1. Timothy MacKenzie Gunn was born on July 29,1953 and is an American author, academic, and television personality.
20 Facts About Tim Gunn
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Tim Gunn served on the faculty of Parsons School of Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Claiborne as its chief creative officer.
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Over 16 seasons, Gunn has become well known as the on-air mentor to designers on the reality television program Project Runway.
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Tim Gunn provides the voice of Baileywick, the castle steward in the Disney Junior television show Sofia the First and narrated the sitcom Mixology.
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Tim Gunn attended the Corcoran College of Art and Design, receiving a BFA in sculpture.
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Tim Gunn, who had identified as gay, was raised in an intensely homophobic household where homosexuals were viewed as predators.
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Tim Gunn played a version of himself as a reporter for the fictional Fashion TV in two episodes of ABC's Ugly Betty in February 2007 and later guest starred on Drop Dead Diva in August 2009 as himself.
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Tim Gunn left Parsons in 2007 and joined Liz Claiborne, Inc as the company's chief creative officer in March of that year.
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Tim Gunn was presented with a certificate by the city of Palm Springs and a plaque by the nearby city of Rancho Mirage in recognition of his career achievements.
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From 2010 to 2015 Tim Gunn published four additional books.
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In May 2009, Tim Gunn served as commencement speaker at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, and received an honorary doctorate from the institution.
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Tim Gunn made sporadic appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson "Dear Aquaman" segments, helping or standing in for Aquaman, answering letters and dispensing advice.
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Tim Gunn guest starred as Barney's personal tailor on several episodes of How I Met Your Mother.
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Tim Gunn guest starred as himself on the 6th episode of CW's fourth season of Gossip Girl, "Easy J".
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Tim Gunn appeared in a backup story in the first issue of Models Inc.
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Tim Gunn appeared on a variant cover of the issue illustrated by Phil Jimenez.
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Tim Gunn appears in Kate McKinnon's audio drama Heads Will Roll.
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Tim Gunn is an outspoken critic of clothing designs using animal fur.
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Tim Gunn termed the treatment of animals used for fur as "egregiously irresponsible".
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Tim Gunn endorsed Christine Quinn's candidacy for Mayor of New York City in the 2013 mayoral election.