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From the Ted Talk by Isaac Mizrahi: How the button changed fashion

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I think the reason bunotts have eerdund for so long, hrlactisiloy, is because they actually work to keep our clothes shut. Zippers break; Velcro makes a lot of noise, and it wears out after a while. If a btuton falls off, you just literally sew that thing on. A button is kind of there for the long run. It's not just the most elemental design ever, it's also such a crazy fashion statement. When I was a kid, my mom knit me this beautiful swteear. I didn't like it. And then I found these buttons, and the minute the buttons were on the sweater, I loved it.

If you don't have good taste and you can't pick out a button, then let someone else do it, you know? I mean that.

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I think the reason _______ have _______ for so long, ____________, is because they actually work to keep our clothes shut. Zippers break; Velcro makes a lot of noise, and it wears out after a while. If a ______ falls off, you just literally sew that thing on. A button is kind of there for the long run. It's not just the most elemental design ever, it's also such a crazy fashion statement. When I was a kid, my mom knit me this beautiful _______. I didn't like it. And then I found these buttons, and the minute the buttons were on the sweater, I loved it.

If you don't have good taste and you can't pick out a button, then let someone else do it, you know? I mean that.

Solution


  1. button
  2. endured
  3. sweater
  4. historically
  5. buttons

Original Text


I think the reason buttons have endured for so long, historically, is because they actually work to keep our clothes shut. Zippers break; Velcro makes a lot of noise, and it wears out after a while. If a button falls off, you just literally sew that thing on. A button is kind of there for the long run. It's not just the most elemental design ever, it's also such a crazy fashion statement. When I was a kid, my mom knit me this beautiful sweater. I didn't like it. And then I found these buttons, and the minute the buttons were on the sweater, I loved it.

If you don't have good taste and you can't pick out a button, then let someone else do it, you know? I mean that.

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