Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn
Timothy MacKenzie "Tim" Gunnis an American fashion consultant, television personality, actor, and voice actor. He served on the faculty of Parsons The New School for Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Claiborne as its chief creative officer. He is well known as on-air mentor to designers on the reality television program Project Runway. Gunn's popularity on Project Runway led to 2...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth29 July 1953
CountryUnited States of America
I do things like hem a pair of pants, I do my own tailoring but I wouldn't attempt a jacket.
I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know Im vulnerable too and each one of us is.
I have to have my coffee. I probably have three cups a day, but only before noon.
I would certainly rather the industry not go broke, but if that's what it takes for everyone to acquire some values and lose that sense of entitlement, maybe a little belt-tightening wouldn't be so tragic.
We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And every so often, we shop because we need something to wear.
When it comes to dressing, comfort is overrated. A little discomfort probably means your clothes fit and they're not pajamas.
Mood has a scuba section? Who knew?
Remember someone is going to be out, so don’t make it you.
I am the anti-trend guy? I don't believe in chasing trends. And before anyone shops, I believe you benefit from doing a closet inventory. Ask yourself what am I wearing, what am I not wearing, and you'll probably discover things you didn't even know you had.
Make it work
I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.
I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that's never my intention.
If you want to, you can share my teaching refrain: I can't want you to succeed more than you do.
When I'm working in the real world with real women and we're shopping, we find that fashion seems to end when you get any larger than a size 12. How ridiculous is that?