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 love HGTV. I love the Food Network.
I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.
But I will add, there's one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It plants a negativity in the head of a designer or the student, and it's a distraction.
If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.
I will say that the high road can get so high that you can get a nose bleed, in which case you have to get off the high road.
I believe in letting karma do its thing. What comes around goes around.
If I could predict the trends, they would already be there.
Exude unconditional confidence.
At all costs, avoid clothes that are too big. The more volume your clothes have, the more volume you appear to have.
Staples are only good if they truly suit our lifestyle.
Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it’s your shoulders or your long legs!
There's nothing I like better than going to my apartment, closing the door, cooking my little dinner for one and just tuning out. My apartment really is my haven. It's a nest where I go to heal.
If you don't have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.
Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.