Gok Wan: The Biography

by Emily Herbert

Leading British fashion consultant, author, and television host Gok Wan, born in Leicester in 1974 to an English mother and a Chinese father, went from an overweight teenager to a slimmed down leader in the world of fashion—he started as a session hair and make-up artist but soon after he moved into fashion styling. Over the last 10 years, Wan has worked with many personalities and musicians including Bryan Ferry, All Saints, Damien Lewis, Erasure, Vanessa Mae, Wet Wet Wet, and Johnny Vaughan. His work has been published internationally in magazines such Tatler , Glamour , Times Style , Marie Claire , Cosmopolitan , The Face , and People and he has worked as an on-screen fashion consultant on many television shows including MTV Shakedown , Big Brother's Little Brother , Battle of the Sexes , Make Me a Grown Up , The Xtra Factor , and T4 . The host of How to Look Good Naked , he also authored the accompanying book, How to Look Good Shop for Your Shape and Look Amazing! , hosts Gok's Fashion Fix , and has a range of shapewear lingerie. Gok Wan is hugely popular, but very little is known about the man behind the phenomenally successful TV show that has the UK daring to bare.

250 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 2009

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quite a lot that I didn't like about this book;
- Simple writing style
- At least 10 spelling/grammatical errors
- The author kept repeating herself about sections of Gok's life
To name a few.

[Francesca]

Although I don't doubt Gok Wan's story is worth telling and may even prove inspirational to some who may well be experiencing bullying and ostracising when young because of their perceived differences, this book is so baaaaaad I can not continue reading it. I have chucked it in at chapter 2 and cannot for the life of me understand how any publisher would have even given this 5 minutes of their time. I can only suspect large quantities of mind-altering drugs were involved or the author was offering her body to the right people.....or both! Either way this book is more useful propping open a door or keeping a fire going....

[Pauline · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Gok but found this biography disappointing. Far too repetitive.