Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Isaac Mizrahi: Comment le bouton a changé la mode
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi mixes high fashion and the mass market, with a line of haute couture and a line for Target. Plus a talk show, a cabaret act, a movie, a new book ... Full bio
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there are only bad people.
seulement de mauvaises personnes.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
dès l'an 2000 avant Jésus Christ.
sewn onto your clothes.
is such a great invention.
sont une invention extraordinaire.
through the buttonhole,
like it's never going to open.
cela ne va jamais s'ouvrir.
since the Middle Ages.
changé depuis le Moyen-Âge.
designs in history.
les plus durables de l'histoire.
are usually round.
sont en général ronds.
with a little shank,
avec une petite queue
with either a rim or not a rim,
avec un pourtour ou non
is the buttonhole.
la boutonnière.
plus the width of the button,
plus l'épaisseur du bouton,
les vêtements étaient plus grands --
themselves in things.
to make clothes fit against the body.
d'ajuster les vêtements au corps.
for so long, historically,
les boutons ont duré si longtemps
to keep our clothes shut.
de garder nos vêtements fermés.
and it wears out after a while.
et s'use après un temps.
you just literally sew that thing on.
vous le recousez.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
le plus élémentaire qui soit,
affirmation de son style.
this beautiful sweater.
m'a tricoté un pull magnifique.
on the sweater, I loved it.
ont été cousus au pull, je l'ai adoré.
and you can't pick out a button,
et ne savez pas choisir un bouton,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Isaac Mizrahi - Fashion designerFashion designer Isaac Mizrahi mixes high fashion and the mass market, with a line of haute couture and a line for Target. Plus a talk show, a cabaret act, a movie, a new book ...
Why you should listen
Design-wise, Isaac Mizrahi is best known for bridging the gap between high and low -- creating gorgeous couture confections for the likes of Eartha Kitt and others, as well as a hugely popular, groundbreakingly affordable line for Target.
His design mission comes wrapped in endless charisma. He's a talk-show host, he's performed his own one-man show Off-Broadway, he was the subject of the hilarious documentary Unzipped, and he does regular cabaret nights at Joe's Pub in New York City. His new book is called How to Have Style .
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