Tim Gunn Quotes

Tim Gunn — American Designer born on July 29, 1953,

Timothy MacKenzie "Tim" Gunn is an American fashion consultant, television personality, actor, and voice actor. He served on the faculty of Parsons The New School for Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Claiborne as its chief creative officer. He is well known as on-air mentor to designers on the reality television program Project Runway. Gunn's popularity on Project Runway led to 2 spin-off shows, Bravo's Tim Gunn's Guide to Style and Lifetime's Under the Gunn, as well as his book A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style. He also provides the voice of Baileywick, the castle steward in the Disney Junior television show Sofia the First... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Tim Gunn Quotes

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