MILAN, JANUARY 17, 2016
ngu-LUKE LEITCH
E-Bottega Veneta, u-Tomas Maier ubehamba phambili ekuhlanganisweni okugcwele kwemboni manje kwamakhodi wokusubatha abe yizinga eliphakeme kakhulu lokunethezeka. Kodwa amabhulukwe e-cashmere manje aseyi-ten-a-penny. Ngakho-ke kuleli qoqo uMaier waqhubekela phambili—futhi ngasikhathi sinye waya phezulu naphansi. Wathi: “Kumayelana ne-silhouette. Ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi idinga ushintsho. Zonke izici ezigqugquzelwe yizingubo zemidlalo ebesizifaka: Isikhathi sokuqhubekela phambili. Sekungumkhuba, abantu abaningi benza lokho, angidingi ukukwenza unomphela. ”
Lokhu kwenqatshwa kobudedengu kokuvumelana kwenziwa kwacaca ekuvulekeni kwezingubo ezimnyama noma ezimpunga, nekhekheba leqhwa elilodwa nje elimhlophe. Amajakhethi ayenqanyuliwe angavuleki, ageleze aye ngezansi kwesinqe. Amabhulukwe ngaphansi kwawo ayengemancane futhi ayengebanzi: ayemade. Ikhefu eliphansi eqakaleni, elincane kakhulu, lasebenza njenge-pediment ecashile yalesi silhouette esibekwe phezulu. Noma kunjalo, amasudi afika, anezinhlaka eziwumngcingo ezilandelanayo.
Sasikuphi isikhumba? Ifike nge-matte ezip tote ku-raspberry ovuthiwe, i-barolo ebomvu enepaki yesikhumba emnyama enamandla. Bese nge-authoritarian leather coat i-greatcoat ebhalwe ngendlela engaqondakali nge-cravat esontekile. Lokho okubomvu, kanye nohlaza okwesibhakabhaka okugcwele kanye nokuluhlaza kwebhodlela lewayini kwagonyelwa njengezici ezibalulekile zendaba yombala waleli qoqo emajazini namabhulukwe ebhayisikili esikhumba afakwe uziphu ngaphambili emlenzeni ngamunye ukusuka phezulu ukuya phansi. Amajazi amabili esikhumba aboshwe nge-cellophane abenyezela ngokukhanya okukhazimulayo. Uvolo ocebile ohloliwe one-miasma ye-fuzz—i-Cheviot, i-wool aficionado eduze kwami, yazama—yayiyi-static yokuphuzi nokumnyama. Isudi ye-cashmere e-loden eluhlaza yapendwe ngokufuthwa ukuze inothise umbala wayo ngokujulile. Oonobuhle ababili besilisa noyedwa wesifazane babegqoke amasudi amathathu e-velvet enziwe ilineni—emnqumo, i-teal-touched turquoise, nokunsomi—ombala wabo wawubambene nokushona kwelanga okumnyama. Bekunokubukeka okuningi kwabesifazane ngenxa yokufafazwa kwezinto ezithengwayo ezivela ngaphandle kwe-Pre-Fall. Amajakhethi amasheke athulisiwe kanye nama-cabans anamakhola osheke athole ukufika kwamajazi okuhlola amabili anezinaliti abeyikholaji engenamthungo yama-engeli angakwesokudla ahambisanayo. Ukugcizelelwa kwangempela kweqoqo nakuba bekuqondile. Kuzodingeka ube mude futhi uncike ukuze ugqoke lawo masudi ukuze ube nomphumela omkhulu; uma wenza uzobukeka umude futhi uzocile. Thina mashoshana singabuka nje futhi sibabaze—bese sithenga ikhabani.