And I'm the first one to tell people to break the rules. But you can only break the rules once you know… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it’s your shoulders or your long legs! — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Most people wear clothing that is too big or too small for them. And "oversized" is the downfall for most of us.… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Most designers want to show apparel that makes the wearer look as long and lean as possible. And most people who buy… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Fashion was in a crisis up until the mid-'90s and, when it came out of the crisis, it was a very different… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
The fashion industry at large has been the worst public relations vehicle for larger women and petite women, they are both maligned… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
We can wear whatever we want and get away with it. Just be confident about being who you are and dressing for… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
People put on certain clothes for certain reasons, I assume, when their closet is filled with clothes. — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I believe that it's very important to get to know people with whom you can have a substantive dialogue about design and… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
My advice to the 10 year old daughter is: fashion happens in a context. It's societal, it's cultural, it's historic, it's economic,… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top. — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Fashion it's not just about learning how to draw pretty pictures, and how to sew, it's everything that makes up your life. — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I'm constantly correcting young people and fashion students in this nation when they say "Well, I do couture." By definition, you don't.… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I believe in the semiotics of clothes. They send a message about how the world perceives us. For me it goes beyond… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Go to Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue, I think it's the eighth floor, and it's just a department called 'Woman.' It's… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
What's important to a fashion designer? It's much more than learning how to make clothes. In fact, that merely makes you a… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad. — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
People believe that if you're concerned about the clothes you're wearing and the larger aspects of your appearance, that it's anti-intellectual. I… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
The element of fashion I'd like to see more often? Clothes that fit people well. For me it's not so much about… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
My role as the chair of the fashion department at Parsons put me face to face with all the big designers, retailers,… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I've never mentioned this, but when I was at Parsons teaching, the other design disciplines, they don't like fashion design. They see… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I'm frequently introduced as a fashion designer, and I quickly say I'm not, and instantly people are incredibly disappointed and think that… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
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… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I learned quickly that if the student’s perception is that you’re not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you. — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand. — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
But I will add, there's one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I would say this to my students all the time, it's about 30% you as the teacher and 70% about them. They tend to… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
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… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
In a manner of speaking. I certainly never want to lose my voice as an educator. — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it’s your shoulders or your long legs! — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
