MILAN, JANUARY 17, 2016
ngu-LUKE LEITCH
Umbukiso osesiteji sama-22—okufanele usuke ngo-8:00 ebusuku—ubambezeleke ngemizuzu engu-35. Leyo mpilo ifika umvuthwandaba wezingubo zabesilisa zaseMilan ngeSonto, usuku lombukiso oluminyene kakhulu ekhalendeni. I-Damir Doma yayishwibe kahle ukuze ibonise leli qoqo ngaphakathi kwesiteshi esimaphakathi saseMilan—isakhiwo esihle esiye sakhuthazela ngenhlanhla isikhathi eside ngaphezu kokuqanjwa kwaso kobufascist. UDoma uthe: “Indawo engiyithanda kakhulu eMilan—noma nini lapho ngiza lapha, ngihlabeka umxhwele kakhulu. Sizama ukucabanga ngaphandle kwebhokisi futhi sithole izikhala zombukiso ezingajwayelekile kangako. Kodwa ngeke sikwazi ukukhokha kakhulu—asilona uhlobo lwenkampani. Ngakho sibe nenhlanhla enkulu ukuthi kube nomuntu ehhovisi lapha othanda lo mkhiqizo futhi wasivulela wonke amasango.”
Sasihlezi khona kanye epulatifomu, maqondana nesitimela esisheshayo esibomvu se-Frecciarossa 1000. Phezu kwethu kwakumbozwe uphahla oluyingqopha-mlando olufana nolwamabhande ensimbi. Le ndawo yombukiso ibe nomthelela wezinga le-Chanel kodwa yatholwa mahhala: ihlakaniphile. Iqoqo belihlakaniphile futhi. UDoma ungumklami onobudlova, oqopha izithombe, kodwa kunemfudumalo nokucabangela—ngisho ngezinye izikhathi ubulili—ezimpahleni zakhe. Izivulo zakhe ezimhlophe zokubhoboza ezinamaphakethe afakwe igazi zaziwukuzindla ngokungezwani okulinganayo phakathi kwangaphambili nangemuva. Amajazi akhe ekamela nawomnqumo, amanye anomphetho ovundlile odlalayo, ayeyimifece ecindezelwe ngokucophelela. Izimbambo ezinembobo ecashile ezinombala ompunga kanye nohlaza okumnyama kakhulu zazithungwe ngeribhoni ezansi nomzimba. Okuwukuphela kwenothi elihlukene phakathi kwendawo nokuqoqwa lizwakale lapho ama-ovaroli ayeboshiwe ehla ngendlela: Ayeyi-meccanico del treno kancane.
Izinkinobho zazihlangene phakathi kwezingubo, okwakunweba umbono olindelekile weso. Amathunzi e-jacquard empunga, ukuphrinta okubukeka njengamanselo eqhweni phakathi kwamabili, namadawubu apendwe amhlophe kungemuva elimnyama kunikeze ukuthungwa okubonakalayo. Ngemva kwalokho, izethameli zabuyela emuva njengabagibeli esitimeleni sokugcina kusukela ngo-Fall ’16. UDoma uthe ngendawo yakhe: “Ibingokomfanekiso kakhulu. Ngoba emaqoqweni amabili okugcina besisuka eParis—besishintsha abasebenzi nama-ateliers—futhi leli elokuqala elizwakala sengathi lenziwe ngokuphelele eMilan. Ngizizwa ngifikile.”