ngu-LUKE LEITCH
Le sizini(izi)yazi, uhlobo oluyigugu lezithuthuthu i-Belstaff lungene ngokushesha ekuvumelaneni kwemfashini okubanzi ngokuqondanisa itimu nokwethulwa kwamaqoqo ayo ezingubo zabesilisa ze-Resort and Pre-Spring. Nokho ibicophelela ukugcina ukuzimela okugunyaziwe kwezinduna zayo ezimbili eziqondene nobulili obuthile. Leyo ngqikithi, njengoba kusho uFred Dyhr wezingubo zabesilisa, “iqala nge-documentary yango-1971 ethi On Any Sunday, eyayihlanganisa uSteve McQueen. Futhi sasibheka okwakwenzeka eNgilandi ekugibeleni nasekuziphatheni izithuthuthu ngesikhathi esifanayo. Futhi kwakumayelana nokwenza ngokwezifiso: Abagibeli abaningi babethatha izinkanyezi, imivimbo futhi benze amajakhethi abo ngendlela oyifisayo.”
Lena bekuyindikimba ephephile yeBelstaff—phela uMcQueen ubengomunye wompetha bakhe ababaziwa kakhulu kanti On Any Sunday ukhuluma ngesiko lesithuthuthu—kodwa i-engeli yokwenza ngokwezifiso inikeze igumbi lomklami ngamunye ukuthi aveze ezabo izifiso zokudala ngenkathi ehlala endaweni ebanzi. ukuqondanisa. Ngakho-ke asishintshe amagiya, bese sidlulela kumklami wezingubo zabesifazane u-Delphine Ninous: “Impela kukhona ugqozi lwemoto engutsheni: Yithi ke. Kodwa kukhona futhi okuthile okuncane okungaphansi kwedigri yokuqala kanye nengokoqobo. Ngisebenzele ukuletha ukuthamba okuncane kuyo.”
Izingcezu zezingubo zabesifazane ezivelele zazihlanganisa i-Perfectos ethambile futhi ewuketshezi ye-suede eluhlaza kanye ne-tan, idenim ethile enhle efafazwe ngezithelo ezinenkanyezi zaleyo timu yokwenza ngendlela oyifisayo, nezingubo namahembe ane-fringwe ekamu lezilwane. Izingubo zabesilisa zaziqinile kodwa zibhekwa njengeziyinkimbinkimbi: Lapha ukunyakaza obekulindelwe kwakuhlanganisa namajakhethi e-enduro emapheshi esikhumba ashiswe ngokucebile, amabhulukwe e-moto-lesikhumba, nama-jumpsuits. Amapaki e-Millerin camo anemininingwane ye-diamond-stitch yendlu ayengabonakali kodwa engathandeki kangako.
“Sisebenza ehhovisi,” kusho uFred waseDelphine, “futhi sikhuluma ngaso sonke isikhathi.” Kukhona ukuzwana lapha, kodwa umgibeli ngamunye uzikhethela inkambo yakhe.