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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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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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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 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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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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I believe in the semiotics of clothes. They send a message about how the world perceives us. For me it goes beyond clothes, it's grooming. It's accessories. It's the whole head to toe look.
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May I respond by merely saying, I hate crocs. May they please go away.
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If I had to choose a single destination where I'd be held captive for the rest of my time in New York, I’d choose the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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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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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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The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.
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There’s one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It plants a negativity in the head of a designer or the student, and it’s a distraction.
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Things are recalibrated according to new perspectives and perceptions. It's fascinating to me.
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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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Life is a big collaboration. And we can't navigate it alone.
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I really cherish having my private time and being alone and being able to decompress. It's my own version of meditating.
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Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials.
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I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.
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Why must she dress that way? I think she's confused about her gender.
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As I've matured, I've developed more confidence in pattern mixing and in having a slimmer fit and in taking some risks, and I enjoy it!
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