Tim Gunn: Fashion Guru and Philosopher Explains The Car Obsession Without Even Trying

Okay, I'll admit it. I find myself watching Project Runway. The typical guy (at least like me) might write it off as not masculine enough and flip the channel to something else. But, my wife's forced me to watch it a few times and I'm hooked... and not just for the Heidi Klum screen time. I'm also becoming a fan of the other host Tim Gunn... his eye for style and his reason.... not pompous, but he knows what he likes.
So the night after the Super Bowl, I caught Tim being interviewed on another favorite show... The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Gunn was asked to describe Fashion Week and he made a quick preface. It went a little something like this...
Quote »Fashion... I'll be the first to encapsulate this realistically... nobody needs it. We need clothes, but do we need fashion? No. Fashion, when it's good, comes out of a context that's societal, cultural and historic, economic and political. So it's of a time and a place.
Automotive style and automobiles in general are much akin. Fill in fashion with either term and it helps reasonably explain the love of automobiles beyond the appliance factor. It may not account for the visceral feel of driving pleasure, but it describes the love of a car's design to a tee. It's why the S5 and the R8 raise your pulse, why virtually any Ferrari 250 is a piece of art. It is why, beyond reason, I'm planning on investing several times any projected value in an '84 Audi 4000 quattro.... a pure Guigiaro design before the B2 went all aero. Thanks Tim for verbalizing and we're still waiting for the Project Runway where they make outfits out of car parts or interior trim. Read more about Project Runway here...
http://www.bravotv.com/Project..._Gunn