<![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Thanks (again) Richard for the report.
I love his input on Project Runway, not so much his Guide to Style show though.
I also heart that he throws it down about NJ -- I know from experience with a Jersey Gal about wearing cargo capris -- and I was embarassed for her.
So I know exactly what he means and I can't agree more.

edithdoll

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> "That Nina Garcia," indeed. Tim's mother sounds like a hoot. Does she ever come on his show? I must watch the first season.

Hez

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @JorgeLuisGorgeous: Tim Gunn should be our president.

"Janjaweed: I'm loving the whole nomad/warrior on horseback look. It's very Lawrence of Arabia, which is fabulous. But your scorched earth policy: that's a lotta look. And you're doing ethnic cleansing again? I do like clean lines but the repetition of rape and genocide: that worries me. If you keep doing the same thing then you risk boring Nina. Perhaps you can fix it with feathers. Whatever. Just make it work."

SheWalkedWithAZombie

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @Richard: @amplesufficiency: @Goober_Pea: IKEA shopping bags work well -- and they come in traffic stopping colors which is useful on those nights when you end up stumbling down the middle of the street ranting incoherently.

SheWalkedWithAZombie

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @Goober_Pea: But it is nice to see some curves on a woman modelling clothes. Or not. (And I'm not saying the curves have to fold over themselves!)

SheWalkedWithAZombie

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @AndSheSaid: I wouldn't want to see my size 184 ass modeling clothes either.

@amplesufficiency: I tend to gravitate towards those big Asian rice bags. Much softer than burlap and water resistant.

Goober_Pea

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Tim Gunn should be our president. He already has a catch phrase and he could ban the pantsuit from Washington.

JorgeLuisGorgeous

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Richard, my favorite adorable accessory to go with a potato-sack-and-kleenex-box-shoes... ensemble would be an aluminum foil hat (these make great gifts, too - one size fits all!). My question - is this bohemian or classicist?

amplesufficiency

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @Richard: Ha! I've never said he wasn't charming. He just doesn't charm me. And I can't resist taking the piss out of all of the Tim Gunn adulation. Someone had to refrain from drinking the Kool Aid. (That must be some good stuff because I appear to be the only one.) I don't find him convincing as a "expert" but he is very good as a shill. I'll give him that. (Did anyone ask him if there was anything he won't sell?)

I did think he was extremely funny when dealing with crazy Vincent. And I find him increasingly hilarious--although I am laughing at him and not with him.

re: @MisterHippity: I've never bought the story that his makeover show is somehow different from the others, except that it is less entertaining and more annoying.

@Goober_Pea: re: We really need to find out some not so wonderful things about Tim or else I am just going to assume he is made of candy, rainbows and puppies.
Well, for one, he thinks that women should not have flesh on them. Anyone over a size 4 is "zaftig." The ideal model for clothes is someone like Kate Moss. (Or better yet, Christian Siriano.)

FUN FACT: if you are exerting yourself then you do sweat when you swim. So in a pool you are swimming in everyone's sweat (and piss). Swimmers get a lot of pink eye. So swimming is actually rather filthy.

SheWalkedWithAZombie

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @Reggie Cameron: This seems to be the same case for Long Island and the common answer of beaches and Billy Joel. Ugh!

ArtfulSlingerBARACKED THE VOTE

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Tim, like everyone shits on New Jersey. I had noticed when I lived in NYC that it didn't matter where you were from (visiting or otherwise) ANYBODY could throw out a "Jersey Blows" and encourage a series of high fives.

I once pitched new business to the NJ Tourism Board, and in a poll we did asking residents what they were proud of about their fair state, "The Boss" was the most popular response.

Reggie Cameron

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @MisterHippity:
I had the exact same thought. I held my breath until the end.

karion

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Sally Field and Tilda Swinton? Were Helen Mirren and Soleil Moon Frye busy?

freeoverunders

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @Richard: Phew! I can't wait. I am shamefully addicted to The Biggest Loser, and I have a feeling the contestants will look great. At least, better than the "makeovers" on ANTM.

Oh, great recap! It made me want to invite Tim Gunn over for tea and cake.

PimpMyCouch

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @MisterHippity:
1) Perhaps.

2) Intervention meaning other people force the change upon them. On Tim's show people request help for themselves. He sees a big difference there.

Richard

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Ok, this recap raises a couple of questions:

• "There was a surprising number of visibly straight men in the audience." What exactly does "visibly straight" mean? Were women performing fellatio on them as they sat there?

• "Tim does not like What Not To Wear and other fashion 'intervention' shows." Tim Gunn hosts his own fashion intervention show, whose premise was basically ripped off directly from What Not To Wear. Is he saying he hates his own show?

MisterHippity

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> I can't say enough good things about Tim- I attended a talk he gave last year and he was so gracious, and he stayed afterwards during the cocktails speaking to everyone. When I approached him and gushed at how handsome he was, he genuinely blushed! What a gentleman!

missjwalker

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> I'm glad to hear this. I've been worried that Tim Gunn will be outed as crypto-asshole.

BadUncle

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> We really need to find out some not so wonderful things about Tim or else I am just going to assume he is made of candy, rainbows and puppies.

Goober_Pea

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @flossy: Oh, "classicist." Damn. Well, I stand by what I said.

flossy

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> I am a classist bohemian, although if I had to describe my look it would fall somewhere in between Hell's Angel, forest nymph, and hot tranny mess.

flossy

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Father in the FBI explains sooooooooo much!

luciluce666

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @koala325: Thanks!

One younger sister.

Richard

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Excellent recap, Richard.

Did he mention having any brothers or sisters?

koala325

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> Jesus, Richard, you scared me.

I saw that headline and I thought you were quitting!

MisterHippity

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> @PimpMyCouch: Oh, right. Yes. He said it was a great experience.

Richard

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> This made my morning. Thanks, Richard.

rubyruby

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief, Light Evening of the Soul with Tim Gunn]]> He will also be overseeing the makeovers on The Biggest Loser next week. I'm not sure if this is a plus or minus.

PimpMyCouch

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