Tim Gunn Quotes

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.

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.

You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.

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

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.

If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.

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.

Leggings are everywhere, indeed. Personally, I'm not crazy about them, but they can look great with the right look, a tunic, for instance, or a long cardigan. Just don't try to dress them up!

I want to say to anyone who works in a drone workplace, raise the bar! There's no reason why you have to dress to the lowest common denominator.

The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.

Just the way it never rains when you have an umbrella, you'll never run into people if you look fantastic. But go outside in pajamas, and you'll run into every ex you have.

My best life advice:Take the high road.No matter how much stress, or strain, or consternation you are facing, take the high road.You will never regret it.

At all costs, avoid clothes that are too big. The more volume your clothes have, the more volume you appear to have.

Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.

We need to treat each other with consideration. In my world, the squeaky wheel does not get the grease.

Remember, channel your inner winner.

May I respond by merely saying, "I hate crocs. May they please go away."

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.

Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.

I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.

But if fashion were easy, wouldn't everybody look great ?

It's so important to reach out to people you trust, and who can give you honest feedback, and keep those people close to you. You don't want to surround yourself with enablers.

You have no control over other people's taste, so focus on staying true to your own.

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

I really believe things happen for a reason, and sometimes that reason isn't revealed until much much, much, much later.

As long as we have Netfix, Turner Classic Movies, Amazon, YouTube, and bookstores, there is no excuse ever to lack inspiration.

Most designers want to show apparel that makes the wearer look as long and lean as possible. And most people who buy clothes want to look as long and lean as possible.

I hate the word "eclectic" .I'm a classicist, and I like comfort. Lots of books, lots of artwork, pieces of family furniture, and newer upholstery.

So perhaps the real secret to style is filling yourself to the absolute brim with engagement. Loving not wisely, but too well and all that.

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.

Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials.

Exude unconditional confidence.

I will say that the high road can get so high that you can get a nose bleed, in which case you have to get off the high road.

Life is a big collaboration. And we can't navigate it alone.

If I could predict the trends, they would already be there.

Does a man need to know what a peplum is? Probably not.

Being a student in an art & design school, that was the moment for me, that was when I began to develop a lot of self-confidence and really come into my own.

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

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.

Whether it's fashion or it's home, it's all about style. The clothes we wear send a message about how we are perceived, and our home does the same thing.

It was very challenging to mentor the mentors, and yes, you do see more sides of my personality.

I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.

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

I will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need to have integrity. You need to work with what you've got.

Frankly, from my perspective, the bomber jacket is such a classic item you can wear it even when it's not on trend.

I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up words of encouragement and support, they shut down and discredit you.

I believe in letting karma do its thing. What comes around goes around.

And Brooke Elliott is a great actress.

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.

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