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Isaac Mizrahi - Fashion designer
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 ...

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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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Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion

Isak Mizrahi (Isaac Mizrahi): Kako je dugme promenilo modu

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Kako je obično dugme promenilo svet, prema modnom dizajneru Isaku Mizrahiju.
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There are no badлоше buttonsдугмад,
there are only badлоше people.
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Ne postoje loša dugmad;
postoje samo loši ljudi.
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How does that soundзвук? OK?
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Kako ovo zvuči? Okej?
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[SmallMali thing.]
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[Mala stvar.]
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[BigVeliki ideaидеја.]
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[Velika ideja.]
00:19
[IsaacIsak MizrahiMizrahi on
the ButtonDugme]
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[Isak Mizrahi o dugmetu]
00:23
No one knowsзна who inventedизмишљен the buttonдугме.
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Niko ne zna ko je izmislio dugme.
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It mightМожда have shownпоказано up
as earlyрано as 2,000 BCEUZEJA.
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Moguće je da se pojavilo
još 2 000 godine p.n.e.
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It was decorativeukrasne when it first startedпочела,
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U početku je bilo ukrasno;
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just something prettyприлично
sewnuљiven ontoна your clothesОдећа.
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samo jedna lepa stvar zašivena na odeću.
00:33
Then about 3,000 yearsгодине laterкасније,
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Zatim, oko 3 000 godina kasnije,
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someoneнеко finallyконачно inventedизмишљен the buttonholerever,
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neko je napokon izmislio rupice za dugme
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and buttonsдугмад were suddenlyизненада usefulкорисно.
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i odjednom su dugmad postala korisna.
00:40
The buttonдугме and the buttonholerever
is suchтаква a great inventionизум.
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Dugme i rupica su tako dobar izum.
00:44
Not only does it slipслип
throughкроз the buttonholerever,
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Ne samo da dugme klizne kroz rupicu,
već tada dođe i u pravi položaj,
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but then it kindкинд of fallsпада into placeместо,
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tako da ste potpuno sigurni,
kao da se nikada neće otkopčati.
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and so you're completelyу потпуности secureOsigurajte,
like it's never going to openотворен.
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00:51
The designдизајн of a buttonдугме hasn'tније changedпромењено much
sinceОд the MiddleSrednje AgesVeku.
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Dizajn dugmeta se nije mnogo menjao
od srednjeg veka.
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It's one of the mostнајвише enduringtrajna
designsдизајн in historyисторија.
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To je jedna od najistrajnijih
tvorevina u istoriji.
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For me, the bestнајбоље buttonsдугмад
are usuallyобично roundокругли.
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Za mene, najbolja dugmad
su uglavnom okrugla.
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There's eitherили a domeкупола buttonдугме
with a little shankbodez,
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Postoji kupolasto dugme sa malom alkom
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or there's just this sortврста of roundокругли thing
with eitherили a rimnaplatak or not a rimnaplatak,
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ili samo obično, okruglo,
sa ivicom ili bez nje,
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eitherили two holesрупе or fourчетири holesрупе.
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sa dve rupe ili četiri rupe.
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AlmostSkoro more importantважно than the buttonдугме
is the buttonholerever.
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Gotovo da je od dugmeta
bitnija rupica za dugme.
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And the way you figureфигура that out is:
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A način na koji je proračunate je:
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the diameterпречник of the buttonдугме
plusплус the widthширина of the buttonдугме,
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prečnik dugmeta plus širina dugmeta
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plusплус a little bitмало of easeублажити, лакоца.
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plus još malo dodatka.
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Before buttonsдугмад, clothesОдећа were biggerвеће --
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Pre dugmeta, odeća je bila veća -
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they were more kindкинд of amorphousаморфан,
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bila je više bezoblična,
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and people, like, wriggledMigoljila se into them
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a ljudi bi se nekako umigoljili u nju
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or just kindкинд of wrappedомотан
themselvesсами in things.
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ili su se samo obmotavali stvarima.
01:28
But then fashionмода movedпреселила се closerближе to the bodyтело
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Ali se onda moda približila telu
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as we discoveredоткривени usesкористи for the buttonдугме.
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kada smo otkrili koristi dugmeta.
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At one time, it was the one way
to make clothesОдећа fitфит againstпротив the bodyтело.
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U jednom momentu, to je bio jedini način
da se odeća pripoji telu.
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I think the reasonразлог buttonsдугмад have enduredtrpela
for so long, historicallyПостако што што што што Пост Имагес иии29,
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Mislim da su dugmad opstala
toliko dugo kroz istoriju
01:44
is because they actuallyзаправо work
to keep our clothesОдећа shutзатворите.
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zbog toga što zaista funkcionišu
i zatvaraju našu odeću.
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ZippersRajsferљluse breakпауза;
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Rajsferšlusi se kvare;
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VelcroVelcro makesчини a lot of noiseбука,
and it wearsноси out after a while.
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čičak traka je bučna
i istroši se vremenom.
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If a buttonдугме fallsпада off,
you just literallyбуквално sewшивати that thing on.
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Ako dugme otpadne,
bukvalno ga samo ponovo ušijete.
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A buttonдугме is kindкинд of there
for the long runтрцати.
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Dugme je nekako tu na duge staze.
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It's not just the mostнајвише
elementalElemental designдизајн ever,
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Ono nije samo najosnovniji dizajn ikada,
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it's alsoтакође suchтаква a crazyлуд fashionмода statementизјава.
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već je i otkačeni modni detalj.
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When I was a kidклинац, my momмама knitкнит me
this beautifulЛепа sweaterdžemper.
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Kada sam bio mali,
majka mi je isplela prelepi džemper.
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I didn't like it.
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Meni se nije dopadao.
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And then I foundнашао these buttonsдугмад,
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Onda sam pronašao neku dugmad
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and the minuteминута the buttonsдугмад were
on the sweaterdžemper, I lovedвољен it.
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i čim su se dugmad našla
na džemperu, svideo mi se.
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If you don't have good tasteукус
and you can't pickпицк out a buttonдугме,
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Ako nemate dobar ukus
i ne umete da odaberete dugme,
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then let someoneнеко elseдруго do it, you know?
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dajte nekom drugom da to uradi, znate?
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I mean that.
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Stvarno to mislim.
Translated by Biljana Mokan
Reviewed by Tijana Mihajlović

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Isaac Mizrahi - Fashion designer
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 ...

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 .

More profile about the speaker
Isaac Mizrahi | Speaker | TED.com

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