"Ubuyela kuye, futhi mina ngibuyela emnyama," kucula u-Amy Winehouse, futhi leli yiculo Yohji Yamamoto ngabe ngicule. Imfashini iyinkosikazi eqinile, futhi ngenkathi enye isizini ikhipha amakalishi amasha futhi athuthukisiwe kolunye uhlobo, wabuyela kulokho okungaguquki kwe-achromatic komkhathi wakhe.
Kwakusobala ukuthi ngenkathi u-Yohji egaya kabusha okwedlule, wayengakwenzi ngokuphinda akhiphe uthando lwakudala. Uwuhlobo lokuthatha ummese awuyise efeni lakhe. Amanye ama-Yohjisms ajwayelekile ayeboniswa - ama-lapel amaningi, ama-deconstruction, ama-seams abonakalayo futhi angaqediwe, izendlalelo phezu kwezingqimba zezinto ezincane zephepha - kodwa zaphinde zahlelwa futhi zahlanganiswa ndawonye. Ukulandelana okumhlophe kwakugijima kumakhofu ahlanganiswe ngobuciko, futhi wonke ayenohlobo oluthile lokuthunga kuwo - udokotela ohlinzayo akaqapheli kakhulu ekuthungeni kwakhe. Abathengisi bayawathanda amabhantshi amnyama akwa-Yamamoto, futhi singabala izindlela zomgwaqo njengoba kuvela ukuhluka. Ukuziphindiselela kwezintambo ezindala ezizungeze i-nomadism kanye nokugaywa kabusha kwavela ngokucacile kumajezi ahlukaniswe kabili ahuqwe ndawonye. Ibhulukwe elinemilenze ebanzi i-a-la-Yohji lazizwa lisha futhi lijwayeleke ngesikhathi esisodwa, okufakazela ukuthi njengoba isondo lemfashini liphenduka, umhlaba wenziwa kabusha. Imodeli eyodwa yayibukeka njengendoda ngokwayo, encane kuphela ngesigamu sekhulu, yonke isudi emnyama nesigqoko se-jaunty. Into eyayishoda nje kwakuwukucwayiza emehlweni. “Iba no-Yohji omuhle,” kusikisela isimemo, futhi kwakunokuningi ongakhetha kukho, nakuba kushaywe futhi kulimele.
"Isikhathi esedlule singasetshenziselwa ukudala izinto zanamuhla," esho kamuva, futhi lokhu kuphefumula okumnyama ngokusobala bekuyindlela yakhe yokugxila, ngemuva kwamasizini edlule abenamandla kakhulu kunakudala. Futhi khumbula izaziso ezilahlekile ze-Yohji? Kuke kwaba khona umkhondo lapho, kodwa-ke umbono wangemuva ngu-20/20. Lapho ephuma eyothatha umnsalo, evunule ngokungavamile ngezindwangu ezicwebezelayo, wakhomba isongo sakhe sesiliva. Akukho lutho u-Yamamoto oke akwenze lutho, ngakho ukwethulwa kobucwebe ngeke kube kude kangako. Manje njengoba esezibambele mathupha, kwazi bani ukuthi yini enye aphakamise leyo mikhono emide yakhe.
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