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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 ...

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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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Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion

Isaac Mizrahi: Cum a schimbat nasturele moda

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Cum un simplu nasture a schimbat lumea, potrivit creatorului de modă Isaac Mizrahi.
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There are no badrău buttonsbutoane,
there are only badrău people.
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Nu există nasturi răi,
există doar oameni răi.
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How does that soundsunet? OK?
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Cum sună asta? OK?
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[SmallMici thing.]
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[Lucruri mici.]
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[BigMare ideaidee.]
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[Idei mari]
00:19
[IsaacIsaac MizrahiMizrahi on
the ButtonButon]
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[Isaac Mizrahi despre nasturi]
00:23
No one knowsștie who inventedinventat the buttonbuton.
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Nu știe nimeni cine a inventat nasturele.
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It mightar putea have shownafișate up
as earlydin timp as 2,000 BCEÎ.HR..
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Se presupune că a apărut
încă din anul 2.000 Î.E.N.
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It was decorativedecorative when it first starteda început,
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La început era doar decorativ,
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just something prettyfrumos
sewncusute ontope your clotheshaine.
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ceva frumos care se cosea pe haine.
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Then about 3,000 yearsani latermai tarziu,
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Aproximativ 3.000 de ani mai târziu,
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someonecineva finallyin sfarsit inventedinventat the buttonholebutonieră,
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cineva a inventat în sfârșit butoniera,
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and buttonsbutoane were suddenlybrusc usefulutil.
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și nasturii au devenit
dintr-o dată folositori.
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The buttonbuton and the buttonholebutonieră
is suchastfel de a great inventioninvenţie.
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Nasturele și butoniera
sunt niște invenții extraordinare.
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Not only does it slipalunecare
throughprin the buttonholebutonieră,
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Nu doar că intră prin butonieră,
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but then it kinddrăguț of fallsFalls into placeloc,
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dar apoi parcă își găsește locul
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and so you're completelycomplet secureSecure,
like it's never going to opendeschis.
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și astfel ești complet asigurat
că n-o să se mai desfacă.
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The designproiecta of a buttonbuton hasn'tnu are changedschimbat much
sincede cand the MiddleOrientul Mijlociu AgesVârstele.
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Modelul nasturelui nu s-a schimbat
prea mult din Evul Mediu.
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It's one of the mostcel mai enduringlungă durată
designsmodele in historyistorie.
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Este unul dintre cele mai durabile
modele din istorie.
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For me, the bestCel mai bun buttonsbutoane
are usuallyde obicei roundrundă.
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Pentru mine, cel mai bun nasture
este de obicei rotund.
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There's eitherfie a domedom buttonbuton
with a little shankgambă,
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Poate fi bombat și cu un mic picioruș,
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or there's just this sortfel of roundrundă thing
with eitherfie a rimRIM or not a rimRIM,
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sau poate avea formă rotundă,
cu margine sau fără,
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eitherfie two holesgăuri or fourpatru holesgăuri.
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cu două sau patru găuri.
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AlmostAproape more importantimportant than the buttonbuton
is the buttonholebutonieră.
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Aproape mai importantă decât nasturele
este butoniera.
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And the way you figurefigura that out is:
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Cum se calculează ea:
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the diameterdiametru of the buttonbuton
plusla care se adauga the widthlăţime of the buttonbuton,
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diametrul nasturelui plus grosimea lui,
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plusla care se adauga a little bitpic of easeuşura.
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plus un pic de loc.
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Before buttonsbutoane, clotheshaine were biggermai mare --
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Înainte de apariția nasturilor,
hainele erau mai mari:
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they were more kinddrăguț of amorphousamorf,
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aproape fără formă,
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and people, like, wriggledwriggled into them
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iar oamenii se băgau în ele
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or just kinddrăguț of wrappedînfășurat
themselvesînșiși in things.
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sau se înfășurau cu ele.
01:28
But then fashionModă movedmutat closermai aproape to the bodycorp
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Dar apoi moda s-a apropiat
mai mult de corp
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as we discovereddescoperit usesutilizări for the buttonbuton.
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și s-a văzut rolul nasturilor.
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At one time, it was the one way
to make clotheshaine fitpotrivi againstîmpotriva the bodycorp.
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Într-o vreme, era singura modalitate
de a face hainele să stea pe corp.
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I think the reasonmotiv buttonsbutoane have enduredîndurat
for so long, historicallyistoricește,
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Cred că motivul pentru care nasturii
au rezistat de-a lungul timpului
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is because they actuallyde fapt work
to keep our clotheshaine shutînchide.
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este acela că chiar reușeau
să țină hainele încheiate.
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ZippersFermoare breakpauză;
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Fermoarele se rup;
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VelcroVelcro makesmărci a lot of noisezgomot,
and it wearspoarta out after a while.
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Scaiul face mult zgomot
și se strică după o vreme.
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If a buttonbuton fallsFalls off,
you just literallyliteralmente sewa coase that thing on.
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Dacă un nasture cade,
doar îl coși la loc.
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A buttonbuton is kinddrăguț of there
for the long runalerga.
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Un nasture stă acolo pe termen lung.
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It's not just the mostcel mai
elementalelementar designproiecta ever,
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Nu este doar cel mai elementar
obiect dintotdeauna,
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it's alsode asemenea suchastfel de a crazynebun fashionModă statementafirmație.
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ci este și un nemaipomenit
accesoriu de modă.
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When I was a kidcopil, my mommama knittricot me
this beautifulfrumoasa sweaterpulover.
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Când eram mic, mama mi-a tricotat
un pulover foarte frumos.
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I didn't like it.
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Nu-mi plăcea deloc.
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And then I foundgăsite these buttonsbutoane,
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Dar am găsit niște nasturi
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and the minuteminut the buttonsbutoane were
on the sweaterpulover, I lovediubit it.
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și când i-am pus pe pulover,
mi-a plăcut.
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If you don't have good tastegust
and you can't pickalege out a buttonbuton,
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Dacă nu ai gusturi bune
și nu te pricepi să alegi un nasture,
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then let someonecineva elsealtfel do it, you know?
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atunci lasă pe alții să o facă, da?
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I mean that.
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Vorbesc serios.
Translated by claudia pravat
Reviewed by Mirel-Gabriel Alexa

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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 ...

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 .

More profile about the speaker
Isaac Mizrahi | Speaker | TED.com

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