Three questions with fashion guru Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn, the soft-spoken, genteel mentor on Bravo’s “Project Runway,” arrived Thursday to a snowy Kansas City. Gunn, who has a new book and hosts the new show “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style,” is now an executive with the Liz Claiborne Company. He appeared at an evening runway fashion show featuring the Liz Claiborne holiday collection at Dillard’s in Oak Park Mall in Overland Park. Star Fashion Editor Jackie White caught up with him before the show.
He said his new mission is to put the word out that the Claiborne company is focused on design. Three questions with Tim Gunn: 1) In your show about style, what do you see as the most common mistake women tend to make? “I see so many clothes in the closet. Lots of clothes. Many still have the price tag on them. They don’t fit. They didn’t try them on in the stores.
I say, ‘Why didn’t you take them back?’ Women need to think about who they really are and dress appropriately.” His advice is to buy less and buy better quality. 2) What can you say about the state of American fashion today? “Just judging by the spring fashion week, I think it is very strong. It’s credible diversity.
More individual thinking.” 3) How have your new duties changed you in the past year? “I got an email from Sarah Jessica Parker in my personal email.” That never happened before, he said.