nguSARAH MOWER
INdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II yathweswa umqhele lapho, uPrincess Diana waba nomngcwabo wakhe lapho, kanti uKate Middleton noPrince William babeshadele lapho. Futhi manje, u-Alessandro Michele usejikijele umbukiso wemfashini weGucci eWestminster Abbey. Khombisa ukuphikiswa okungabikezelwa okuvela kubaholi bendabuko baseBrithani—yize iqoqo Lendawo Yekungcebeleka laboniswa kuma-Cloisters, hhayi eShansela elingcwele lapho amakhosi aseBrithani athweswe umqhele amakhulu eminyaka. Kodwa lokhu bekungeke kube ukuncoma okuqotho esikweni lamaNgisi, njengoba kuhlungwe ngobuhlakani obunombala ogqamile, obune-hyper-eclectic ye-anglophile Italian. Ebuzwa ukuthi kungani ekhethe iLondon ne-Abbey, uMichele oshisekayo waphonsa izingalo zakhe ophahleni oluwumpheme: “Ukucwila kulolu lwandle oluphefumulelwe lwe-gothic!” ebabaza. "I-punk, i-Victorian, i-eccentric-ngalokhu kukhuthazwa, ngingasebenza impilo yami yonke!"
Bekuwumbukiso omkhulukazi, okhombisa ukubukeka kwe-94, abafana kanye namantombazane, ngayinye igcwele imininingwane, imihlobiso, nobuciko obukhombayo, izinto zangaphakathi, kanye nezingqimba ezinqwabelene zemivubukulo yamasiko entsha yaseBrithani nezimakethe zasemgwaqweni. . Kwakukhona ama-debs ezigqokweni okungenzeka ukuthi zabuyela emuva kubhola likamama eliphumayo ngo-1970; ama-yobs e-jeans yesikhumba ehlanjululwe ngamatshe; Ogogo baseKensington begqoke izingubo zikasilika zenkathi kaThatcher; Amabhuzu e-1990 we-Spice Girl monster namajezi e-Union Jack; kanye nentokazi yasemaphandleni ene-husky exutshwe ngandlela thize ehlangene nejakhethi ye-hussar egayiwe, enamasele. Kwakukhona ama-kilts, ama-posh nama-punk, futhi lokho akusona ngisho nesiqalo sohlu lwezinto ezisembukisweni.
Impela, konke bekuyinguqulo yesiNtaliyane ehlanzwe kakhulu, eyenziwe ngokumsulwa ye-ramshackle scruffiness futhi ayinandaba-lokho-noma ubani ucabangani izimo zengqondo ezikhombisa amaNgisi kunoma yisiphi isigaba. Endleleni, wathinta ezinye zezitayela ezivukela umbuso abaklami abazalelwe eBrithani abanikele ekugcinweni komlando kazwelonke wemfashini, kusukela kuma-echoes ka-Vivienne Westwood kanye nengubo yakhe yebhola ye-tartan bustier kuya ku-Victoriana wengane enhle ka-Edward Meadham wase-Meadham Kirchhoff. Noma kunjalo, ngezindlela eziningi, lokhu kwakuwukuqhubeka kwakho konke abantu abaye bakuthanda ngomsebenzi kaMichele kusukela athatha izintambo esikhathini esifushane kangaka esidlule—kusukela emifekethweni yakhe enezimpawu zezilwane kuya kumabhomu acwebezelayo, kwehle kuze kufike ezikhwameni ezifekethisiwe namaparele— izinkwa ezigcwele. Sekukonke, kwakuyisithombe esincane esishukumisayo sokuthi imfashini yokunethezeka isiye kanjani kusukela uMichele efika ukuze ayimise kabusha: hhayi ukubukeka okukodwa okuhlonzayo, kodwa cishe ikhulu, futhi ngaphakathi komunye nomunye, okuthile okufinyelelekayo, kungaba umhlobiso wezinwele noma ipheya. ye-jeans, ukudonsa esizukulwaneni esilandelayo samakhasimende.
Ephuzwini lokugcina, uMichele ukhulume amazwi ashubile, angathinta kakhulu izingqondo zaseBrithani kunanoma yimaphi ama-prints akhe e-Wedgwood, ama-appliqués e-china-dog, noma izicathulo eziboshwe nge-punk: "Uyingxenye yesiko laseYurophu!" Lokho kuyinto ngempela okufanele ucabange ngayo. Ekupheleni kwale nyanga, abantu baseBrithani kumele bavotele ukuthi bahlale ku-European Union, noma ukuthi banqamule yini ubudlelwano osebunesikhathi eside obukwenza kube lula futhi kube ngokwemvelo kumaNtaliyane anjengoMichele ukuza eLondon ukuzovakashela futhi umsebenzi, futhi okuphambene nalokho kwabaseBrithani. Ukumisa umgubho wokwazisa ongaka wemfashini engenamingcele, esakhiweni esibhekene ngqo neziNdlu zePhalamende? Sethemba ukuthi amavoti ambalwa azoshintsha ngendlela efanele.