Tim Gunn Talk
Since I’m still jumping out of my skin about meeting Tim Gunn this past weekend, I’ve decided to declare this week as RoB’s TIM GUNN WEEK!
Today, I’d like to talk a bit about what Tim had to say during the question and answer session I attended and when Beth and I talked to him and asked him a few questions:
*Project Runway is set to premier in November. They just filmed the last episode, and the finally will be happening in February, so the exact premier date depends on how many designers there were and how many weeks off there will be.
*Tim Gun’s Guide to Style is based off of his book, Tim Gunn’s Guide to Quality, Taste, and Style. It will premier early next year. They’d filmed two episodes so far and have plans to film 6 more within the coming weeks.
*The show doesn’t tell people “wear this.” It teaches people to look for certain items of clothing and to clean their lives (and closets). If you haven’t read the book, pick it up–it will explain things more clearly.
*Tim loves most of the other reality shows on Bravo as well! He watches Top Chef when he can and also enjoyed Shear Genius. He was not a fan of Top Design. Although Jonathan Adler is a good friend of his, Tim can’t believe that he said “See you later, decorator.”
*Tim would have a hard time picking favorite designers from the show. However, he does know which designers he would “send to the moon” if he could, and he wasn’t shy about sharing: Wendy Pepper, Zulema Griffin, and Vincent Libretti.
*America needs the up-and-coming designers. There’s a huge category of clothing between the Gap T-Shirt and the couture dresses from on French runways. Tim says: Don’t be a joke and don’t design dumb clothes. Also, the commercial nature of America is a fashion asset (or, it CAN be).
*In no way would Tim want to be a judge. He feels like he could never be fair, since he knows what the garments looked like every step of the way.
*Tim believes that this upcoming season of Project Runway has the most proficient and talented group as a whole thus far! The turn out is better and better every year.
*Tim does keep in touch with some of the past designers, especially the ones who stay longest. There’s a lot that people don’t see. He visits the workshop at least 4 or 5 times during every challenge, and every season, the group gets close.
Check back tomorrow for more Tim Gun news!!
Tim Gunn, Project Runway, Bravo
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