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

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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
District of Columbia
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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But if fashion were easy, wouldn't everybody look great ?
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Does a man need to know what a peplum is? Probably not.
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Why must she dress that way? I think she's confused about her gender.
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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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I haven't had a date in 26 years.
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If you had pockets, you were associated with a labor force. It meant you had things to carry yourself. Otherwise, your lady's maid or your manservant would have done it for you.
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If you're wearing a jacket, as I always am, the sweater vest always needs to be buttoned, with the exception of the bottom button. But if you're going sans jacket, you can leave it open.
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Don't give up! You're too talented. You're too good!
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When it comes to Project Runway, for me the most memorable look ever presented goes back to season one, episode one, when Austin Scarlett created a ravishing cocktail dress out of cornhusks. It was really amazing.
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If you want to, you can share my teaching refrain: I can't want you to succeed more than you do.
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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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Remember someone is going to be out, so don’t make it you.
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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 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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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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I'm not sure what the moral is here...I really just wanted to tell that story.
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I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.
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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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If you don't have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.
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