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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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Tim Gunn
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 29
Consultant
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Timothy MacKenzie Gunn
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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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Things are recalibrated according to new perspectives and perceptions. It's fascinating to me.
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And I'm the first one to tell people to break the rules. But you can only break the rules once you know what the rules are. The other thing is, fashion is the last design discipline to actually have academic texts and historical analysis.
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I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that's never my intention.
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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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