Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet - Softcover

“A smart and entertaining journey through the history of fashion” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from Project Runway co-host Tim Gunn.

In the beginning there was the fig leaf...

and the toga. Crinolines and ruffs. Chain mail and corsets. What do these antiquated items have to do with the oh-so-twenty-first-century skinny jeans, graphic tee, and sexy pumps you slipped into this morning? Everything! Fashion begets fashion, and what was the height of style yesterday has evolved into the trendsetting looks of today.

Join Project Runway’s Tim Gunn on an epic tour through centuries of what women and men want and have always wanted—to look and feel their best in clothes that express who they are—embellished with Tim’s personalized commandments of the closet to help you build the perfect wardrobe for every occasion.

Beloved pop culture icon Tim Gunn is best known as co-host of the twelve-time Emmy-nominated reality show Project Runway. He also hosted two seasons of his own Bravo makeover series, Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style. Ada Calhoun was the founding editor-in-chief of the award-winning parenting site Babble.com. She is the co-author of Tim Gunn's book Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making it Work, and has written for the New York Times, New York magazine, the New York Post, Salon.com and Time magazine. She lives in New York City with her husband and young son.