Gok Wan
About
Fashion mogul and award-winning TV presenter. Sharp, confident, androgynous neoteric who always looks immaculate.
Gok Wan is a fashion consultant, author and television presenter. Gok provides fashion advice to celebrities and contributes his views to fashion magazines published internationally.
Fashion Consultant
He has worked as a 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 (Five), Make Me a Grown Up (Channel 4/T4), The Xtra Factor (ITV2) and T4 (Channel 4).
How to Look Good Naked
In 2006, Channel 4 approached Gok Wan to present his own fashion show, How to Look Good Naked. In addition, he wrote a book to accompany the series, entitled How to Look Good Naked: Shop For Your Shape and Look Amazing!. A second series broadcast on Channel 4 in mid-2007.
Gok’s Fashion Fix
Then his series Gok’s Fashion Fix broadcast on Channel 4 in mid-2008. He followed up the success of this show with another fashion show, called Gok Wan’s Clothes Roadshow. In the show he makes affordable high street fashions, while Brix Smith styles designer clothes. Wan presented a documentary, Too Fat Too Young, examining overweight kids in the UK. In 2012 he starred in a TV series called Gok’s Teens:The Naked Truth on channel four where he gives advice to troubled teens about self-confidence, bullying, anxiety and eating disorders.
Writing
He also offered his opinions to magazines, becoming a fashion consultant, and 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.
Gok Wan wrote a book titled How to Dress: Your Complete Style Guide for Every Occasion which was released by HarperCollins on 1 October 2008. The book was praised by both Heat magazine and Closer for its sensitive and feel-good approach to a style guide.