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I haven't had a date in 26 years.

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Tim Gunn
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 29
Consultant
Costume Designer
Creative Director
Fashion Designer
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Reality Television Participant
University Teacher
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Washington
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Timothy MacKenzie Gunn
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We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And every so often, we shop because we need something to wear.
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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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I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.
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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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I'm not sure what the moral is here...I really just wanted to tell that story.
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But if fashion were easy, wouldn't everybody look great ?
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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 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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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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I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.
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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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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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People put on certain clothes for certain reasons, I assume, when their closet is filled with clothes.
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When it comes to dressing, comfort is overrated. A little discomfort probably means your clothes fit and they're not pajamas.
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I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know what they're thinking, what they're trying to achieve, what they believe the final outcome is going to be.
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I love shopping on a budget. I believe that more fashion mistakes are made by people with deep pockets than by those who shop on a budget.
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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.
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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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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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