Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Ісаак Мізрахі: Як ґудзик змінив 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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бувають лише погані люди.
there are only bad people.
the Button]
ще у 2,000 році до н.е.
as early as 2,000 BCE.
sewn onto your clothes.
що пришивалась на одяг.
is such a great invention.
стали неабияким відкриттям.
through the buttonhole,
like it's never going to open.
бо він вже з неї не висковзне.
since the Middle Ages.
змінився з cередньовіччя.
designs in history.
у часі дизайнів.
ґудзики — круглої форми.
are usually round.
with a little shank,
with either a rim or not a rim,
is the buttonhole.
як ґудзик, має і петля.
plus the width of the button,
themselves in things.
підкреслювати контури тіла,
припасувати одяг до тіла.
to make clothes fit against the body.
for so long, historically,
життєспроможності ґудзика полягає у тому,
справляється зі своїм завданням.
to keep our clothes shut.
and it wears out after a while.
з часом втрачають свої властивості.
you just literally sew that thing on.
його можна легко пришити.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
авангардна прикраса.
this beautiful sweater.
мені прекрасний светр.
on the sweater, I loved it.
and you can't pick out a button,
і ви не здатні підібрати ґудзик,
комусь іншому, гаразд?
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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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