LONDON, JANUARY 10, 2016
ngu-ALEXANDER FURY
Izingubo zikaJames Long ziwukunambitheka okutholwe ngokunqunyiwe. Kukhona amadoda phakathi kwabafowabo athanda ama-Lurex akhe, amadenim apendwe ngopende, ama-sweatshirt akhe ahlotshisiwe nezingwe ezenziwe ngerabha. Lawo maphigogo agqamile akuwona amakhasimende athembekile kaLong kuphela kodwa ugqozi lwakhe lwe-Fall 2016. “Amaqhawe endawo,” wawabiza, ekhuluma ngabantu abafana nomculi ophambili u-Eddie Peake, umsebenzi wakhe ovame ukubandakanya imibala ekhangayo, iziqubulo ezingacacile, nobunqunu obuningi. -wenza umdlalo webhola likanobhutshuzwayo enqunu ngesikhathi efunda eRoyal Academy. Ngokusobala, lapho egqokile, uPeake ugqoka uLong. Ushumayela kwabaguqukile? Bese-ke abanye.
“Lapho kunemfashini engaka, nganquma ukubheka abantu abagqoka izingubo zami ngempela,” kusho uLong, ngemva kombukiso owawuthi, kuye ngombono wakho, wawuhlaba umxhwele, noma ujabule nje; umsindo, noma ukunethezeka. Kwakukhona izintambo eziningi zensimbi, kanye neleyisi, ne-fishnet, kanye nenqwaba yemibala ye-psychotropic efana ne-trippy njengama-opiate poppies ayechuma njengama-prints nama-sweater intarsias. Amabhande amabhande azungeza abe ama roses anezinhlangothi ezintathu. Izinwele zazigcotshwe emuva, amehlo egcotshwe ngokubenyezela, amabhuzu okugibela enkonyane kaChristian Louboutin abenemigqa enemibala eminingi ecwebezelayo. Kwaba, kulungile ukusho, ngokugcwele.
Izindikimba zomsebenzi kaPeake—okungenangqondo ukuhlangana namanyala—kuzwakala sengathi bahlangabezane nomdlalo wabo wokubhuqa eLong. Esimeni esijwayelekile sokugqokiswa okuhlukene, okuyingxenye eyodwa, ubuthambekele ekubukeni umsebenzi kaLong hhayi “njengokubukeka,” kodwa njengomuntu ngamunye, izinto ezenziwe ngobunyoninco ezingasuswa ekupheleleni okunamandla ukuze zisebenze kukhabethe lezingubo. indoda engeyona ingxenye yeqembu lomklami elihlangene labalandeli (ngokuvamile base-East London).
Kodwa ubungazihlupha? Inkinga ngobuhle obunjengobukaLong ukuthi bungaphazamisa futhi buqhele kumuntu obukele nje. Ungama kancane upequlule kujantshi wamabhantshi e-jean anamekwe ngombala ku-chartreuse nokubomvu ukuze uthole ijakhethi ye-velvet tuxedo noma, mhlawumbe, ibhulukwe elizacile, elingenabungozi? Noma vele uye ndawana thize okulula ukuyigaya?
ULong ungomunye wabaklami bezingubo zabesilisa abamatasatasa. Uyikhanda elisha (ish) lezingubo zabesilisa kulebula yase-Italy i-Iceberg, izimpawu zayo zokuthengisa ezinesiphithiphithi nezimibalabala zimlingana kahle. “Ngangingafuni ukuziphinda,” kusho uLong. "Lokhu bekuwukuhlela izinto ezibalulekile engizithandayo." Isikhathi eside ngokusobala uthanda izinto eziningi. Ukuhlela okuncane, okuxakayo, bekuzohamba ibanga elide.