How the button changed fashion | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series

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  • How the simple button changed the world, according to fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.
    Small Thing Big Idea, a TED original series, celebrates the lasting genius of everyday objects so perfectly designed that they changed the world around them. Check out more here: go.ted.com/STBI
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  • @kpgreen1015
    @kpgreen1015 6 років тому +66

    Button Button Button.
    Before this i never think about this tiny piece we have in our everyday life.

  • @lizbbb7326
    @lizbbb7326 6 років тому +28

    He's so passionate about buttons, I like him.

  • @imranrasyid
    @imranrasyid 6 років тому +110

    This series is the definition of quality content

  • @gemmeldrakes2758
    @gemmeldrakes2758 5 місяців тому

    How did I miss this series when it first came out? This just fell into my youtube recommendations today.

  • @Haywood_Jablowme
    @Haywood_Jablowme 6 років тому +76

    Had to watch this cause I work in a button factory.

    • @blankness8
      @blankness8 6 років тому

      Whoa, cool! What's that like, if you don't mind explaining? What do you do in a button factory?

    • @Haywood_Jablowme
      @Haywood_Jablowme 6 років тому +1

      @@blankness8 Are you being sarcastic or serious? Sorry I can't tell

    • @mikecrawford2063
      @mikecrawford2063 6 років тому +6

      I'm actually seriously wondering... honest! Do you make just one kind or many different types? Do designers like Gucci or Halston or Fendi even design buttons? Someone or some corp. surely must design all the buttons in the world...
      I assume they are mass produced? I've honestly never thought this deeply about such a ubiquitous item. (Zero sarcasm!!)

    • @Haywood_Jablowme
      @Haywood_Jablowme 6 років тому +9

      @@mikecrawford2063 We do make different types of buttons, but they're just plastic ones, different sizes. And Idk if we make all the buttons in the U.S but the company is called U.S Button. Also how it's done is we have this material (not sure what it is) but we call them pills because they look like pills without any inscription on them. Then we have this metal loading tray with holes the same size as the pills. Then we pile the pills on the tray and shake it until the pills fill the holes. Next we have a press, where we put the tray in it and then release the pills and make sure they're on cavity because if they're not then Buttons and mold get stuck in it and it sucks scraping it out. But we close the press and do the same thing over again with the trays and so on. The press has a time limit so we have to be fast and efficient cause were supposed to do a certain amount in a certain amount of time. But then when the press starts coming down we catch them with another tray and out it in a barrel. And that's how buttons are made.

    • @blankness8
      @blankness8 6 років тому +3

      @@Haywood_Jablowme Was being serious, sorry that wasn't clear! But thanks for your detailed explanation :)

  • @scrooge1374
    @scrooge1374 6 років тому +11

    There is a small buttons museum in Panama. They have an interesting collection going back a couple of hundreds of years

  • @steffi.mp4
    @steffi.mp4 5 років тому +14

    wow. I really love these ted series. They're all super fun and informative. I love how the speaker talks about buttons with such enthusiasm :) I feel like I know so much about buttons now haha 😂 Great job!

  • @hatchermoney
    @hatchermoney 4 роки тому +2

    One of the best short takes on an invention

  • @appa609
    @appa609 4 роки тому +1

    I can't say I understand fashion but he clearly cares a lot about it and that's cool.

  • @carprincess
    @carprincess 5 років тому +2

    Quick short but very informative video about the button. Something I'm sure 90% of the viewers never thought about (I know I didn't).

  • @Legend-iz7be
    @Legend-iz7be 8 місяців тому +6

    I got this video on my english oral exam

    • @trailerpro9143
      @trailerpro9143 7 місяців тому +2

      Oral ?😂😂

    • @Legend-iz7be
      @Legend-iz7be 7 місяців тому +1

      @@trailerpro9143 yea its like speaking english exam

    • @eman2006
      @eman2006 7 місяців тому +4

      Not me watching the video before going to school, because my exam is today🤡🤡.

  • @alloftheabove202
    @alloftheabove202 6 років тому +6

    This is so wholesome. I love it.

  • @haxyquinn
    @haxyquinn 5 років тому +4

    His passion for buttons made me like this vid :3

  • @venkateshwaraPrashan
    @venkateshwaraPrashan 6 років тому +22

    I got spammed by Ted and I am loving it😁

  • @megalyssa
    @megalyssa 6 років тому

    Was not expecting to see Isaac Mizrahi. Pleasant surprise.

  • @WordUnheard
    @WordUnheard 6 років тому +39

    I bet his favorite movie is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

  • @abdelhaialami1474
    @abdelhaialami1474 3 роки тому

    Really it's a great achievement, allowing humans to enjoy more fashionable clothes.

    • @toby9999
      @toby9999 3 місяці тому

      Being fashionable is not necessarily better. Buttons are horrid creepy little things. I hate them.

  • @hanly7893
    @hanly7893 5 років тому +3

    I love this series of Ted. Are there any other channels like this?

  • @조아라-i9m
    @조아라-i9m 4 роки тому +2

    버튼에 대한 역사나 명칭을 알고 싶어서 찾다가 보게되었는데 좋은 정보가 압축되어있는 영상이네요! 잘 봤습니다.

  • @megdoyle47
    @megdoyle47 6 років тому +1

    I always think about buttons, and zippers! These are such neat TED videos!

  • @mbolatiana7032
    @mbolatiana7032 4 роки тому

    He really has passion about buttons!!!

  • @julitasari7088
    @julitasari7088 6 років тому +1

    Good Chanel and good information . Because small thing in life very use for every human in the world 🙌

  • @vsilligirlbestie3973
    @vsilligirlbestie3973 6 років тому +7

    I just watched this video cause I LOVE BUTTONS!!!!

    • @amandablack5053
      @amandablack5053 6 років тому +2

      তেই তেই এর বউ /V's illigirl/ this is such a cute and wholesome comment

  • @mohamadanas6203
    @mohamadanas6203 6 років тому +3

    Damn i love this series

  • @vintagefashionguild
    @vintagefashionguild Рік тому +1

    So enjoyed this!

  • @macaronivirus5913
    @macaronivirus5913 6 років тому +4

    I'd love watch some documentary made with the same quality

  • @MsGabmc
    @MsGabmc 3 місяці тому

    Love this !

  • @prashantvicky
    @prashantvicky 6 років тому +1

    I like the buttons of your shirt...They are big and shiny.

  • @yuvishanaya
    @yuvishanaya 5 років тому +1

    As much as I love a button, out of practicality I have moved on to zippers. It's faster, they are kind of durable now, and they really zip out the winter chil

  • @bachienbeo
    @bachienbeo 5 років тому

    Great series !!!

  • @rococoblue
    @rococoblue 2 роки тому

    🧐 fascinating.

  • @mysterym2269
    @mysterym2269 6 років тому +12

    Buttons, I love them
    Can you click the button? (The like one ;)

  • @DOC7ORT
    @DOC7ORT 6 років тому +4

    On the button

  • @kalumeet1
    @kalumeet1 2 роки тому +1

    fair enough. But for about 10 years, the shirts and pants produced in china no longer last 2 years! i have old t-shirts that are already 30 years old and still all the seams and buttons are intact. if you buy a piece of clothing today, whether pants, shirt or t-shirt, the fabric usually lasts only 1 year. the fabric is worn through and gets holes. the seams tear after only a few weeks. what a waste, what environmental pollution. thank you fashion industry! thank you china.

  • @appa609
    @appa609 4 роки тому

    I still feel buttons aren't the best possible closure device. A good zipper is hard to beat.

  • @qiuwang7219
    @qiuwang7219 5 років тому

    The invention of button is really a tremedous advancement in human civilization. The decoration of button can often improve fashion level for clothes. However, as a normal person, feeling comfortable is more important than it seems. It is not a good design to attch button on the back of clothes, people will feel unconfortable when leaning on backrest. Do you think so?

  • @prakashbala626
    @prakashbala626 5 років тому

  • @sanjayudu
    @sanjayudu 4 роки тому

    Does the first button were developed with wooden pieces

  • @sonu-wu7kq
    @sonu-wu7kq 6 років тому +1

    This is damn interesting

  • @kikibasha8274
    @kikibasha8274 5 років тому

    Thanx for omar essam

  • @Rustbelt76
    @Rustbelt76 5 років тому

    Whats the point in one of the last button slots being vertical? So I break it off? Oops vertical I mean

  • @derekdjay
    @derekdjay 2 роки тому

    if you stop watching at 0:21 and it's your first watch, it appears to be about the nuclear button.

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 6 років тому +1

    I'm still annoyed by buttons on jean flies and shirts. Takes forever to open and close...

    • @grraadd
      @grraadd 6 років тому +1

      trouser buttons are the WORST - in a zipper era they still use some times buttons as a fashion statement... So I have to pay MORE for shittier trousers...

  • @genericeric0102
    @genericeric0102 6 років тому

    What about snape's

  • @mmmk1616
    @mmmk1616 6 років тому

    Cool :)

  • @dimphomakena3075
    @dimphomakena3075 6 років тому

    Who else got here so early the video was still private? 🤔

  • @victherocker
    @victherocker 6 років тому

    Who thought of the other "button" before watching the content of this video?

  • @ArcaneStar1
    @ArcaneStar1 5 років тому

    Waterproof, machine washable small magnets where the buttons would be...

  • @renukajadhav5943
    @renukajadhav5943 6 років тому +2

    Button invented in INDIA.

    • @rishibehal5
      @rishibehal5 6 років тому +1

      Do you have any proof for that?

    • @rishibehal5
      @rishibehal5 6 років тому +1

      @@abinashpanda393 yes but they were mainly ornamental or were used as seals,the first record of functional buttons was in Germany in the 13th century, and I wouldn't really consider the Indus Valley civilization Indian

  • @ahsdfkdasdahdkas2887
    @ahsdfkdasdahdkas2887 4 роки тому

    Buttons are such a pain to do up and undo.

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek 6 років тому

    Nott the Brave would go nuts on this video #criticalrole

  • @brynmckair4566
    @brynmckair4566 5 років тому +2

    How about belly button?

  • @theKetrab02
    @theKetrab02 6 років тому

    Man, this guy likes a good button

  • @formless3791
    @formless3791 6 років тому

    Buttons come from Indus Valley and were brought to Europe by Arab traders, Just like Numbers.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button

  • @dooropens7594
    @dooropens7594 6 років тому

    👍👍👍

  • @johnpetrov6602
    @johnpetrov6602 6 років тому +1

    No one knows who invented the button... FOR A REASON

    • @mikecrawford2063
      @mikecrawford2063 6 років тому

      what's the reason? Please don't say the Illuminati

  • @MICHGO1
    @MICHGO1 2 роки тому +1

    KILL THE MUSIC.

  • @noambar3159
    @noambar3159 8 місяців тому

    I think this guy is talking about buttons.

  • @aryablack3
    @aryablack3 6 років тому

    You forget the chinese button!

  • @toostrong2209
    @toostrong2209 6 років тому +1

    But, But...But-ton...;)

  • @Jayman5281
    @Jayman5281 6 років тому

    🤙👖

  • @toby9999
    @toby9999 3 місяці тому

    Buttons make clothing look ugly... nauseatingly so. Buttoned shirts are the worst. I don't get what people like about them. Ugly little lumps of plastic or whatever poking through... it's like having warts Yeah, some are "ornate" or "decorative", but who really wants a row of those clunky pointless things dangling on your clothing. Embarrassing. I hate buttons.

  • @angelgomez2013
    @angelgomez2013 6 років тому +1

    First

  • @leveljoe
    @leveljoe 6 років тому +6

    This is racist to the hook and loop!