PARIS, JANUWARI 23, 2016
ngu-LUKE LEITCH
I-Militaria ihlaselwe? Hhayi kuma-Acne. Ngemva kokubona izingcezu zensalela yamasosha aseSweden emigwaqweni, uJonny Johansson wabheka emuva ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye azichitha esebuthweni lezempi esemncane. “Izikhathi eziningi ngangigodola izimbongolo zami,” esho, “ngilala ngaphansi kweqhwa ehlathini.” Ngesikhathi ekhonza izwe lakhe, uJohansson wanikezwa umfaniswano wangeminyaka yawo-1940. Kuleli thonya lokuqala bekuxutshwe obomvana, i-lavender, i-ribbon squiggle eyingcaca, kanye namahlo okuhlobisa adwetshwe e-Västerbottensdräkten, imvunulo yesintu ikakhulukazi esifundeni sase-Swedish Lapland lapho umklami achitha khona iminyaka eyishumi yobuntwana bakhe.
Amabhulukwe anokhalo oluphakeme, anama-peacoat aphindwe kabili—amabhulukwe amasosha asemthethweni—noma anamaphakethe afakwe esikhwameni ayegqokwa ngaphansi kwamajazi amakhulu ancishisiwe, ama-peacoat amancanyana afakiwe, namajakhethi amakhulu wezimbongolo. Ihembe le-lavender suede elingaphambili lalendlalwe ngaphansi kwehembe elicijile nangaphezulu kwehembe elinesiketi eside endaweni ebukeka njenge-olive flannel noma into ezwakalayo. Izicathulo eziningi zazizwakala kakhulu-ubumnandi obuhle, ama-hybrids we-loafer-sock ahlanganisiwe. Kube khona ukuthunga okumpunga ku-nano-herringbone okunemininingwane ecindezelekile emathunjini ayo. Eminye imininingwane yombala ibithandeka—uma ifihlakele kuphela emhlanganweni we-extroverts’—njengebhulukwe lesikhumba esiphuzi elihambisana namasokisi e-mohair awolintshi.