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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

All Gunn, All the Time.



St. Tim has been making the press rounds to flog his upcoming Guide To Style show (debuting tomorrow on Bravo), so that means we get to read LOTS of Tim-isms. His latest sitdown with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was choice with big words and blunt opinions. To wit:

On PR Season 4:
"The pool is the best yet," he said then, and has said since. "We could have cast three seasons from this group, that's how strong it is. ... I'm confident about the level of talent, and the point of view as designers and their level of execution."

On his book:
"Gunn explained the absence of "Project Runway" references in "A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style" thusly. "There were two references to the show in my book," he said. "Very matter-of-fact, in sentences like, 'As I would say to my students at Parsons and the 'Project Runway' designers ... .' Then it was in my bio in the book, and it was on the cover flap. It all had to be removed. "

On his show:
"The Weinstein company went ballistic when they heard about the Tim Gunn show, and they claimed that they owned it. Can you believe that?"

"Gunn's "fashion accomplice" on the show is Veronica Webb, a choice that, three days before production was supposed to commence in May, he was unaware of.

"They have a little bit to work out in terms of onscreen chemistry but, to use his words, they'll make it work. And he loves Webb. "I feel like we're siblings. I feel like I've known her my whole life. In some ways, we can finish each other's sentences. In other ways, we're really, really different, and that's good. We don't' share all the same opinions about things."

On Top Design:
"It was terrible. That whole show was terrible. And the executive producer is my producer, Scott Stone. And I love Scott. He's done a wonderful job. I just can't understand – how did that show get to be so terrible? 'See you later, decorator,' coming out of Jonathan Adler's mouth? I love Jonathan! I never met Todd Oldham, but I have such respect for him. And he was so horrible."

"I couldn't stand Kelly Wearstler (one of the judges). I have to say I like Margaret Russell (editor in chief of Elle Décor magazine, and another judge) a lot, but she looked decidedly uncomfortable in that whole thing. And I love Jonathan Adler personally, but he began to grate on me, too!"

Read the entire article here.

(Photo: Sylvain Gaboury/FilmMagic.com)

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