Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Isaac Mizrahi: Como o botão mudou a moda
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.
apenas pessoas ruins.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
sewn onto your clothes.
costurado nas suas roupas.
is such a great invention.
through the buttonhole,
por dentro da casa,
like it's never going to open.
como se nunca fosse abrir.
since the Middle Ages.
desde a Idade Média.
designs in history.
mais duradouros da história.
are usually round.
são geralmente redondos.
with a little shank,
com uma argola na base,
with either a rim or not a rim,
is the buttonhole.
é a casa do botão.
plus the width of the button,
themselves in things.
utilidades para o botão.
to make clothes fit against the body.
para fazer roupas se ajustarem ao corpo.
for so long, historically,
por tanto tempo, historicamente,
to keep our clothes shut.
para fechar as roupas.
and it wears out after a while.
e depois de um tempo se acaba.
you just literally sew that thing on.
só precisa costurar.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
elementar design inventado,
this beautiful sweater.
minha mãe me fez um lindo suéter.
on the sweater, I loved it.
presos ao suéter, eu amei.
and you can't pick out a button,
e não sabe escolher um botão,
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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