LONDON, JANUARY 11, 2016
ngu-ALEXANDER FURY
Kuyamangaza ukuthi ukudlula emhlabeni kukaDavid Bowie kufanele kuze njengoba isipoki sakhe sobuhle sesivele sihlupha imigwaqo yabesilisa ye-Fall 2016. Ngokwesibonelo, umbukiso ka-Katie Eary wawunephethini yakhe yesithombe engaqondakali—i-jiggy, i-Ziggy; usilika ogelezayo; kanye nalowo mbono osanda kwakhiwa wemfashini wokuguquguquka kobulili okuze kube manje ohlanganiswe embonweni olula wendoda egqoke ibhulawuzi lowesifazane. Okuyinto, ngokwayo, i-Bowie enhle.
U-Eary uphawule ukuthi ugqugquzelwe idokhumentari ka-Alec Lindsell, i-Sacred Triangle, ehlola ukushintshana kokudala phakathi kuka-Bowie, u-Lou Reed, no-Iggy Pop. Ngempela, ingxenye yesizathu esenza u-Bowie abize i-Spiders From Mars frontman yakhe ngokuthi "Ziggy" kwakungenxa yokuthi kwakuzwakala kancane njengo-Iggy.
Ukushelela nokushintshashintsha kwezinkomba, izinhlobo, kanye nezingubo ngempela kwakuwumbono omkhulu ka-Eary weFall. Wajikijela amamodeli wesifazane ambalwa kule ngxube, nakuba enezidleke zezinyosi ezigconwayo, i-dolly bird eyeliner, neminyuzi ekhukhumele i-marabou, ubulili babo babungenalo uketshezi ngendlela esabekayo. Bekungekho nokuhamba kwabo okuxegayo. Kungakhathalekile ukuthi i-androgyny yesambatho sika-Ziggy noma sika-Iggy, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi futhi ngeke alokothe anikele leyo minyuzi, ngenxa yezizathu ezilula zezempilo nokuphepha kunanoma yini enye enengqondo.
Ingabe babezogqoka okusele? Kungenzeka. U-Eary wayenze umsebenzi wakhe wesikole—noma okungenani ubuke amavidiyo e-YouTube ambalwa ukuze athole isitayela esikha phezulu sezinkanyezi ezintathu. Amajini afika enziwe ngesikhumba esisansimbi esasibenyezela njengezindonga zeWarhol’s Factory; usilika ogcwele ama-caftan aphrintwe nge-koi carp, okungenzeka ukuthi ubhekisela kuMnu. Fish, umklami wase-London izingubo zakhe ezingavamile zazigqokwa abafana no-Mick Jagger kanye, ngempela, no-Bowie. Baphinde baba nengxenye ka-Ossie Clark noCelia Birtwell ngabo-ukuncoma okukhulu. Mhlawumbe inkulu kakhulu, kodwa noma kunjalo, isikweletu siyafuneka.
Okungaphumeleli kangako kube iziqongo zezemidlalo ze-retro eziziphukele kakhulu ku-panne velvet—indwangu ewusizo engabazekayo ebusika kanye nokunambitheka okungabazekayo obekuvela kuyo yonke indawo emibukisweni yabesilisa yaseLondon. Lapha, kugcine kubukeka sengathi u-Eary usike izingubo ezimbalwa, isitayela se-Von Trapp, kumakhethini amadala. Angiqiniseki ukuthi u-Bowie uzoke agqoke lokho.