Over the years, Gunn has made it work as a trend-setting TV host.
Leaving no seam unsewn, this is the untold truth of Tim Gunn.
It seemed the fashion world needed a mentor like him.
“I didn’t have a particular point of view that I needed to hold up and protect.”
Little did he know at the time, his teaching career would eventually take him to television.
“I had a really terrible, terrible stutter that caused me to shy away from people in general.
It had a very negative impact on me at school,” he divulged toMetro Weekly.
“People teased me about it.
I was not a popular kid.”
His position at Parsons, after all, would be what put him on the path to fashion domination.
As a successful advisor at Parsons, he was asked for his advice on a new fashion television show.
It even practically became the catchphrase for the television series.
Little do fans know, Gunn said it as a teacher at Parsons long before cameras were ever rolling.
It all started after seeing many of his design students continually unhappy with their work.
Gunn would encourage students to start over … until he came to a realization.
“I then thought I’m doing my students a disservice,” hesaid.
“This ‘abandoning of a problem at hand’ is not good for them.
Spoken in true teacher fashion.
Well, maybe it’s because, along with fashion, Gunn loves food.
In fact, the fast-paced fashionista cooks dinner for himself pretty much every night of the week.
“I actually make a meal.
I don’t like going out,” he admitted toThe New York Times.
ToUs Weeklyin 2013, he noted, “I make a great meatloaf.”
Oh, and, of course, Gunn presumably enjoys it with the company of his Emmy.
It wasn’t until he was approached by a talent agent that he realized reality television worked much differently.
And affording life in New York City is rough.
“I was making nothing, living paycheck to paycheck to paycheck,” Gunn said.
“That’s how I’ve spent my life.”
“It’s delightful.”
“you better know what movies people are going to see.”
And, according to him, that includes books, music, and more.
In 2013, hetook a step behind the cameraand became a voice actor for Disney.
“It’s totally and completely surreal,” he toldD23.
“I grew up with Mickey Mouse and Minnie and Pluto and Goofy.”
“It’s a huge, wonderful honor.
I get chills when I think about it and I pinch myself every day,” he said.
However, fencing didn’t become his favorite sport until later in life age 62 to be exact.
Club, “and I never dreamed I’d become a fanatic.
I’m such a fanatic now that I’m committed to competing.”
It all started while promoting spin-off series “Project Runway Junior” in 2015.
Gunn was interviewed by Olympic silver medalist Tim Morehouse, who had just opened a fencing club.
At first, Gunn was curious because he had no idea what a fencing club was.
“I asked him, ‘Could I be your oldest student?'”
And Gunn soon became hooked.
Eventually, Gunn was able to combine his love for fencing and fashion.
At age 62, Gunn received fashion advice from his coach advice he never thought he would ever hear.
“He said, ‘You need a pair of sweatpants,'” Gunn admitted.
So he bought his very first pair.
Club, Gunn shared, “I never dreamed I’d become a jock!”
Before that moment, Gunn had never fully understood what he calls “the comfort trap.”
However, it seems he’s a changed man now.
“How it happened was that Marvel came to me,” Gunn explained.
“They were reviving a comic from the ’50s that was very popular called ‘Millie the Model.’
The new iteration is called ‘Models, Inc.,’ and I am in one of the books.”
And he gets to wear a very special suit.
“I have no superpowers, which is why I have to don theIron Mansuit,” he divulged.
It sounds like Gunn fights fashion faux pas by dayandby night.
He was approached by many women looking for fashion advice for their own figures that the industry was ignoring.
His walls are lined with books and knick-knacks he’s collected from his world travels.
His place reflects his passions for art, history, and, of course, fashion.
His downstairs powder room even has a “Project Runway” theme.
Coincidentally enough, Gunn’s career began in architecture.
As we know, he moved on to teaching, and then television followed.
Perhaps interior design is next!
Watching it was actually his family’s annual Easter tradition growing up.
But to this day, the film remains his favorite because of its long-lasting message.
Funnily enough, Klum was just as nervous starring on the reality series.
Together, the two navigated their way into television and have since been nominated for sixEmmys.
“We’re an odd couple, indeed,” he added, “but with incomparable chemistry.”
“I couldn’t get through two episodes,” he admitted toThe New York Times.
“I thought: ‘This is horrible.
I can’t stand this show.'”
Once Season 4 was released, he was hooked on it.
“I can’t get enough of it,” the fashion icon admitted.
Honestly, us too.
