E-NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 3, 2016
ngu-NICK REEMSEN
"Bathole indawo e-Pluto esesimweni senhliziyo," kusho uMichael Bastianduring ehhovisi lakhe laseWest Chelsea namuhla, ehlola ibhodi lakhe leqoqo le-Fall. “Umkhathi wawusitshela okuthile—ngakho savele sehla ngongqondongqondo besayensi yezinkanyezi . . .”
I-interstellar romantic streak exutshwe nomuzwa wezemfundo-kodwa-we-adventure? Ku-Bastian, lo mbono uphumelele, futhi, ngendlela yawo, uthuthukise ithoni eyamukelekayo ekushoneni kwangaphambilini. Nazi izingubo esezilungele impelasonto yonke ezweni—kodwa ezokuhlala ekhaya nokugqolozela isibonakude, hhayi ezokudubula amajuba obumba noma ukujabulela ukudla kwasemini okucwiliswe yiSouth Side ekilabhini. “Kuwuhlobo oluthile lwenkathazo yokuphila kwethu. . . sifana nokufaka ebhakedeni lokuthi, ‘O, bangabafana abasadla anhlamvana,’ ” kusho umklami. Ngakho, ukulungiswa.
Amajezi afika ngezindwangu ezimnandi ze-cashmere kodwa ezine-galactic intarsia motifs (i-Pluto ekhanyayo, imilaza ehlukile, inkanyezi enamaphuzu amane ku-Lurex). U-Bastian nethimba lakhe baphinde bathuthukisa ukuphrinta okugqugquzelwe uphahla olubekwe endaweni yonke lwe-Grand Central Terminal yaseNew York (inkinobho eyodwa eya phansi yaze yaphindwa ohlelweni lombala wesiteshi oluluhlaza-olugolide). Ijazi elinezigqoko lintshontshe umbukiso; izingxenye zayo zensimbi eziyizicucu kanye nomzimba we-Casentino ofakwe ngaphambili ("indwangu yokuzingela yase-Italy," kuchaza u-Bastian) kungenzeka kube yinto ehlakaniphile kunazo zonke indoda eyake yaqhamuka nayo. Umzuzwana osondelene kube yiphenti elimncane elinephakethe lezimpahla ethangeni langakwesokunxele.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela, nokho, ukuthi u-Bastian akasoze abe preppy. Ukulungiselela kuyingxenye ye-DNA yomkhiqizo. Izimo nokusikeka kanye nezithombe zonke ziphephile uma kuqhathaniswa—wenza izingubo zikanokusho zohlobo oluthile lwendoda (okungangabazeki ukuthi ethanda imfashini), uhlobo lwensizwa engase futhi ibheke kuBrunello Cucinelli no-Loro Piana ekuqoqeni ikhabethe lakhe. Nokho uBastian uvame ukufeza konke lokhu ngezinhlansi zentsha edla lubi—leyo nkanyezi yeLurex ecwayizayo iyindlela yakhe encane yokuphumela “lapho.”