Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Isaac Mizrahi: Hur knappen förändrade klädmodet
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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bara dåliga människor.
there are only bad people.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
2 000 år före vår tideräkning.
sewn onto your clothes.
is such a great invention.
är en så bra uppfinning.
through the buttonhole,
like it's never going to open.
since the Middle Ages.
så mycket sedan medeltiden.
designs in history.
hållbara i världshistorien.
are usually round.
with a little shank,
en liten ögla på baksidan
with either a rim or not a rim,
is the buttonhole.
plus the width of the button,
themselves in things.
användningsområden.
to make clothes fit against the body.
få kläderna att forma sig efter kroppen.
for so long, historically,
knappen överlevt så länge
to keep our clothes shut.
för att hålla ihop kläderna.
and it wears out after a while.
och slits ut efter ett tag.
you just literally sew that thing on.
bara fast den igen.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
this beautiful sweater.
en jättefin tröja åt mig.
on the sweater, I loved it.
älskade jag den.
and you can't pick out a button,
och har svårt att välja knapp,
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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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