I am a stickler for good manners, and I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. In the workplace, at the dinner table, and walking down the street--we are confronted with choices on how to treat people nearly every waking moment. Over time these choices define who we are and whether we have a lot of friends and allies or none.

Tim Gunn

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You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well r... by Tim Gunn

You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.

curious rich world

I have heard women complain about men holding doors for them,, as if it is inherently offensive and implies that they are weak. ... I would hold a door for anyone. ... It has to do with noticing our fellow human beings and saying, "I recognize that you're on this planet, and I don't want a door hitting you in the face.

complaining doors men

Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.

collaboration support people

If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is... by Tim Gunn

If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.

clothes fashion funny

Frankly, from my perspective, the bomber jacket is such a classic item you can wear it even when it's not on trend.

bombers trends perspective

Go to Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue, I think it's the eighth floor, and it's just a department called 'Woman.' It's rather devastating. You've never seen such hideous clothes in your entire life. I mean, it's simply appalling. Thank God there are no windows on that floor, because if I were a size 18, I'd throw myself right out the window [after seeing those clothes]. It's insulting what these designers do to these women.

clothes mean thinking

The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives... by Tim Gunn

The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.

clothes messages world

Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary. by Tim Gunn

Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.

learning-new delightful vocabulary

I've had my own moments in front of designers when I've actually said, 'You know, there's a market here for expanding your work, and here it is. And frankly, there are two markets: The women who are larger than the 12, and then there are women who are petite. And most designers that I talk to have absolutely no interest in addressing either of those populations, which I find repugnant.

population moments two

I hate the word "eclectic" .I'm a classicist, and I like comfort. Lots of books, lots of artwork, pieces of family furniture, and newer upholstery.

hate comfort book

I was a teacher and an administrator at Parson's School of Design, and as an administrator, I was associate dean. And in that role, I went around fixing things that were broken. And the Parson's fashion program was broken.So fashion chose me. It needed to be developed and evolve. I don't know if it comes naturally to anyone.

fashion teacher school

Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.

frustration levels might

Just the way it never rains when you have an umbrella, you'll never run into people if you look fantastic. But go outside in pajamas, and you'll run into every ex you have.

rain running people

Remember, channel your inner winner. by Tim Gunn

Remember, channel your inner winner.

winner remember

I'm conflicted. On one hand, I don't want to say that because you were a man and now you're a woman, you can't be in a women's fashion show. But I feel it's a dicey issue. The fact of the matter is, when you are transgender - if you go, say, male to female - you're not having your pelvis broken and having it expanded surgically. You still have the anatomical bone structure of a man.

fashion men hands

I will say that the high road can get so high that you can get a nose bleed, in which case you have to get off the high road.

high-road cases noses

It's so important to reach out to people you trust, and who can give you honest feedback, and keep those people close to you. You don't want to surround yourself with enablers.

important giving people

I believe in the semiotics of clothes. They send a message about how the world perceives us. For me it goes beyond clothes, it's grooming. It's accessories. It's the whole head to toe look.

clothes believe world

I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. by Tim Gunn

I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.

believe people art

I really believe things happen for a reason, and sometimes that reason isn't revealed until much much, much, much later.

reason sometimes believe