Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Isaac Mizrahi: Cómo el botón cambió la moda
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.
solo hay personas malas.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
sewn onto your clothes.
se volvieron útiles.
is such a great invention.
es una invención excelente.
through the buttonhole,
like it's never going to open.
since the Middle Ages.
desde la Edad Media.
designs in history.
más perdurables de la historia.
are usually round.
normalmente son los redondos.
with a little shank,
con un solo agujero,
with either a rim or not a rim,
is the buttonhole.
sumando el diámetro del botón
plus the width of the button,
la ropa era más grande, más amorfa
themselves in things.
se ajustó más al cuerpo
to make clothes fit against the body.
se ajustara al cuerpo.
for so long, historically,
han durado tanto históricamente es que
to keep our clothes shut.
and it wears out after a while.
you just literally sew that thing on.
simplemente lo coses de nuevo y ya.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
más elemental de la historia,
this beautiful sweater.
on the sweater, I loved it.
en el suéter, me encantó.
and you can't pick out a button,
y no puedes elegir un botón,
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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