Tim Gunn Quotes

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  You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.

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  World, Rich, Curious

  Tim Gunn (2010). “Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work”, p.235, Simon and Schuster

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• Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.

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  People, Support, Collaboration

  "Tim Gunn’s Advice for Making It Work". Interview with Tara Parker-Pope, well.blogs.nytimes.com. December 17, 2010.

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• I have heard women complain about men holding doors for them,, as if it is inherently offensive and implies that they are weak. ... I would hold a door for anyone. ... It has to do with noticing our fellow human beings and saying, "I recognize that you're on this planet, and I don't want a door hitting you in the face.

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  Men, Doors, Complaining

  Tim Gunn (2010). “Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work”, Simon and Schuster

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• My best life advice:Take the high road.No matter how much stress, or strain, or consternation you are facing, take the high road.You will never regret it.

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  Regret, Stress, Advice

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• If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.

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  Funny, Fashion, Clothes

  Twitter post from Jul 05, 2012

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• Exude unconditional confidence.

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  Unconditional

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• The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.

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  Clothes, World, Messages

  "Project Runway’s Top Gunn". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/February, 2012.

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• We can wear whatever we want and get away with it. Just be confident about being who you are and dressing for that person.

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  Want, Be Confident, Get Away

  "Tim Gunn's Take on Fall Fashion". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. September 25, 2006.

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• Go to Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue, I think it's the eighth floor, and it's just a department called 'Woman.' It's rather devastating. You've never seen such hideous clothes in your entire life. I mean, it's simply appalling. Thank God there are no windows on that floor, because if I were a size 18, I'd throw myself right out the window [after seeing those clothes]. It's insulting what these designers do to these women.

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  Mean, Thinking, Clothes

  "Tim Gunn: Fashion Seems To End At A Size 12" by Ellie Krupnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2013.

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• I have my mantra about silhouette, proportion, and fit. I believe that when they are in harmony and balance, you’ll look great in anything.

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  Believe, Balance, Looks

  "5 Secrets a Fashion Stylist Would Never Tell You (But Tim Gunn Will!)" by Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. September 20, 2010.

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• Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.

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  Vocabulary, Learning New, Delightful

  Tim Gunn, Kate Moloney (2011). “Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style”, p.182, Abrams

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• Just the way it never rains when you have an umbrella, you'll never run into people if you look fantastic. But go outside in pajamas, and you'll run into every ex you have.

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  Running, Rain, People

  Tim Gunn (2010). “Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work”, p.123, Simon and Schuster

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• But if fashion were easy, wouldn't everybody look great ?

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  Fashion, Looks, Easy

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• As long as we have Netfix, Turner Classic Movies, Amazon, YouTube, and bookstores, there is no excuse ever to lack inspiration.

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  Inspiration, Long, Amazon

  Tim Gunn (2010). “Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work”, Simon and Schuster

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• I've had my own moments in front of designers when I've actually said, 'You know, there's a market here for expanding your work, and here it is. And frankly, there are two markets: The women who are larger than the 12, and then there are women who are petite. And most designers that I talk to have absolutely no interest in addressing either of those populations, which I find repugnant.

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  Two, Population, Moments

  "Tim Gunn: Fashion Seems To End At A Size 12" by Ellie Krupnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2013.

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• I hate the word "eclectic" .I'm a classicist, and I like comfort. Lots of books, lots of artwork, pieces of family furniture, and newer upholstery.

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  Hate, Book, Comfort

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• Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it’s your shoulders or your long legs!

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  Clothes, Long, Accessories

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• Frankly, from my perspective, the bomber jacket is such a classic item you can wear it even when it's not on trend.

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  Perspective, Bombers, Trends

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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• Remember, channel your inner winner.

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  Remember, Winner

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• Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.

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  Frustration, Levels, Might

  "Project Runway’s Top Gunn". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2012.

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• I really believe things happen for a reason, and sometimes that reason isn't revealed until much much, much, much later.

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  Believe, Sometimes, Reason

  "Tim Gunn on interviewing Dolly Parton and going to Woodstock in penny loafers". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. September 14, 2016.

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• I was a teacher and an administrator at Parson's School of Design, and as an administrator, I was associate dean. And in that role, I went around fixing things that were broken. And the Parson's fashion program was broken.So fashion chose me. It needed to be developed and evolve. I don't know if it comes naturally to anyone.

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  Fashion, Teacher, School

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• I'm conflicted. On one hand, I don't want to say that because you were a man and now you're a woman, you can't be in a women's fashion show. But I feel it's a dicey issue. The fact of the matter is, when you are transgender - if you go, say, male to female - you're not having your pelvis broken and having it expanded surgically. You still have the anatomical bone structure of a man.

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  Fashion, Men, Hands

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• I believe in the semiotics of clothes. They send a message about how the world perceives us. For me it goes beyond clothes, it's grooming. It's accessories. It's the whole head to toe look.

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  Believe, Clothes, World

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• I want to say to anyone who works in a drone workplace, raise the bar! There's no reason why you have to dress to the lowest common denominator.

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  Drones, Dresses, Bars

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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