287 Quotes by Tim Gunn

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 think that their role is to be the baby bird in a nest and you’re going to feed them? They’re going to feed themselves, or they’re going to starve.

I have one brand I go to, and it’s Suit Supply, and it’s fantastic. I was spending $3,500-$4000 on a suit, and the suit I’m wearing today was $500. And they last you forever. The shoulders are set in by hand, it’s phenomenal.

What’s interesting about textiles is that they are determined about three seasons in advance, that’s why when you walk into a store you think “Gee, everything looks about the same.”

If you don’t have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.

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.

Life is a big collaboration – and when you’re tackling something that is painful and troubling and is causing you such desperate grief that you think life’s not worth living – you need to reach out. To people who will reach back.

Why must she dress that way? I think she’s confused about her gender.

When it comes to my vocabulary, I felt a responsibility when I was teaching to raise the bar of conversation in my classroom. And with my own students, I refused to let them use the phrase “I like” or “I don’t like” when we were engaged in a critique.

Perhaps you like to torture yourself by trying on some jeans from a few years ago to see if you can button them. Clothes do not exist to humiliate their owners. Please do not force garments into performing psychological tasks for which they were not designed.