Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it's your shoulders or your long legs!

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

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.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

I have my mantra about silhouette, proportion, and fit. I believe that when they are in harmony and balance, you'll look great in anything.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

Men's wear is all about tailoring.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

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.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

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.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

But my manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

I haven't had a date in 26 years.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

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.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

I do things like hem a pair of pants, I do my own tailoring but I wouldn't attempt a jacket.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

People put on certain clothes for certain reasons, I assume, when their closet is filled with clothes.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that's never my intention.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

I have to have my coffee. I probably have three cups a day, but only before noon.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

And Brooke Elliott is a great actress.

Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn

In a manner of speaking. I certainly never want to lose my voice as an educator.