E-NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 3, 2016
ngu-LEE CARTER
“Kalula, kulula, duduzeka,” kusho uBilly Reidin umdwebi wakhe waseLouisiana ofudumele mayelana neqoqo lakhe elisha le-Fall. Lapho edabukile, wachaza imininingwane ehloniphekile, kodwa empeleni, lawo magama amathathu akufingqa kahle.
Empeleni, u-Reid ubezenzela eyakhe i-niche yesitayela, ingxube eyingqayizivele yokungahlanganisi kwaseNingizimu kanye nesitayela samazwe ngamazwe esiyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Obekusha kule sizini yizinga aphishekela ngalo lokho kukhululeka, ubulula, nokunethezeka. Ukhulume ngokuhlanzeka komugqa angakaze awuveze ngaphambili, ozuzwe ngokuncenga kanye ne-drape esikhundleni se-hardware noma okunye ukuhloba okungadingekile. Amabhulukwe ayemakhwapheni, ngamabomu, kangangokuthi imiphetho yayihlangene eduze kwezinyawo zamamodeli, kuyilapho izigqoko zakwa-Huck Finn zaziphansi kangangokuthi amamodeli kwakudingeka aphakamise amakhanda awo ukuze alunguze ngaphansi kwawo.
Le nkampani isasebenza e-Alabama, futhi lokho akubonisi zimpawu zokushintsha, kodwa uReid uhamba emhlabeni wonke-eFrance, e-Italy, eJapane-efuna izindwangu ezifanele nje zokudlulisa uhlobo lwakhe oluthile lwe-grunge yezwe, uma uthanda. Okusho ukuthi, lapho engathuthuki izindwangu zakhe kusukela ekuqaleni, okuyilokho achitha isikhathi esiningi namandla akhe okudala enza. Uhamba ngezindwangu ezinezinga eliphezulu lokuthungwa, njenge-tweed ethambile, i-velvet ecindezelekile, i-corduroy enobuso obuphindwe kabili, ne-cashmere, ikakhulukazi ekuhlukeni okucashile kwe-beige, ukhilimu, nokumpunga. Ube esewahlawulisa abe yizimo zemvelo azilandelayo.
Okusha futhi kwe-Reid: ukunwetshwa okwengeziwe kwezingubo zabesifazane. "Abesifazane bebevame ukubala amaphesenti angu-12 okuthengisa kwethu," esho, engena ekukhulumeni kwebhizinisi. "Manje sekungamaphesenti angama-30." Lokhu kwabonakala endleleni yezindiza, lapho abesifazane bethatha inani elikhulu lezindlu ezithengiswayo. Kepha okwamanje, uReid wenelisekile ukubeka ezezimali eceleni futhi athokozele omunye umbukiso owamukelwe kahle enyakatho.