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Gok Wan is a UK-based fashion consultant and author who has presented his own UK television show.
Early life
Gok was born in 1974 in Leicester. After receiving 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. Upon graduation, he began working as a session hair and make-up artist and soon after moved into Fashion Styling.
Media work
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 magazines including Tatler, Glamour, Times Style, Marie Clare, Cosmopolitan, The Face, Afisha Mir, Clash and People Mag (US).
He has worked with photographers such as Rankin, Mike Owen and Jason Joyce.
Television and book work
Gok has also gained extensive experience working as an "on-screen" fashion consultant on many TV shows including: MTV Shakedown (MTV Europe), GMTV (ITV), Today with Lorraine Kelly (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 30min). In addition, he wrote a book to accompany the series, entitled "How To Look Good Naked – The complete style bible", to be published in March 2007. A second series has been commissioned and is currently in production, due to air in spring 2007.
Personal life
Gok Wan is quite clearly a metrosexual male, combining great fashion sense with fashion knowledge. Little is known about his sexuality, though. alright
External links
- Channel 4's biography
- Gok Wan's fashion portfolio
- Interview with BBC Leicester
- Channel 4: How To Look Good Naked