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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 ...

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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Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion

ئايزەك ميزرۆهى: چۆن قۆپچە شێوازی جلوبەرگیان گۆڕی

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چۆن قۆپچەیەکی سادە جیهانی گۆڕی، بەگوێرەی دیزاینەری جلوبەرگ ئایزەک میزرۆهی.
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00:12
There are no bad buttons,
there are only bad people.
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قۆپچەی خراپ بوونی نییە،
خەڵکی خراپ بوونی هەیە.
00:14
How does that sound? OK?
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ئەمە چۆنە؟ باشە؟
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[Small thing.]
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[شتی بچوک.]
00:16
[Big idea.]
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[بیرۆکەی مەزن.]
00:19
[Isaac Mizrahi on
the Button]
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[ئایزەک میزرۆهی لەسەر قۆپچەکە]
00:23
No one knows who invented the button.
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کەس نازانێت کێ قۆپچەی داهێناوە.
00:25
It might have shown up
as early as 2,000 BCE.
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لەم ساڵانەى دواییدا بە دیار کەوت ۲۰۰۰ ساڵ
پێش مەسیح.
00:28
It was decorative when it first started,
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سەرەتا بۆ جوانی
بەکارهاتووە.
00:31
just something pretty
sewn onto your clothes.
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تەنها هەندێک شت جوان دوراوە لەسەر جلەکانت.
00:33
Then about 3,000 years later,
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سێ هەزار ساڵ دواتر،
00:35
someone finally invented the buttonhole,
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لە کۆتایدا کەسێک کونە قۆپچەی داهێنا،
00:38
and buttons were suddenly useful.
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لەناکاو قۆپچەکان بەسود بوون.
00:40
The button and the buttonhole
is such a great invention.
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قۆپچە و کونە ڤۆپچەکان
داهێنانێکی مەزن بوون.
00:44
Not only does it slip
through the buttonhole,
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نەک تەنها دەچێتە ناو کونی قۆچپەکان،
00:46
but then it kind of falls into place,
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بەڵکو دواتر بەجۆرێک دەکەوێتە شوێنەکەی،
00:48
and so you're completely secure,
like it's never going to open.
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بەتەواوی پارێزراوی،
وەک ئەوەی هەرگیز نەکرێتەوە.
00:51
The design of a button hasn't changed much
since the Middle Ages.
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شێوازی قۆپچەکان زۆر نەگۆڕاوە
لە سەدەی ناوەڕاستەوە.
00:55
It's one of the most enduring
designs in history.
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یەکێکە لە دیزاینە زۆر کۆنەکانی مێژوو.
00:58
For me, the best buttons
are usually round.
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بە لای منەوە، باشترین
قۆپچەکانم خڕن.
01:01
There's either a dome button
with a little shank,
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یان لە شێوەی گومەز
پارچەیەکى لە ژێرە،
01:04
or there's just this sort of round thing
with either a rim or not a rim,
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یاخود ئەم جۆرەی کە لەدەووری
قەراغێک هەیە یان نییە،
01:08
either two holes or four holes.
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دوو کونە یان چوار.
01:10
Almost more important than the button
is the buttonhole.
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لە قۆپچەکە گرنگتر کونی قۆپچەکەیە.
01:13
And the way you figure that out is:
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ئەو ڕێگەیەی کە نیشانی دەدەن:
01:15
the diameter of the button
plus the width of the button,
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تیرەی قۆپچەکان لەگەڵ پانی قۆپچەکان،
01:18
plus a little bit of ease.
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ئاسانیەکەشی.
01:19
Before buttons, clothes were bigger --
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ـ ـ پێش قۆپچەکان، جلەکان گەورەتر بوون
01:22
they were more kind of amorphous,
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بە جۆرێک زۆر ناڕێک بوون،
01:24
and people, like, wriggled into them
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ئەوەى خەڵکی خۆیان لەناو لولدابێت
01:26
or just kind of wrapped
themselves in things.
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یاخود تەنها خۆیان پێ داپۆشی بوو.
01:28
But then fashion moved closer to the body
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بەڵام دواتر مۆدە زیاتر
لە جەستە نزیک بووەوە.
01:32
as we discovered uses for the button.
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سوودی قۆپچەمان دۆزییەوە.
01:34
At one time, it was the one way
to make clothes fit against the body.
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ئەمە تاکە ڕێگەبوو بۆ
دروست کردنى جلێک، لەگەڵ لەش بگونجێن.
01:41
I think the reason buttons have endured
for so long, historically,
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پێموابێت هۆکاری مانەوەی قۆپچەکان
بۆ ماوەیەکی دڕێژ، لە مێژوودا،
01:44
is because they actually work
to keep our clothes shut.
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لەڕاستیدا لەبەر ئەوەیە جلەکانمان
بەداخراوی دەهێڵێتەوە.
01:47
Zippers break;
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زنجیرەکان دەشکێن:
01:48
Velcro makes a lot of noise,
and it wears out after a while.
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لەزگە دەنگێکی زۆری هەیە،
و دوای ماوەیەک خراپ دەبێت.
01:51
If a button falls off,
you just literally sew that thing on.
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ئەگەر قۆپچەکان لێبونەوە،
تەنها بە ڕێکی بیان دوورەوە.
01:54
A button is kind of there
for the long run.
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جۆرێکە بۆ ماوەیەکى درێژ دەمێنێتەوە.
01:57
It's not just the most
elemental design ever,
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باشترین دیزاینی مێژوو نییە،
02:00
it's also such a crazy fashion statement.
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هەروەها ئەمە لێدوانێکى شێتانەیە.
02:04
When I was a kid, my mom knit me
this beautiful sweater.
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کاتێک منداڵ بووم، دایکم ئەو
بلوزە جوانانەی بۆ دەچنیم.
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I didn't like it.
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حەزم لێی نەبوو.
02:09
And then I found these buttons,
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دواتر ئەو قۆپچەانەم دۆزیەوە،
02:10
and the minute the buttons were
on the sweater, I loved it.
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و قۆپچەکان لەسەر جلەکان بوون، حەزم لێ بوو.
02:13
If you don't have good taste
and you can't pick out a button,
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ئەگەر حەزت لێ نییە و ناتوانیت
قۆپچەکە هەڵبژێری،
02:16
then let someone else do it, you know?
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لێگەڕێ با کەسێکی تر ئەمە بکات تۆدەزانى؟
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I mean that.
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مەبەستم لەوە بوو کە وتم.
Translated by Rawsa Nazm
Reviewed by Halo Fariq

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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