Tim Gunn

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Tim Gunn, style icon and TV personality, poses at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2011 Official Coverage at Lincoln Center on Sept. 9, 2010, in New York. His "Project Runway" popularity led to a spin-off and a book deal.

Tim Gunn attends Fashion Week Spring 2012 on Sept. 10, 2011, in New York.

Tim Gunn on "Conan," one of many talk shows he has visited in his fashion career.

Project Runway's Tim Gunn walks the red carpet at the Woman's Day Red Dress Awards with Campbell's AdDress Your Heart Design contest winner and heart disease survivor, Jodie Senouillet, right, in New York on Feb 10, 2010. They join Amy Sarabi, winner of the Campbell "Design Your Heart Out" Project Runway challenge and heart disease survivor/model, Nadine Jenkins, left.

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Tim Gunn, left, and Nicole Scherzinger are seen on stage at the People's Choice Awards on Jan. 6, 2010, in Los Angeles.

Project Runway panelists Nina Garcia, left, Tim Gunn and model Heidi Klum speak to the media following the presentation of fashions by fifteen designers competing for the top designer award on "Project Runway" on Nov. 6, 2007, in New York.

Television personalities Paula Abdul and Tim Gunn arrive at the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund AMY awards on Jan. 10, 2006, in New York.

"Project Runway" host Tim Gunn and designer Laura Bennett pose for pictures while taking a break from open casting call for season 4 on April 9, 2007, in New York.

Tim Gunn's fashion credentials include a BFA from Corcoran College of Art and Design, and stints as chief creative officer for Liz Claiborne and chairman of fashion design at Parsons The New School for Design.