Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Айзек Мизрахи: Как пуговица изменила моду
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.
бывают лишь плохие люди.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
уже в 2000 году до н. э.
sewn onto your clothes.
украшение на одежде.
дырка для пуговицы,
is such a great invention.
в целом великое изобретение.
through the buttonhole,
проскальзывает через дырку,
like it's never going to open.
что ничто не расстегнётся.
since the Middle Ages.
со средневековых времён.
designs in history.
постоянства в истории дизайна.
are usually round.
как правило, круглые.
with a little shank,
с маленьким стержнем в центре,
with either a rim or not a rim,
с ободком вокруг или без него,
is the buttonhole.
plus the width of the button,
themselves in things.
приблизила одежду ближе к телу,
to make clothes fit against the body.
могли подогнать одежду по фигуре.
for so long, historically,
используются по сей день, в том,
справляются со своей задачей.
to keep our clothes shut.
and it wears out after a while.
и изнашиваются со временем.
you just literally sew that thing on.
вы лишь пришиваете её обратно.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
this beautiful sweater.
связала потрясающий свитер.
on the sweater, I loved it.
на свитере, я полюбил его.
and you can't pick out a button,
и вы не разбираетесь в пуговицах,
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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 ...
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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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