Gok Wan
Gok Wan | |
|---|---|
 Gok Wan | |
| Born | 1974 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Fashion stylist, television presenter |
Gok Wan (born 1974, Leicester, England, UK.) is a British fashion consultant, author and television presenter of Anglo-Chinese heritage.
Early life
The son of Hi-di-Hi's Su Pollard (FATTY)and Burt Kwowk(ALSO FAT), the impressario behind Last of the Summer Wine and Harry Hill, Gok received his diploma in performing arts at the Charles Keene College of Further Education, Leicester. Gok went on to enrol at the Central School of Speech and Drama studying Drama and Education, although he did not complete the course. Following that, he began working as a session hair and make-up artist and soon after moved into fashion styling. He was 21 stone in his teenage years - he confessed, "I was really fat" - it wasn't until his late teens when he started slimming down. Ironically, his How to Look Good Naked show rarely suggests the participants lose weight. FATTTTTTTTTTYYY BUM BUM !
Career
Over the last 10 years Gok has worked with many personalities and musicians including Bryan Ferry, All Saints, Damien Lewis, Erasure, Vanessa Mae, Wade Robson, Lauren Laverne, Wet Wet Wet, and Johnny Vaughan. His work has been published internationally in several magazines, which include Tatler, Glamour, Times Style, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, The Face, Afisha Mir, Clash and People.
He has worked with photographers such as Rankin, Mike Owen and Jason Joyce.
Gok has also worked as an "on-screen" fashion consultant on many television shows including: MTV Shakedown (MTV Europe), GMTV (ITV), LK Today (ITV), Big Brother's Little Brother (Channel 4), Battle of the Sexes (BBC1), The Wright Stuff (Channel 5), Make Me a Grown Up (Channel 4/T4), The Xtra Factor (ITV2) and T4 (Channel 4).
In 2006, Gok was approached by Channel 4 and asked to present his own fashion show, How to Look Good Naked (8 x 30 min). In addition, he wrote a book to accompany the series, entitled "How to Look Good Naked": Shop for Your Shape and Look Amazing!", that was published in April 2007. A second series was commissioned and is currently airing on Channel 4. Along with the second series, he appeared on The New Paul O'Grady Show, in which he persuaded Paul O'Grady to "strip naked".
Personal life
Gok Wan lives in London and is metrosexual.[1] He mentioned this on the June 29, 2007, on Channel 4 UK's show 8 out of 10 cats "I would do Tony Blair" - although stating that both Gordon Brown and Tony Blair are "mingers".
References
- ^ Roberts, Rachel (2007-06-23). "Self image is everything". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
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External links
- Biography at Channel 4's How To Look Good Naked
- Gok Wan's make-up and hair portfolio at Carol Hayes Management
- Interview with BBC Leicester
- Gok Wan at IMDb