Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of appearing on the other side of the camera for various TV segments. It’s a wonderful compliment when I get asked to appear as a beauty expert. I love to "talk makeup". This past week I filmed a segment for Gok Wan’s How to Look Good Naked. I’ve been a fan of the show for a while. I love how it gives empowerment and positive encouragement. We spent the day filming in London’s St Pancras’ station. It was a freezing cold day which made it tricky to try and apply makeup with freezing fingertips! I don’t want to give too much away about what I was asked to talk about so you’ll just have to wait until the episode air’s on UK’s Channel 4 in the Spring.
I have a friend called Becs, she’s no ordinary friend. She is the ‘pretty friend’. She’s the girl that random men on the street feel the need to say ‘hey baby’ to, she’s the girl that looks great without a scrap of make up on and it’s likely that if you didn’t know her you’d probably utter the word ‘bitch’ at the sight of her. That’s just the way it is.
I met Becs on my first day at Elle, she seemed nice but we didn’t become proper friends until we got hammered together at some bowling beauty event where we supped mojitos until we could barely walk, let alone bowl.
So back to the point of this post, Becs is now a Gokette! Yep, that’s right – if you tuned in to How to Look Good Naked last night you would have seen her strutting down the catwalk looking absolutely fabulous. I’m so proud, Becs is regarded as a plus-sized model in the industry and I think she makes the perfect Gokette.
It seems like plus size is new size zero in the fashion world, at London Fashion Week last month Mark Fast tried out a new look when he sent three average sized models down his catwalk.
It caused a little bit of controversy (with the stylist walking out at the last minute apparently) but it got people talking, and thinking. But isn’t it about time waif like models had some new plus-sized talent to compete with?
It might not be some people’s thing but I applaud Mark Fast, and whilst I think waif like models will always be predominant on the catwalk I think it’s nice to have a change.
Let’s celebrate real women.
Catch Becs on Goks Fashion Fix Tuesdays, 8pm on Channel 4
I’m a fashion television junky. I’ll watch any and every fashion show at least a few times and if I like the series and I think it’s important I’ll watch every episode!
I love How to Look Good Naked with Gok Wan, and I started watching Queer Eye for the Straight Guy when it first came out in 2003, so when it was announced that Carson Kressley was going to host the US version of How to Look Good Naked it kind of made sense! Oohh, how will it compare to the UK version? I think the British women are really brave on Gok’s show especially knowing they are going to end up doing a naked photo shoot and it’s going to become a huge billboard somewhere. I just can’t quite imagine American women doing this! What will they do? I’ll just have watch and find out. It airs in January 2008! Source
Met Gok Wan today in Soho. How handsome is he! I must tell you that the man you see in How to Look Good Naked is the exactly the same person in the flesh. He’s honest, funny, personable and loves fashion. Don’t think for a moment that he’s just a tv presenter talking about fashion – he’s not, he really is a fashion stylist and has worked in fashion for over a decade!
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