Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
אייזק מזרחי: איך הכפתור שינה את פני האופנה
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.
יש רק אנשים רעים.
בסדר?
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
כבר בשנת 2000 לפנה"ס.
sewn onto your clothes.
is such a great invention.
הם המצאה גאונית.
through the buttonhole,
דרך הלולאה,
like it's never going to open.
כאילו לעולם לא ייפתח.
since the Middle Ages.
מאז ימי הביניים.
designs in history.
בהיסטוריה.
are usually round.
הם לרוב העגולים.
with a little shank,
ורגלית קצרה,
with either a rim or not a rim,
עם עיטור או ללא עיטור,
is the buttonhole.
היא הלולאה.
plus the width of the button,
ורוחב הכפתור,
לתנועה קלה.
בגדים היו גדולים יותר -
themselves in things.
באה במגע קרוב יותר עם הגוף
to make clothes fit against the body.
להתאים את הבגדים לגוף.
for so long, historically,
מבחינה היסטורית,
to keep our clothes shut.
על בגדינו סגורים.
and it wears out after a while.
ונשחק לאחר זמן מה.
you just literally sew that thing on.
אתה פשוט תופר אותו במקומו.
for the long run.
לטווח ארוך.
elemental design ever,
הבסיסי ביותר שהיה אי פעם,
this beautiful sweater.
סרגה לי סוודר יפהפה.
on the sweater, I loved it.
התאהבתי בו.
and you can't pick out a button,
ואתם לא יודעים איך לבחור כפתור,
מבינים אותי?
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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