Fans of Lifetime's Project Runway will find lots to love in this book by the increasingly iconic Tim Gunn, he of the catchphrase "Make it Work!"
Huh?
"What 'make it work' means is that you should use what you have on hand to transform your situation," writes Gunn, who structures his memoir in the form of a self-help book, taglined "Life's Little Lessons for Making it Work." Readers will find a series of Gunn's own raise-yourself-up rules, from "The World Owes You... Nothing" (Rule 2) to "Never Underestimate Karma" (Rule 6) and my favorite, Rule 10: "Be a Good Guest or Stay Home (I Won't Judge You -- I Hate Parties)."
Gunn's golden rules are like perfectly arranged garment bags containing couture-crafted life stories. These come in the form of (often silly) tell-alls on the sassy charm of New York fashionistas including Martha Stewart, Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and especially Anna Wintour, queenlike editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. There's even a J.Edgar Hoover/Vivan Vance story. It's not all gossip and glitz; there's plenty of uplifting moral fable in this book, all centered on the notion that it's best to empower yourself, treat others with kindness. "Everyone should give back," he adds.
We give it four and a half golden apples, out of a possible five.
Dig this? Try on The September Issue, a documentary on Anna Wintour.
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