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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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Tim Gunn
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 29
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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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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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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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Mood has a scuba section? Who knew?
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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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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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Staples are only good if they truly suit our lifestyle.
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If you want to write an angry e-mail, write it but don't send it. It's based on my experience that whenever I have acted out in some manner, I have always regretted it.
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The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.
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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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I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.
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I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.
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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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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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People put on certain clothes for certain reasons, I assume, when their closet is filled with clothes.
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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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I wouldn't know what to do on a date. I don't have the time. To make a relationship work, I'd have to give something up, and I'm not so sure I'm willing to do that.
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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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I've worn a suit and tie for most of my life. And I believe (for me), it makes me more confident navigating the world.
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May I respond by merely saying, I hate crocs. May they please go away.
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