LONDON, JANUARY 10, 2016
ngu-NICK REEMSEN
URichard James unomkopishi onesizotha. Funda lesi sigaba sokuvula esifushanisiwe esivela kumanothi akhe e-Fall: "Iqoqo lizwakala liqinile, liphakamisa uphawu olubomvu, futhi libeka impahla yalo engavamile ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esimpunga esikhumulweni semikhumbi saseLondon ngo-1935." Kwanele ukuhlanganisa i-vignette ecacile (kanye ne-cacophonous) ngenkathi ulinde isikhathi sombukiso. (Ngangilokhu ngicabanga ngezigcawu zokugibela e-Titanic, okuvunywa ukuthi eminyakeni engama-20 ngaphambili hhayi eLondon, kodwa egcwele ubuhle besiNgisi sasolwandle nokho.)
Kwakuvame ukuphoqa ukubona ukubulawa kwe-Savile Row dandyism kuhlangana nezindawo zokuthintana zangaphambi kosozimboni zasolwandle; isibonelo, isudi ehlolwayo yeNkosana YaseWales, ikhombisa inkungu yaseLondon eqinile kuphalethi kanye ne-nautical (daresay, naughty-cal) encike kwi-lapel yayo enwetshiwe kanye neblazer enamabele amabili. Elinye ibhantshi eliphuzi elimpunga, nalo elinamabele akabili kodwa eliyisibhakela futhi elingeyona ingxenye yesudi, lithwebule “inqolobane epholile” yokuhamba olwandle lapho igqokwe phezu kwehembe eliyisisekelo. Kwakukhona izimpawu zemibuzo, nokho. Ukusetshenziswa njalo kwe-teal, umbala oqinile uma kwenzeka kwaba khona, kwakuqondisa i-catwalk emanzini ngezinye izikhathi. I-Ditto ye-semi-ombré turtleneck jumper elukwe ngothayela be-Union Jack abagcwele ngokweqile. Kodwa-ke, uma ungumuntu othembekile kaJames, ungumuntu othembekile wombala ku-tandem, njengoba uphawu alukaze lube namahloni ngombala oqinile.
Okusebenze ngendlela encomekayo lapha (futhi, okuxakayo, okuzwakala kungokwesikhathi samanje) ukunamathela emisuka yesiNgisi ejulile yeqoqo leqoqo. Ijakhethi ye-melton enokuvalwa okuphindwe kabili kwezinkinobho (ukugqwala kwayo kukhumbuza indawo yomkhumbi) kanye nesinamoni, umsele onemikhono emide wafaka ngokugculisayo ukugxila.