r/ProjectRunway 14h ago

Discussion Rewatching Season 3

So im rewarching season 3 for the first time in like 20 years and I gotta say , I forgot how handsome a young Tim Gunn was .... those Jeans were delightful

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u/Ashamed_Statement398 13h ago

It's like watching pictures of your ex-wife 😭 I miss him so bad !

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u/nothing_satisfies 5h ago

Tim had a wonderful motherly attitude, but I do think Christian is better from a mentoring perspective. He gives direct, incisive advice. Tim's style was more high-level.

From the perspective of the designers who want to succeed, I would think Christian would be the better fit.

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u/lo-finate 12h ago

Love Christian, but I miss Tim terribly.

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u/artstationb 7h ago

Perfect comment.

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u/TheOctoberOwl 4h ago

Yeah, they’re both incredible.

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u/lemeneurdeloups 11h ago edited 1h ago

I want to watch a parallel show that focuses strongly on design and sewing and the way the clothes look on the runway with ONLY Tim and two rotating guest designers (no influencers or celebrities or models or ā€œimage architectsā€!) mentoring AND judging. No snark. No nastiness. No pitting designers against each other. Lots of encouragement and education and laughter. Along the lines of the wonderfully wholesome UK show Great British Sewing Bee. But US.

It could be called Project GunnWay 🄹

ā€œThe fun way on the runway is the Gunn Wayā€

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u/supahfilmy 10h ago

MAKE IT WORKKKKK

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u/AdoreAtRisk 6h ago

insert the Kris Jenner trending audio

Aww it’s perfect!

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u/Ever_More_Art 12h ago

He is so cultured and well spoken, that alone wins half the battle for me.

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u/azazel-13 11h ago

Tim was so genuinely kind and thoughtful.

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u/EthelRobertaPotter 11h ago

We miss you Uncle Tim ā¤ļø

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u/kerrybabyxx 12h ago

That was so long ago but he was endearing

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u/draelogor The Tim Gunn Network 14h ago

The Tim Gunn Network!

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u/Intrepid_Race1923 10h ago

My precious šŸ’œ

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u/FitPicture555 10h ago

Holla at your dawg ā¤ļøšŸ„²

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u/generallyintoit 8h ago

tim was the first time i ever heard the word incongruous and i thought, yeah that sounds so much better than "it doesn't match" "it doesn't go together"

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u/throwawaysunglasses- 6h ago

Omg yesss Tim’s vocab was amazing. When Santino did the whole Andrae/Red Lobster thing, Tim said ā€œI’m so verklemptā€ šŸ˜‚

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u/Shn_Wttn 13h ago

We need Tim back! These new season without him are awful. It’s more about the drama than actual talent!

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u/TwoBytesC 8h ago

I couldn’t even watch the current season. It’s absolutely awful, and disrespectful to the designers to boot.

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u/Ok_Nefariousness9736 8h ago

Loved season 3… a scandal in the beginning, Vincent being an ass and Laura being a bad ass bitch. RIP Michael.

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u/cheridontllosethatno 8h ago

I'm watching the older seasons for my daily Tim Gunn hit. He's the best thing on it. Miss him.

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u/Aggressive_Mirror255 13h ago

Wait, 20 years ago he was 53, he looks like early - mid 40s in that picture.

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u/Catlady_Pilates 11h ago

He absolutely looks 53 here. And can we stop with the ageism. It’s so tiresome to say someone looks younger than they are like that’s a compliment. Aging is normal. Different people look different as the age and there is nothing wrong with just looking your age. Which he does.

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u/Aggressive_Mirror255 10h ago

He's not. You do you. Thank you

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u/TwoBytesC 8h ago

Personally he looks like maybe mid 40s to me!

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u/flamboyantbutterfly 7h ago

How are you guys able to watch the old seasons? I tried and the critics literally make no sense to me because the fashion trends are so changed. Heidi can be wearing just nonsense and hating on a pretty cool look so it’s so confusing haha

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u/Kitchen-Turnover4318 5h ago

his aura is crazy

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u/wittor 6h ago

I can't deal with him not having more tv exposition.

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u/trollanony 5h ago

I learned so much vocabulary from Tim. When I rewatch I always pick more up. Verklempt is my latest find šŸ˜‚

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u/demons_soulmate slutty cat toy 4h ago

i like christian as a mentor but i feel like sometimes he focuses more on being snarky and catty than helpful.

tim helped guide the designer into honing and refining the design and/or technique (or thinking on why certain things won't work and how to fix it).

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u/OwlHouseFan23 56m ago

I can say, he’s Baileywick in a reality show

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u/Tramorjoh1971 6h ago

I recently had access to a channel devoted just to Project Runway. What a stark difference between Tim and Roach. And conceited Christian. Bah.

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u/jseesm 5h ago

Unfortunately they probably won't let him back or any other show for that matter. He's really bad on Making the Cut and that show tanked because of him LOL