Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
ئايزەك ميزرۆهى: چۆن قۆپچە شێوازی جلوبەرگیان گۆڕی
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.
خەڵکی خراپ بوونی هەیە.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
پێش مەسیح.
بەکارهاتووە.
sewn onto your clothes.
is such a great invention.
داهێنانێکی مەزن بوون.
through the buttonhole,
like it's never going to open.
وەک ئەوەی هەرگیز نەکرێتەوە.
since the Middle Ages.
لە سەدەی ناوەڕاستەوە.
designs in history.
are usually round.
قۆپچەکانم خڕن.
with a little shank,
پارچەیەکى لە ژێرە،
with either a rim or not a rim,
قەراغێک هەیە یان نییە،
is the buttonhole.
plus the width of the button,
themselves in things.
لە جەستە نزیک بووەوە.
to make clothes fit against the body.
دروست کردنى جلێک، لەگەڵ لەش بگونجێن.
for so long, historically,
بۆ ماوەیەکی دڕێژ، لە مێژوودا،
to keep our clothes shut.
بەداخراوی دەهێڵێتەوە.
and it wears out after a while.
و دوای ماوەیەک خراپ دەبێت.
you just literally sew that thing on.
تەنها بە ڕێکی بیان دوورەوە.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
this beautiful sweater.
بلوزە جوانانەی بۆ دەچنیم.
on the sweater, I loved it.
and you can't pick out a button,
قۆپچەکە هەڵبژێری،
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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