LONDON, JANUARY 9, 2016
ngu-ALEXANDER FURY
Kuwubuqili ukusho okuningi uma uhleba, ikakhulukazi lapho wonke umuntu oseduze kwakho ebanga umsindo. U-Lou Dalton uvame ukubonakala engumuntu othulile uma kuziwa ngezingubo zabesilisa zaseLondon, egxile ezindwangu ezihloniphekile, amasu endabuko, kanye uhlobo lwezingubo ezijwayelekile ezingavamile ukuthi uma uthi nhla, ikakhulukazi uma ubhekene namajezi e-neon, ama-pantaloon oleyisi, neziketi zamadoda. U-Beau Brummell, insika yokuthula kwamadoda, angathanda okwenziwa u-Dalton. U-John Bull wayengeke ajike emgwaqeni ayogaqa kwelinye lamajazi akhe.
Kodwa lokho okwenziwa u-Dalton, uma kukuhle ngempela, kukhuphuka ngaphezu kwengxabano nokuxokozela kwabaningi babancintisana nabo. Kwenzela u-Fall, lapho abheka khona e-Shetland: ikhaya lamajezi, uma kungewona womklami ngokwakhe. Nakuba ngokusobala ethanda ukuvakasha, futhi uthanda amadoda awathola lapho. Leli qoqo laliyi-ode kumdobi, umninipulazi, umfana ozinzile-kuphela alizange liqede ikamu noma yaseshashalazini, kodwa kunalokho umhlabathi futhi wangempela, kusukela kumabhuzu anezipikili ze-hob kuya ezihlathini ezibomvu (okwakamuva kuhlonishwa yi-MAC Cosmetics).
Njengoba kufanele iqoqo elinikezelwe e-Shetland, izingubo zokuluka, eziyinkimbinkimbi kodwa ezingeqisi, kwakuyiphuzu eliqinile, njengoba kwakunjalo nephalethi yombala. Okuka-Dalton kuphela: Ukubukeka okushayisanayo okukhumbulekayo kwakuyihembe le-cerise elinejakhethi ye-plaid enkulukazi eboshwe njengevesti lempilo, elibhangqwe ngokumelene nekamela eliningi.
Ingabe bayawathola amakamela eShetland? Mhlawumbe akunjalo. Bathola izimvu, okumaka kwazo okwaba ukuphrinta kwedijithali futhi uvolo wazo wawusetshenziswa abaluki bobuciko baseBrithani abadumile uJohn Smedley ukuze bakhe i-merino polo-necks namajohn amade. Baphinde bathole imvula eningi—amajezi ahlotshiswe ngendwangu e-Dalton futhi basebenzisa i-showerproof velor, indwangu engingakaze ngizwe nayo.
Ngisola ukuthi u-Dalton ungumthakathi oyimfihlo. Angisho ukuthi usezicupheni naseziswebhu, kodwa kunalokho izinto ezithakazelisa kakhulu, njengokuthatheka ngama-tweaks abuhlungu kanye nemininingwane (ukwehlisa amahlombe cishe ngokungenamkhawulo, ukwandisa ukuthunga ukuthinta) noma ukulungisa lezo zinto eziyinqaba. Abaningi babukeka bekhohlisayo ukusebenzisana—ukuthunga lelo jezi elinama-laminated kumele kube lula njengokuthunga ndawonye izikhwama zikadoti, ake sithi—kodwa kuwuphawu lobungcweti buka-Dalton okwenza ukuthi libonakale kulula ukuligqoka. Okufanayo kwakungashiwo ngoboya be-teddy-bear, obufakwe kuma-sweatshirts (kulungile) namabhulukwe (akunjalo). Lesi sakamuva sakhumbula umugqa wedokhumentari enkulu ka-1994 ka-Isaac Mizrahi ethi Unzipped, lapho uMizrahi ngokunengqondo ehlohla i-faux-fur jumpsuit enomugqa ongafi: “Imayelana nabesifazane abangafuni ukubukeka njengezinkomo, ngiyacabanga.”
Qagela? Amadoda awafuni nawo. Badubula izinkomo eShetland, akunjalo?