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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

艾薩克.米茲拉希 (Isaac Mizrahi_: 鈕扣如何改變了時尚

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時尚設計師艾薩克.米茲拉希 (Isaac Mizrahi) 告訴你,簡單的鈕扣如何改變世界。
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There are no bad buttons鈕扣,
there are only bad people.
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沒有壞鈕扣,只有壞人
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How does that sound聲音? OK?
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聽起來如何?還可以嗎?
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[Small thing.]
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[小東西]
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[Big idea理念.]
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[大點子]
00:19
[Isaac艾薩克 Mizrahi米茲拉希 on
the Button按鍵]
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[Issac Mizrahi 談鈕扣]
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No one knows知道 who invented發明 the button按鍵.
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沒人知道誰發明鈕扣
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It might威力 have shown顯示 up
as early as 2,000 BCEBCE.
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鈕扣最早可能出現在公元前 2 千年
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It was decorative裝飾 when it first started開始,
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當時它作為裝飾用
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just something pretty漂亮
sewn縫製 onto your clothes衣服.
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就是一種縫在衣服上好看的東西
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Then about 3,000 years年份 later後來,
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三千年之後
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someone有人 finally最後 invented發明 the buttonhole扣眼,
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有人發明了鈕扣孔
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and buttons鈕扣 were suddenly突然 useful有用.
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鈕扣突然間變得有用了
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The button按鍵 and the buttonhole扣眼
is such這樣 a great invention發明.
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鈕扣和鈕扣孔是如此偉大的發明
00:44
Not only does it slip
through通過 the buttonhole扣眼,
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不僅僅因為鈕扣可以滑進鈕釦孔
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but then it kind of falls下降 into place地點,
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也因為這可以固定
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and so you're completely全然 secure安全,
like it's never going to open打開.
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你因此有安全感
就好像這絕對不會打開一樣
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The design設計 of a button按鍵 hasn't有沒有 changed much
since以來 the Middle中間 Ages時代.
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鈕扣的設計從中世紀以後
沒有變化太多
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It's one of the most enduring持久
designs設計 in history歷史.
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它是歷史上最持久的設計之一
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For me, the best最好 buttons鈕扣
are usually平時 round回合.
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對我來說,最好的鈕扣總是圓的
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There's either a dome拱頂 button按鍵
with a little shank,
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不管是帶有小柄的鐘型鈕扣
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or there's just this sort分類 of round回合 thing
with either a rim輪緣 or not a rim輪緣,
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或者是那些圓形的
帶有邊或無邊的設計
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either two holes or four holes.
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有兩個洞或四個洞的
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Almost幾乎 more important重要 than the button按鍵
is the buttonhole扣眼.
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幾乎比鈕扣重要的是鈕扣孔
01:13
And the way you figure數字 that out is:
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你可以發現鈕釦孔的長度
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the diameter直徑 of the button按鍵
plus the width寬度 of the button按鍵,
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就是鈕扣的直徑加上厚度
再抓一點點距離
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plus a little bit of ease緩解.
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Before buttons鈕扣, clothes衣服 were bigger --
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在鈕扣發明前,衣服會做得大一點
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they were more kind of amorphous非晶,
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衣服更像是一種沒有固定形狀的東西
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and people, like, wriggled扭腰 into them
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而人們纏住衣服
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or just kind of wrapped包裹
themselves他們自己 in things.
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或將自己包進衣服裡
01:28
But then fashion時尚 moved移動 closer接近 to the body身體
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但隨著衣著時尚興起
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as we discovered發現 uses使用 for the button按鍵.
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我們發現鈕扣的應用
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At one time, it was the one way
to make clothes衣服 fit適合 against反對 the body身體.
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曾經,這是唯一一種
讓衣服合身的方式
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I think the reason原因 buttons鈕扣 have endured忍受
for so long, historically歷史,
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我想鈕扣的設計之所以能維持這麼久
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is because they actually其實 work
to keep our clothes衣服 shut關閉.
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是因為它真的能讓衣服緊密
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Zippers拉鍊 break打破;
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拉鍊會壞掉
01:48
Velcro尼龍搭扣 makes品牌 a lot of noise噪聲,
and it wears穿 out after a while.
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魔鬼氈會製造噪音
且過一陣子就不能用
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If a button按鍵 falls下降 off,
you just literally按照字面 sew that thing on.
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如果鈕扣掉了,你只要把它縫回去
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A button按鍵 is kind of there
for the long run.
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鈕扣似乎就是為了長久使用的
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It's not just the most
elemental元素 design設計 ever,
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它不僅是史上最根本的設計而已
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it's also such這樣 a crazy fashion時尚 statement聲明.
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它也宣告了時尚風潮
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When I was a kid孩子, my mom媽媽 knit針織 me
this beautiful美麗 sweater毛線衣.
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當我還是小孩
我媽替我織了這件漂亮的毛衣
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I didn't like it.
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我當時不喜歡
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And then I found發現 these buttons鈕扣,
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但不久我找到這些鈕扣
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and the minute分鐘 the buttons鈕扣 were
on the sweater毛線衣, I loved喜愛 it.
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當這些紐扣縫上去時,我愛死了
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If you don't have good taste味道
and you can't pick out a button按鍵,
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如果你的品味不好而且不會挑鈕扣
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then let someone有人 else其他 do it, you know?
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就讓其他人來做,好嗎?
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I mean that.
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我誠心建議
Translated by Dawson Chen
Reviewed by Kanei Chio

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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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