Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
ایساک میزراهی: چطور دکمه مد را تغییر داد
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.
فقط آدم بد وجود دارد.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
پیش از میلاد به وجود آمده باشد.
sewn onto your clothes.
که به لباستان دوخته میشد.
is such a great invention.
through the buttonhole,
like it's never going to open.
انگار که هیچ وقت قرار نیست باز شود.
since the Middle Ages.
خیلی تغییر نکرده است.
designs in history.
are usually round.
with a little shank,
with either a rim or not a rim,
که لبه داشته باشد یا نداشته باشد.
is the buttonhole.
مهمتر است جا دکمهای است.
plus the width of the button,
themselves in things.
to make clothes fit against the body.
لباس روی بدن تبدیل شد.
for so long, historically,
تاریخی طولانی مدت دکمه این است
to keep our clothes shut.
بسته نگه داشتن لباس ماست.
and it wears out after a while.
و بعد از مدتی فرسوده میشود.
you just literally sew that thing on.
برمیدارید و دوباره میدوزید.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
this beautiful sweater.
یک پلوور زیبا برای من بافت.
on the sweater, I loved it.
روی پلوور قرار گرفت، عاشقش شدم.
and you can't pick out a button,
و نمیتوانید یک دکمه انتخاب کنید،
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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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