Gok Wan, born Kowkhyn Wan, in Leicester, 9 September 1974, is a fashion
stylist, award-winning TV presenter and author. He is renowned for
helping women feel more confident about their looks, as well as
championing high street fashion.
His TV latest TV show is Gok's Style Secrets (2012), built on the
success of How To Look Good Naked and Gok's Clothes Road Show, offering
styling and dating advice to women who had lost their confidence.
Gok has explored more personal issues in factual TV shows. His
Anglo-Asian roots inspired Made In China and Gok Cooks Chinese. And Too
Fat Too Young and Gok's Teens explored modern day issues faced by teens
including sexuality, online-bullying and eating disorders.
In 2013, Gok launched his sixth collection of his own UK fashion range
for Sainsbury's Tu.
Sister Oilen is a childcare lawyer. Brother Kwoklyn is a martial arts instructor. Father John Tung Shing hails from Hong Kong and mother Myra is English.
He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2020 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to fashion and social awareness. He was a television presenter in Greater London NW1, England.