On the runway of life, Tim Gunn is the perfect life coach.
Youâve watched him mentor talented designers on the hit television show Project Runway. Now the inimitable Tim Gunn shares his personal secrets for âmaking it workââin your career, relationships, and life. Filled with delightfully dishy stories of fashionâs greatest divas, behind-the-scenes glimpses of Runwayâs biggest drama queens, and never-before-revealed insights into Timâs private life, Gunnâs Golden Rules is like no other how-to book youâve ever read.
In the world according to Tim, there are no shortcuts to success. Hard work, creativity, and skill are just the beginning. By following eighteen tried-and-true principles, you can apply Timâs rules to anything you set your mind to. Youâll learn why Tim frowns on displays of bad behavior, like the vitriolic outburst by Martha Stewartâs daughter about her motherâs name-brand merchandise. Youâll discover the downfalls of divadom as he describes Vogueâs AndrĂ© Leon Talley being hand-fed grapes and Anna Wintour being carried downstairs by her bodyguards. And youâll get Timâs view on the backstabbing by one designer on Project Runway and how it brilliantly backfired.
Then there are his down-to-earth guidelines for making life betterâfor yourself and othersâin small and large ways, especially in an age that favors comfort over politeness, ease over style. Texting at the dinner table? Wearing shorts to the theater? Not in Timâs book. Living a well-mannered life of integrity and character is hard work, he admits, but the rewards are many: being a good friend, being glamorous and attractive, and being a successâ much like Tim himself!
He is never one to mince words. But Tim Gunn is always warm, witty, wise, and wonderfully supportiveâ just the mentor you need to design a happy, creative, and fulfilling life that will never go out of style.