THROUGH THICK AND THIN: My Autobiography

Gok Wan

Ebury Publishing, London, UK

Year 2011

Pages 188

With his infectious energy and charisma, Gok Wan has an incredible gift of making women feel more confident within themselves – but it is not until you read his own inspirational story that you find out where he got that gift from. He grew up on a Leicester housing estate, with a loving family who ran a Chinese restaurant. For his parents, food meant love – and Gok was so well loved that by the time he was a teenager he weighed 21 stone. Being Asian and gay as well, he felt lonely and out of place. He was an easy target for bullies and suffered terribly at their hands. In a moment of inspiration, he decided to reinvent himself with his first style makeover and a larger-than-life personality to go with it. But his next move was to lose a devastating 10 stone in 9 months. In this book Gok reveals all about that life changing period. The lessons he learnt during this time helped him bounce back to become a stylist to the stars, every woman’s best friend and a national treasure. Here Gok tells his full story in his own words. Whether he is recounting the horrors of childhood bullying or riotous anecdotes about his loving family, behind the scenes in the fashion world or TV shows, Gok’s voice jumps off the page with all the honesty, wit and warmth we have come to know and love him for.