Interview: "Guide To Style's" Tim Gunn, Gretta Monahan Talk Humor, Style and Sarah Palin

The Futon Critic - San Jose,CA,USA - Like the fine-tuning of someone's fashion style, Bravo's "Tim Gunn's Guide To Style" begins season two tonight with a little fine-tuning of its own.  Tim Gunn has a new co-host in Gretta Monahan as well as a show with a quicker pace and efforts to dig deeper into why women dress the way they do.  Talking to our Jim Halterman, Gunn and Monahan discussed the new and improved series with the same camaraderie that is evident onscreen.

After being aided by supermodel Veronica Webb in season one, Gunn is now paired with Monahan, who is a top celebrity stylist and brings a different element to the series, according to her co-host.  "Gretta's a real woman," Gunn explained.  "Gretta's petite.  Gretta knows, as well as the people with whom we work, the kinds of challenges that she faces when shopping and when she's confronted with different silhouettes and when she looks at herself from the viewpoint of proportion of fit."  There was also a relatability factor that figured into Monahan fitting into the philosophy of the series.  "Gretta can empathize and Veronica Webb is a supermodel and she could break all the rules and still look absolutely fabulous.  As for our subjects... Gretta has her feet planted firmly in the ground and there's a girlfriend element to Gretta... and with Veronica... she was on a pedestal.  It was more difficult.