuma ngekhanda eJapan kube okucashile. Ngokuvamile, babengekho, kodwa lokho akuzange kuphazamise. Ijezi lezemidlalo le-zip-up eline-Mount Fuji elilukwe ngemuva kanye ne-windbreaker eyenziwe ngendwangu ye-kimono ye-vintage efekethiswe udrako kungenzeka ukuthi yayingokoqobo, kodwa futhi kwakuyizinto enye yalezo zihlabani zesitayela somgwaqo u-Pitti eyayizogqokwa. Njengoba kwakunjalo nge-turtleneck e-burgundy eyathatha izinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu ukuze ilukwe ngesandla kanye nobuhlalu. I-Fair Isle ingxenye yejezi yenziwe ngezinhlamvu zemali ze-Japanese Edo-period ezingu-150, ubuhlalu be-aventurine obungu-140, ubuhlalu be-jade obungamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, nezinye izingcezu ezincane ezingaphezu kuka-600. Ubukhazikhazi beqoqo babusemininingwaneni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-grosgrain ewolintshi eyayihlanganisa izithunga zamaslippers aklanywe ngokubambisana ne-Stubbs & Wootton, iribhoni elincane elenziwe ngendwangu ye-kimono eboshelwe ethangeni lama-blazer, noma inunu ephefumula umlilo ithungelwe ijezi le-cashmere.
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