Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
アイザック・ミズラヒ: ボタンが変革したファッションとは
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.
だめな人がいるだけです
いいですか?
the Button]
ボタンについて語る]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
sewn onto your clothes.
飾りにすぎませんでした
is such a great invention.
through the buttonhole,
ずれないだけではなく
like it's never going to open.
とても安心です
since the Middle Ages.
中世以降 あまり変化していません
designs in history.
are usually round.
決まって丸い形です
with a little shank,
ドーム型ボタンか
with either a rim or not a rim,
2つ穴か4つ穴の
is the buttonhole.
ボタン穴です
plus the width of the button,
衣服はもっと大きく
themselves in things.
物で包むような感じでした
発見されるにつれ
to make clothes fit against the body.
作るための1つの方法でした
for so long, historically,
歴史的に考察すると
to keep our clothes shut.
すごく役立ったからだと私は思います
and it wears out after a while.
そのうちに磨耗してしまいます
you just literally sew that thing on.
縫い付け直す事ができます
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
デザインというだけではなく
発露でもあります
this beautiful sweater.
編んでくれました
on the sweater, I loved it.
このセーターが大好きになりました
and you can't pick out a button,
ボタンが選べないなら
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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