Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion
آئزیک مزراہی: بٹن نے فیشن کو کس طرح تبدیل کیا
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.
صرف لوگ برے ہوتے ہیں ۔
the Button]
as early as 2,000 BCE.
یہ منظرِ عام پر آ گیا ہو۔
sewn onto your clothes.
جو آپ کے کپڑوں پر ِسلا ہوتا تھا۔
is such a great invention.
through the buttonhole,
جیسے اس نے دوبارہ کبھی کھلنا ہی نہیں ۔
like it's never going to open.
since the Middle Ages.
زیادہ تبدیل نہیں ہوا۔
designs in history.
ڈیزائنوں میں سے ایک ہے۔
are usually round.
with a little shank,
چھوٹے کُنڈے کے ساتھ،
with either a rim or not a rim,
یا گهیرے کے بغیر،
is the buttonhole.
plus the width of the button,
themselves in things.
to make clothes fit against the body.
فٹ کرنے کا ایک طریقہ تھا۔
for so long, historically,
اس لیے چل رہے ہیں،
to keep our clothes shut.
and it wears out after a while.
کچھ عرصے بعد خراب ہو جاتے ہیں۔
you just literally sew that thing on.
دوبارہ سی سکتے ہیں۔
for the long run.
elemental design ever,
this beautiful sweater.
ایک پیارا سویٹر ُبنا تھا۔
on the sweater, I loved it.
وہ مجھے پسند آ گیا۔
and you can't pick out a button,
اور آپ بٹن منتخب نہیں کر سکتے،
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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