Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
아이작 미즈라히(Isaac Mizrahi): 단추가 어떻게 패션을 변화시켰는가
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.
나쁜 사람만이 존재하죠.
the Button]
단추 이야기]
발명했는지 모릅니다.
as early as 2,000 BCE.
생겨났을 수도 있어요.
sewn onto your clothes.
예쁜 물건일 뿐이었죠.
단추 구멍을 발명했습니다.
is such a great invention.
정말 엄청난 발명입니다.
through the buttonhole,
들어갈 뿐 아니라
like it's never going to open.
절대 열리지 않을 것처럼 말이죠.
since the Middle Ages.
많이 변하지 않았습니다.
designs in history.
디자인 중에 하나라고 할 수 있죠.
are usually round.
대체로 동그란 모양입니다.
with a little shank,
with either a rim or not a rim,
둥근 것들도 있고
4개인 것도 있죠.
is the buttonhole.
단추 구멍입니다.
plus the width of the button,
약간의 여유 공간을 더하는 겁니다.
themselves in things.
to make clothes fit against the body.
유일한 방법이었던 시절도 있었습니다.
for so long, historically,
이렇게 오래 존재할 수 있었던 이유는
to keep our clothes shut.
잘 해내기 때문인 것 같습니다.
and it wears out after a while.
시간이 흐르면 닳아버립니다.
you just literally sew that thing on.
그냥 다시 꿰매면 됩니다.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
단순한 형태일 뿐 아니라
this beautiful sweater.
예쁜 스웨터를 떠 준 적이 있어요.
on the sweater, I loved it.
그 옷을 정말 좋아하게 되었어요.
and you can't pick out a button,
단추를 잘 못 고른다면
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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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