Tim Gunn Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Tim Gunn

  Fashion, Teacher, School

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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.

  Tim Gunn

  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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• It's so important to reach out to people you trust, and who can give you honest feedback, and keep those people close to you. You don't want to surround yourself with enablers.

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  People, Giving, Important

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

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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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• 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 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.

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  Noses, Cases, High Road

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

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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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• I've been in situations where I've said to young people: "You're so personable, you're so articulate, you're clearly so bright, you're so good-looking - feel better about yourself!" But if at the core if you don't, all those words mean nothing. Absolutely nothing.

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  Mean, Feel Better, People

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

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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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• 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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• Life is a big collaboration. And we can't navigate it alone.

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  Collaboration, Life Is, Bigs

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

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• If I could predict the trends, they would already be there.

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  Trends, If I Could, Ifs

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

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• When someone new walks into a room, the first thing we notice about that person is probably their gender. And the second things is what they're wearing. And based on what they're wearing, we start making certain assumptions about them.

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  Rooms, Firsts, Assumption

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

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• Does a man need to know what a peplum is? Probably not.

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  Men, Doe, Needs

  "In Which Tim Gunn Tells Men to Watch 'Project Runway'" by Kurt Soller, www.esquire.com. July 26, 2011.

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• Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.

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  Ambition, Needs, Designer

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

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• I have a very Socratic approach - I pummel the designers with questions, so when I get them to step back from the work and look at it with me, they'll eventually see what I see, coming to it fresh and unencumbered. That's always very gratifying because they feel a responsibility and an ownership of a solution.

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  Responsibility, Steps, Looks

  "Tim Gunn and Cat Deeley on Good Hosts, Bad Reality Shows and Unfair Judges". Interview with Debra Birnbaum, variety.com. August 5, 2014.

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• Whoever's designing for plus-size doesn't get it. The entire garment needs to be reconceived. You can't just take a size 8 and make it larger.

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  Design, Needs, Size

  "Tim Gunn's New Day Job" by Kate Schweitzer, www.marieclaire.com. December 16, 2011.

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• Whenever people tell me they don't know how to get inspired, I say "What's the matter with you?! I could stay in my apartment and be inspired!"

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  People, Matter, Inspired

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• Make it work

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  "Tim Gunn: Make It Smirk!". "Ask Me Another" with Jonathan Coulton, www.npr.org. December 16, 2016.

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• People come up to me and share very personal and intimate things with me, and I am so touched by all the trust they have in me.

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  People, Intimate, Share

  "Project Runway's Tim Gunn". Interview with Tony Peregrin, chicagoist.com. September 8, 2010.

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• Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials.

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  People, Library, Care

  Tim Gunn (2010). “Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• Frankly, I think that fur on a man is difficult to pull off. If it's the warmth you're after, then I'd go with a fur-lined coat - it won't show.

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  Men, Thinking, Fur

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

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• Leggings are everywhere, indeed. Personally, I'm not crazy about them, but they can look great with the right look, a tunic, for instance, or a long cardigan. Just don't try to dress them up!

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  Crazy, Long, Trying

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

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• All the magazines contradict each other because it is so diverse. Know what you like, know what looks good on you and keep doing it, no reason to chase trends.

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  Looks, Magazines, Trends

  Source: www.fanbolt.com

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• Staples are only good if they truly suit our lifestyle.

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  Suits, Lifestyle, Staples

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

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