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  1. Tim Gunn _ Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The

    The color, the shape, and the texture-none of it is accidental. Every item we wear has a glorious {or sometimes not so glorious} history, and that history extends back years-centuries, even-before Oscar de la Renta's 2002 collection.
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  2. Tim Gunn _ Shaken, Not Stirred

    Every one of Dad's colleagues would eventually commit suicide, most by gunshot to the head, and every woman in their circle except for my mother would become a dysfunctional alcoholic. But in the fifties, they were all riding high.
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  3. Tim Gunn _ Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's

    Taking the high road is always the best way to go. You feel better about yourself, and the world feels better about you.
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  4. Tim Gunn _ Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's

    To be a good houseguest, you should be as independent as possible. You should buy groceries or take your hosts out for dinner. Pick up after yourself. Pretend to have a good time even if you're not. Say, 'I'd like to make a dinner reservation tonight. What's your favorite restaurant?' Try not to break anything. Be quiet.
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  5. Tim Gunn _ Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's

    Entertaining shouldn't be about showing off. It's all about making people feel comfortable and setting a stage for everyone to have a good time, make new friends, and have stimulating conversations. You want to leave a party thinking: If I hadn't gone to that, I never would have met this wonderful person, or had that delicious meal, or felt that sense of camaraderie with the people I met at the dessert table. You don't want anyone looking at the clock, thinking, When can I leave?
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  6. Tim Gunn _ Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's

    Honestly-and maybe some of you can relate to this-I just can't stand the pressure of being responsible for hosting a memorable {and not in a bad way} evening. Martha Stewart, bless her heart, intimidates me. That level of entertaining is so over my head: What do you mean, you didn't dig up your own potatoes for this dish? You didn't make the doilies? The plates didn't just come out of a kiln? I love Martha, but it gets ridiculous.
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  7. Tim Gunn _ Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's

    I love cooking. I cook for myself every day. I like the ceremony of it. It takes me into a different zone. I make a lot of pasta. But cooking for a crowd of five or ten or, heaven forbid, twenty? No, thank you. I don't like feeling like a slave to the care and feeding of my guests.
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  8. Tim Gunn _ Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's

    I don't believe in texting while dining, sending one-word e-mails in lieu of formal thank-you cards, wearing shorts to the theater, or settling for any of the modern trends that favor comfort over politeness, ease over style. Manners are simply about asking yourself, What's the right thing to do?
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  9. Tim Gunn _ Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's

    Doing as many makeovers as I do, I've learned a few things about what makes women feel better about themselves. The starting point is usually getting a new haircut. I don't want to generalize, because every case is different, but I think it's best to err on the side of styling your hair shorter the older you get. In my opinion, it's generally not a good look for women over thirty to have hair way below their shoulders.
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  10. Tim Gunn _ Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality,

    Although there are few things easier than throwing on a dress, something about them communicates that you have made an effort.
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  11. Tim Gunn _ Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The

    Until the sixteenth century, men-priests, academics, judges, merchants, princes, and many others-wore skirts, or robes. For men, the skirt was a 'sign of leisure and a symbol of dignity,' writes Quentin Bell. This is still true for men in high positions. After all, can you imagine the Pope, or Professor Dumbledore, wearing trousers? Have you ever seen a depiction of God wearing pants?
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  12. Tim Gunn _ Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The

    Borrowing from cultures without understanding the fundamentals can yield some pretty weird and wholly illogical perversions.
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