Thereโs one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It plants a negativity in the head of a designer or the student, and itโs a distraction.
Tim GunnI'm constantly correcting young people and fashion students in this nation when they say "Well, I do couture." By definition, you don't. You have to be licensed by the government of France to do couture. So don't use that term. You can say that you do one-of-a-kind, you can say it's custom, but you can't say it's couture - because it's inaccurate.
Tim GunnWhen it comes to my vocabulary, I felt a responsibility when I was teaching to raise the bar of conversation in my classroom. And with my own students, I refused to let them use the phrase "I like" or "I don't like" when we were engaged in a critique.
Tim GunnI just think the Kardashians have an absence of taste and I donโt think that that should be perpetuated. Iโm sorry Iโm sounding like an old farty, snob, but it bothers me.
Tim Gunn