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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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Tim Gunn
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 29
Consultant
Costume Designer
Creative Director
Fashion Designer
Photographer
Reality Television Participant
University Teacher
Voice Actor
Washington
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Timothy MacKenzie Gunn
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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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With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.
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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.
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I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.
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It's not an area where designers want to focus or pay attention - women who are larger than a size 12.
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At all costs, avoid clothes that are too big. The more volume your clothes have, the more volume you appear to have.
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I'm so lucky. I've met a lot of famous people.
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If I could predict the trends, they would already be there.
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Being in the moment is everything. So being in the moment for me is just letting the narrative play out, listening to the designers and giving them helpful feedback about what they're doing.
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It was very challenging to mentor the mentors, and yes, you do see more sides of my personality.
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My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.
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If you don't have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.
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I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up words of encouragement and support, they shut down and discredit you.
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I'm not sure what the moral is here...I really just wanted to tell that story.
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It's man's impact on our world that appeals to me more than just nature running wild.
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The color, the shape, and the texture--none of it is accidental. Every item we wear has a glorious (or sometimes not so glorious) history, and that history extends back years--centuries, even--before Oscar de la Renta's 2002 collection.
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If you are going to be catty, you have to be careful with whom you do it, and in what manner! It's the kind of behavior that is best kept behind closed doors.
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Remember someone is going to be out, so don’t make it you.
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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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I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say.
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