Tim Gunn: ‘Isaac Mizrahi Is A Terrible, Terrible Person’

by Verena von Pfetten | 10:06 am, September 2nd, 2010

We have got to get our hands on Tim Gunn‘s book. While everyone’s favorite fashionable mentor may seem mild-mannered and even-handed on TV, Gunn really knows what makes for good, salacious book publicity.

The book, which is somewhat hilariously titled “Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work,” features no shortage of juicy tidbits skewering such fashion luminaries as Anna Wintour, Andre Leon Talley, and Isaac Mizrahi. Earlier this summer, The New York Post published an excerpt in which Gunn claims he saw Vogue’s editor in chief being carried down a flight of stairs in lieu of walking. And while Vogue called the story a big fat lie, Gunn, well, stuck to his guns.

In an interview with The Daily News, Gunn takes things a step further, arguing that people shouldn’t be so afraid of Wintour. “It’s insane that people don’t call her out on the things she does,” he says, admitting all the same that he finds her just as terrifying. “Is it fear? I was certainly afraid of her. When her office called me, I thought I’d have to go into the witness protection program.”

But Gunn has some equally cutting words for designer Isaac Mizrahi, who he apparently calls a “spoiled snob” in his book. Gunn told The Daily News he was being easy on him. “Oh, please, I was so kind to [Mizrahi]. I mean, I wouldn’t have the words to describe some of the more abhorrent behavior. He really is a terrible, terrible, terrible person.”

Perhaps it’s his matter-of-factness, or perhaps it’s because he’s equally bitchy about his parents — he calls his mother a “stone” and his father a “homophobic brute” — but we’re with Gunn on this one. And while the irony of telling-all in a book about manners isn’t lost on us, we love that Gunn seems decidedly unconcerned with the fact that he may be making some very powerful enemies.

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bombshell

This book is a must-read. It’s amazing! I couldn’t put it down!
http://www.heelshield.com HeelShields

If the book is anywhere as entertaining as this posting then I can’t wait to get my copy!
SC Davis

The irony of calling these people out in an advice book with one foot in the ettiquette catagory is not lost on me — but somebody had to do it and who better than Tim Gunn – he was cool and factual with a light touch that kept it from being mean. I have worn Liz Claiborne or Elizabeth most of my working life and Issac sank them – but I’m not bitter. To call Isaac M a snob is a bit of an understatement

His description of some of his mother’s behavior made me cringe because I do some of those things to my beloved nephew and his wife – we get together for dinner in a restaurant at least once a week and yes I arrange payment ahead of time if at all possible. They botth have jobs and are saving for a house so I meant well but it did make them feel less adult – now we alternate payment of the check.

Tim Gunn: ‘Isaac Mizrahi Is A Terrible, Terrible Person’

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