MILAN, JANUARY 18, 2016
ngu-LUKE LEITCH
Saqala ngomfanekiso obizayo, ohlaba umxhwele, ocwiliswayo wehlathi elikhithikayo elidubulayo ngokombono womuntu ojikelezayo, onesiyezi. Kuculo, u-Björk Björk-ed, nakho konke ukugcizelela kwakhe okukhazimulayo kwe-ethereal. Ingabe besizobona uhlobo oluthile lokuqhekeka kweqhwa lokuhamba phambili kwe-Abruzzo taloring? Hhay kangako. Lokhu bekuyiphupho lesidlo sasemini, ukubonakala kwe-Alpine ukusuka ekuphakameni okuphansi kuye phezulu nokubuyela emuva futhi—konke ngaphambi kokuhlehla ubuyele emuva kwedeski lakho.
Amasudi ayemahle, eqoshwe emzimbeni, ukhalo luphushelwe phezulu ukuze lunwebe wonke. Saqala ngombala ompunga, kodwa-ke ukujova kwebhuthi yokugibela izintaba esikhundleni sesicathulo sedolobha sakhomba umqansa ongaphambili. Imibala yashintsha—ushintsho olusuka kwelasedolobheni luye kwelemvelo—yangena endaweni egcwele uhlaza oluvuthulukayo. Kwakukhona uboya obubili obungavamile bamazwibela we-monochrome axhunywe ku-herringbone. Indoda yethu yayiphakeme, nokho isabheka amaphethini akhe ajwayelekile. Kube khona uhlobo oluthile lweciko kanye nesigqoko esiphindelelayo se-Beuys-meets-Alpine esasihlebeza ngokuqoqa izifiso ezicindezelwe.
I-Backstage u-Brendan Mullane uchaze izendlalelo ze-sandblasting kanye nokuphrinta ngokweqile, ukuhlanganisa nokukhipha okusetshenziswe kulezi zingubo ukuze ziboleke ukujula kwazo kwe-pentinto. I-Brioni igxile ekuguquleleni isikhathi eside, imaski evele yavela ngendlela emangalisayo yendoda. Nokho u-Mullane uhlola imingcele yalokhu kusemthethweni futhi, njengoba enza kanjalo, uthola ukuthi kusenezindawo ezithile ezingakachazwa okufanele aziphuphe.