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Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Isaac Mizrahi: 纽扣是如何改变时尚的
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一起听听时尚设计师 Isaac Mizrahi 讲讲简单的纽扣是如何改变世界的。
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 ... Full bio
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 no bad buttons,
there are only bad people.
there are only bad people.
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没有不好的扣子，只有不好的人。
那听起来真么样？可以吗？
00:14
How does that sound? OK?
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00:15
[Small thing.]
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“小物件”
“大想法”
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[Big idea.]
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00:19
[Isaac Mizrahi on
the Button]
the Button]
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“Issac Mizrahi 谈纽扣”
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No one knows who invented the button.
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没有人知道是谁发明了纽扣。
早在公元2000年前纽扣就有可能出现了。
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It might have shown up
as early as 2,000 BCE.
as early as 2,000 BCE.
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00:28
It was decorative when it first started,
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开始时它是用于装饰的，
就是一种缝在衣服上好看的东西。
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just something pretty
sewn onto your clothes.
sewn onto your clothes.
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Then about 3,000 years later,
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大概3000年以后，
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someone finally invented the buttonhole,
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人们最终发明了扣眼，
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and buttons were suddenly useful.
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然后纽扣就突然有利用价值了。
纽扣和扣眼是伟大的发明。
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The button and the buttonhole
is such a great invention.
is such a great invention.
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00:44
Not only does it slip
through the buttonhole,
through the buttonhole,
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不仅纽扣可以滑入扣眼，
而且还固定在位。
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but then it kind of falls into place,
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and so you're completely secure,
like it's never going to open.
like it's never going to open.
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因此你会感到很有安全感，
就像它永远不会敞开一样。
就像它永远不会敞开一样。
00:51
The design of a button hasn't changed much
since the Middle Ages.
since the Middle Ages.
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从中世纪以来，纽扣的设计
并没有发生多么大的变化。
并没有发生多么大的变化。
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It's one of the most enduring
designs in history.
designs in history.
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这是历史上经久不衰的设计之一。
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For me, the best buttons
are usually round.
are usually round.
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对我来说， 最好的纽扣是圆的。
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There's either a dome button
with a little shank,
with a little shank,
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不管是带有小柄的
钟形纽扣，
钟形纽扣，
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or there's just this sort of round thing
with either a rim or not a rim,
with either a rim or not a rim,
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亦或是这样圆的带边或不带边的，
有两个洞或四个洞的。
01:08
either two holes or four holes.
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01:10
Almost more important than the button
is the buttonhole.
is the buttonhole.
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比纽扣更为重要的是扣眼。
你可以通过以下方式知道扣眼长度：
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And the way you figure that out is:
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扣子的直径和厚度，
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the diameter of the button
plus the width of the button,
plus the width of the button,
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再留上一点儿空隙。
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plus a little bit of ease.
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01:19
Before buttons, clothes were bigger --
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在扣子出现以前
衣服都显得很大——
衣服都显得很大——
他们就是一些没有形状的东西，
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they were more kind of amorphous,
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人们就转进衣服里去，
01:24
and people, like, wriggled into them
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or just kind of wrapped
themselves in things.
themselves in things.
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或者将他们缠在身上。
当我们开始使用扣子的时候，
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But then fashion moved closer to the body
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as we discovered uses for the button.
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时尚悄悄的接近我们身体。
一时间，纽扣可以让衣服更合身。
01:34
At one time, it was the one way
to make clothes fit against the body.
to make clothes fit against the body.
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我认为，纵观历史，
纽扣之所以经久不衰，
纽扣之所以经久不衰，
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I think the reason buttons have endured
for so long, historically,
for so long, historically,
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是因为它能够
扣住我们的衣服。
扣住我们的衣服。
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is because they actually work
to keep our clothes shut.
to keep our clothes shut.
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拉链会坏；
01:47
Zippers break;
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粘扣有噪音，并且
用一阵子后也会坏。
用一阵子后也会坏。
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Velcro makes a lot of noise,
and it wears out after a while.
and it wears out after a while.
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如果扣子掉了，
你把他们缝上就好了。
你把他们缝上就好了。
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If a button falls off,
you just literally sew that thing on.
you just literally sew that thing on.
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A button is kind of there
for the long run.
for the long run.
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扣子的发明就是
为了长久使用的。
为了长久使用的。
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It's not just the most
elemental design ever,
elemental design ever,
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它不仅是最基本的设计
也宣告了一个时尚风潮的开始。
02:00
it's also such a crazy fashion statement.
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02:04
When I was a kid, my mom knit me
this beautiful sweater.
this beautiful sweater.
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我小时候，我母亲
给我织了这件漂亮的外套。
给我织了这件漂亮的外套。
我不喜欢它。
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I didn't like it.
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但是我发现了这些纽扣，
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And then I found these buttons,
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当毛衣缝上了纽扣，
我立马就喜欢上它了。
我立马就喜欢上它了。
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and the minute the buttons were
on the sweater, I loved it.
on the sweater, I loved it.
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如果你没什么品味
你也不会挑选纽扣，
你也不会挑选纽扣，
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If you don't have good taste
and you can't pick out a button,
and you can't pick out a button,
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那就让懂行的帮助你吧，你明白吗？
02:16
then let someone else do it, you know?
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我就是那个意思。
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I mean that.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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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