Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
Isaac Mizrahi: Jak guzik zmienił świat mody
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.
są jedynie źli ludzie.
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
2000 roku przed naszą erą.
sewn onto your clothes.
is such a great invention.
są wspaniałymi wynalazkami.
through the buttonhole,
wsuwając go przez dziurkę,
like it's never going to open.
since the Middle Ages.
od średniowiecza.
designs in history.
wynalazków w historii.
are usually round.
są zazwyczaj okrągłe.
with a little shank,
with either a rim or not a rim,
is the buttonhole.
od guzika jest dziurka.
plus the width of the button,
ubrania były większe,
themselves in things.
to make clothes fit against the body.
żeby ubrania przylegały do ciała.
for so long, historically,
to keep our clothes shut.
and it wears out after a while.
i wycierają się z czasem.
you just literally sew that thing on.
przyszywa się go z powrotem.
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
this beautiful sweater.
dla mnie na drutach piękny sweter.
on the sweater, I loved it.
pokochałem sweter.
and you can't pick out a button,
i nie potrafisz wybrać guzika,
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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