For Tim Gunn I feel the need for a "<3!!!!!111" tag

[cimorene]

Even though I have certain ideological issues with the normativity of the fashion industry (even as practiced by Tim Gunn), eg the makeup and other performative elements and the insistence on clothes being fitted/flattering for every occasion (I don't believe there's anything wrong with visiting the corner store in your sweatsuit, since there's no one at the corner store you need to send a message to, aside from "give me food"), you just can't help loving Tim Gunn, and it's somewhat amazing the way he raises clueless, oblivious women to semi-conscious awareness of what they're saying with the language of clothes and gives them shortcuts to appear to be consummate masters of it. (For the most part, these are only fully relevant to the urban, professional women he actually focuses on in his show, but still intellectually interesting for everyone else.) I wish Tim Gunn could be my lifestyle coach not because my lifestyle would be particularly amenable to that (my lifestyle consists primarily of walking the dog, at this point, although I am chomping at the bit to change that...) but because Tim Gunn's earnest, wise pronouncements are so utterly charming and adorable. And I love the way he shudders about capri pants and leggings. I have been gorging myself on Project Runway and Tim Gunn's Guide to Style in the past few days, as you are aware (possibly to your chagrin) if you follow cimness, and here are just a few of my favorite pronouncements:

• "She's too young to be dressing like a mortician."



• "If your viscera says 'Uh-oh', it's probably true."



• "Forgive me, but I worry that this is going to look like a halter diaper."



• "So, Daniel, I have to ask you: WHAT IS THIS?"



• "I would wrestle you to the floor of Bloomingdale's before I would ever let you walk out into the real world wearing this."



• "It's a very quick route to dowdiness!"



• "The big butt factor is a big 'but'!"



• "She's playing dress-up for some costume party; I just don't know what the party is. And DON'T invite me."



• "I do not care what state of repair or disrepair people are in."



• "It's very INTERESTING. I'm NOT bored."

Comments

[norah]

♥ Tim Gunn. I still haven't managed to see the most recent PR; I'm very excited for it. TIIIIIM!

[l_elfie]

i think 90% of why i watch project runway is to look at tim gunn with stars in my eyes and imagine what it would be like if he were my life coach.