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Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Isaac Mizrahi: Bagaimana kancing mengubah gaya berbusana
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Bagaimana kancing sederhana dapat mengubah dunia, menurut perancang busana Isaac Mizrahi.
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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Tidak ada kancing yang buruk,
yang ada hanya orang yang buruk.
yang ada hanya orang yang buruk.
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There are no bad buttons,
there are only bad people.
there are only bad people.
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How does that sound? OK?
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Bagaimana?
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[Small thing.]
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[Hal kecil.]
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[Big idea.]
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[Ide besar.]
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[Isaac Mizrahi on
the Button]
the Button]
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[Isaac Mizrahi tentang Kancing.]
Tidak ada yang tahu siapa
yang menciptakan kancing.
yang menciptakan kancing.
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No one knows who invented the button.
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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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Mungkin sudah muncul sejak 2.000 SM.
Kancing hanya sebuah hiasan
saat pertama kali muncul,
saat pertama kali muncul,
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It was decorative when it first started,
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just something pretty
sewn onto your clothes.
sewn onto your clothes.
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hanya sesuatu
yang indah yang dijahit ke baju.
yang indah yang dijahit ke baju.
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Then about 3,000 years later,
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Setelah 3.000 tahun berlalu,
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someone finally invented the buttonhole,
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seseorang akhirnya
menciptakan lubang kancing,
menciptakan lubang kancing,
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and buttons were suddenly useful.
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dan kancing tiba-tiba berguna.
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The button and the buttonhole
is such a great invention.
is such a great invention.
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Kancing dan lubang kancing
adalah ciptaan yang sangat hebat.
adalah ciptaan yang sangat hebat.
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Not only does it slip
through the buttonhole,
through the buttonhole,
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Bukan hanya masuk melalui lubang kancing,
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but then it kind of falls into place,
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tetapi kancing juga memposisikan diri,
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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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dan Anda benar-benar aman,
seakan-akan kancingnya tidak akan terbuka.
seakan-akan kancingnya tidak akan terbuka.
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The design of a button hasn't changed much
since the Middle Ages.
since the Middle Ages.
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Desain sebuah kancing tidak berubah banyak
sejak Abad Pertengahan.
sejak Abad Pertengahan.
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It's one of the most enduring
designs in history.
designs in history.
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Kancing adalah salah satu
desain paling abadi sepanjang sejarah.
desain paling abadi sepanjang sejarah.
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For me, the best buttons
are usually round.
are usually round.
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Bagi saya, kancing ideal biasanya bulat.
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There's either a dome button
with a little shank,
with a little shank,
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Ada kancing yang berbentuk kubah,
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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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atau ada sesuatu yang bundar
dengan atau tanpa pelek,
dengan atau tanpa pelek,
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either two holes or four holes.
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dengan dua atau empat lubang.
Yang tak kalah pentingnya
adalah lubang kancing.
adalah lubang kancing.
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Almost more important than the button
is the buttonhole.
is the buttonhole.
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01:13
And the way you figure that out is:
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Dan cara mengetahuinya adalah,
garis tengah dari kancing
ditambah lebar dari kancing,
ditambah lebar dari kancing,
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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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plus a little bit of ease.
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ditambah sedikit kenyamanan.
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Before buttons, clothes were bigger --
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Sebelum kancing muncul,
ukuran baju lebih besar --
ukuran baju lebih besar --
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they were more kind of amorphous,
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baju lebih mirip amorf,
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and people, like, wriggled into them
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dan orang bergeliang ke dalamnya,
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or just kind of wrapped
themselves in things.
themselves in things.
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atau hanya membungkus diri ke dalam baju.
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But then fashion moved closer to the body
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Tetapi busana makin dekat
dengan kulit tubuh,
dengan kulit tubuh,
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as we discovered uses for the button.
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saat kegunaan kancing ditemukan.
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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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Dahulu, menggunakan kancing
adalah untuk membuat baju pas dengan tubuh.
adalah untuk membuat baju pas dengan tubuh.
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I think the reason buttons have endured
for so long, historically,
for so long, historically,
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Menurut saya, alasan kancing
bisa bertahan begitu lama
bisa bertahan begitu lama
adalah karena kancing berguna
untuk membuat baju terus tertutup.
untuk membuat baju terus tertutup.
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is because they actually work
to keep our clothes shut.
to keep our clothes shut.
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Zippers break;
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Ritsleting bisa patah,
kain perekat berisik
dan aus setelah beberapa saat dipakai.
dan aus setelah beberapa saat dipakai.
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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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If a button falls off,
you just literally sew that thing on.
you just literally sew that thing on.
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Saat kancing lepas,
Anda tinggal menjahitnya kembali.
Anda tinggal menjahitnya kembali.
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A button is kind of there
for the long run.
for the long run.
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Sebuah kancing akan ada di situ
untuk selama-lamanya.
untuk selama-lamanya.
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It's not just the most
elemental design ever,
elemental design ever,
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Kancing bukan hanya
desain yang paling mendasar,
desain yang paling mendasar,
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it's also such a crazy fashion statement.
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tetapi juga
sebuah pernyataan busana tergila.
sebuah pernyataan busana tergila.
Saat masih muda, ibu saya merajut
sebuah sweter indah untuk saya.
sebuah sweter indah untuk saya.
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When I was a kid, my mom knit me
this beautiful sweater.
this beautiful sweater.
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Saya tidak menyukainya.
Lalu saya menemukan beberapa kancing,
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I didn't like it.
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And then I found these buttons,
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dan saat kancing terpasang pada sweter itu,
saya jadi menyukainya.
saya jadi menyukainya.
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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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Jika tidak bisa menilai
dan memilih kancing,
dan memilih kancing,
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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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biar orang lain yang melakukannya, ya?
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then let someone else do it, you know?
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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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