E-NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 3, 2016
by MAYA SINGER
Ubathola kanjani abafana ukuthi baphinde bathenge ezakudala? Lokho, ngamafuphi, kwakuwumbuzo owabuzwa u-Tommy Hilfiger eqenjini lakhe ngesikhathi bexoxa ngeqoqo lezingubo zabesilisa le-Hilfiger Edition yale sizini. Impendulo esobala ukunikeza izinhlobo ze-preppy staples u-Hilfiger athengise ngazo kusukela ngo-'80s isibuyekezo esikhulu; ku-Hilfiger, "isibuyekezo" esihunyushwe ngokuthi "thuthukisa." Leli bekuyiqoqo elikhangwa ngezinto ezinhle nemininingwane ecebile, engalindelekile—isikhumba esingalindelekile esisetshenziswa ejakhethini yasensimini enamaphakethe ejiyomethri, nokhololo olugundayo kanye noziphu ophindwe kabili ku-puffer ye-navy. Kwagxilwa kakhulu ekucupheni, emininingwaneni yokuthunga, nakumaphimbo ethoni—konke kusingathwa ngokuthintwa okuncane, kodwa okuphawuleka ngokwanele ukuze kugqame izingubo.
Ukubuyekezwa kuka-Hilfiger kwanwetshwa kanye ne-mien ekhululekile yaleli qoqo, ebonakala ikakhulukazi ekubambeni kwayo ikhanda, lapha nalaphaya, kumaphijama (ngisho ne-tux yeqoqo ithole i-pajama-fied) futhi, ngokuvamile, emimoyeni elula yezingubo. Ithimba lika-Tommy lalihlanganise ingobo yomlando ukuze lithole izingcezu zesiginesha, lase lizihumushela kuma-silhouette amasha e-boxer kanye ne-baggier. Ibhulukwe lewuli elinemigqa egqokile elisesimweni esixegayo, lokuphijama-phansi libonise indlela yokwenza futhi ngokungangabazeki lizobamba iqhaza elikhulu kubafana abanemisebenzi yedeski kodwa bangabi nasineke ngezingubo zasehhovisi ezisemthethweni. Kulezi zinsuku, lokho kuyingxenye yokhetho.