Project Runway's Tim Gunn: What Your Style Says About You

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/14/92Y_and_Tim_Gunn

"Project Runway" mentor Tim Gunn explains how fashionable choices can be made on a small budget and that our personal style impacts how we're perceived. "Just accept responsibility for how you're presenting yourself to the world," advises Gunn.

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Tim Gunn talks about his work as a mentor on "Project Runway," his sense of style and becoming an overnight sensa-tion after 25 years in the business. Tim Gunn is chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne Inc. Formerly, Gunn served as chair of the Department of Fashion Design at Parsons The New School for Design. He is the author of Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work.

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[Kirbynessness]

You know what your style says about you? That you like that style. That's it. To assume much more than that is madness.

[liquidminds]

if someone dressed like him talks to me, the first thing that comes to my mind is, that he probably wants to make a cheap dollar by tricking me into something I don't want or need.

so yeah.. cloth are very important... if someone wears a suit, be careful. if someone dresses like a beggar, he's probably not so well trained in tricking other people.

[kpadgett100]

@liquidminds yeah....tell that to the beggars in Washington DC

[suzhouhe]

@Raithulu I don't think they'd get this angry if he were denying the holocaust. At least then he'd be showing a distrust of authority. I get the feeling with this crowd that "style" begins and ends with what brand of aluminum foil you're wearing on your head this season.

[liquidminds]

@Raithulu if you look at the history of dressing up, you will soon realize, that "dressing up" was used to express ones position in society. Those who believed they were something better, wanted the right to show their superiority over the little man.

In Business, this continued as a form of "if he dresses good, he must be a good business-man", implying that business with that guy will be successful.

Etiquette and Standards were later explanations. sounds better than "we are superior"

[Raithulu]

@liquidminds Actually, its part of something called being a mature adult. "Wants you to think he's a businessman"?? What about the fact he IS one, and that's the way people in his profession are expected to dress. Standards and etiquette aren't the Great Satan. They're part of what helps to keep society running smoothly. Its the same reason little kids thrive on routine. Humans do best when they can know what to expect as much as possible. Its not "the man" its a psychological freaking fact.

[Raithulu]

@suzhouhe I don't get it either. The way people are reacting to this video you'd think he was denying the holocaust or something.

[Raithulu]

@xPEACHxEATERx And you make such an excellent counter-argument. I have no problem with the fact you disagree with him, that's you're right, even if I don't agree. However, if you expect anyone to listen to you or take you seriously after middle-school, you need to learn to not throw around ad-hominems (personal attacks) in place of legitimate arguments.

[MrBeautifulba1]

@Raithulu So I need to wear a suit and tie in order to make people feel better ?? How about just treating people with kindness and respect instead. Regardless of what any of us chooses to wear ??

[liquidminds]

@Raithulu interesting... caring about what other people think of ones appearance seems to me the most air-headed possible....

But if someone wants you to think he's a business-man. What's wrong about expecting him to want to make some money? Wasn't that the intent of his dressup-game?

[Raithulu]

@liquidminds This is quite possibly the most air headed, immature comment I've seen on this vid, which is really saying something. Grow up and stop being suspicious of anyone that, unlike you, actually cares what other people think of them. Dressing well is part of being professional. Not everybody is out to get you, though admittedly, some are. The sooner you accept this, the better off you'll be.

[Raithulu]

@MrBeautifulba1 Actually, it represents the fact that you give a shit what people think of you. Something more people should do.