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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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Tim Gunn
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 29
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Timothy MacKenzie Gunn
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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 pretty much stay true to myself and try to find the good in people and not be snarky.
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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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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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I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.
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I'm really not a trend promoter because I feel that people push trends on people they shouldn't.
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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 just think the Kardashians have an absence of taste and I don’t think that that should be perpetuated. I’m sorry I’m sounding like an old farty, snob, but it bothers me.
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I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.
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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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Mood has a scuba section? Who knew?
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People believe that if you're concerned about the clothes you're wearing and the larger aspects of your appearance, that it's anti-intellectual. I say Hogwash! The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.
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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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Remember someone is going to be out, so don’t make it you.
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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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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 will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need to have integrity. You need to work with what you've got.
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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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May I respond by merely saying, I hate crocs. May they please go away.
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The element of fashion I'd like to see more often? Clothes that fit people well. For me it's not so much about the clothes.
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