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 más pessoas.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
sewn onto your clothes.
is such a great invention.
são uma grande invenção.
through the buttonhole,
like it's never going to open.
como se nunca se fosse abrir.
since the Middle Ages.
muito desde a Idade Média.
designs in history.
mais duradouros na história.
are usually round.
são os redondos.
with a little shank,
e uma pequena argola,
with either a rim or not a rim,
is the buttonhole.
é a casa do botão.
plus the width of the button,
mais a espessura do botão,
as roupas eram largas,
themselves in things.
a utilidade do botão.
to make clothes fit against the body.
de ajustar as roupas ao corpo.
for so long, historically,
têm uma história tão grande
to keep our clothes shut.
manter a roupa fechada.
and it wears out after a while.
e gasta-se rapidamente.
you just literally sew that thing on.
voltamos a cosê-lo.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
mais básico de sempre,
this beautiful sweater.
tricotou-me uma bonita camisola.
on the sweater, I loved it.
na camisola, adorei-a.
and you can't pick out a button,
e não conseguirem escolher um botão,
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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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