Gok Wan

“It always feels like it's not yours - the fame, success and money. It feels like it's on loan and I think it always will.”

“Fashion can be extremely fickle so you need to work on your image, self-worth and confidence.”

“I love designers like Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld, but I also like the preppy look championed by Tommy Hilfiger.”

“People assume I must have this fantastic body that I'm dying to show off but the truth is I have body issues - just like virtually everybody else.”

“I might do the odd grilled tuna steak, but I don't think you can call that cooking - it's more like heating up, isn't it?”

“The U.K. perception of beauty is totally out of whack.”

“I'm the best flirt in the world.”

“The attractions of Thailand for me are the shops and the colorful street markets. There are loads of bargains and it's a dream destination for shopaholics like myself.”

“When I was first in the fashion industry, I would get hired for a day and be thankful that they wanted me back the following day. There was no long-term security.”

“I'm thick, actually. But it doesn't bother me. I think I'm really clever.”

“I would never impose my styling on anyone on Christmas Day because it's the one day of the year I need off as well.”

“My ethos is that every woman deserves to look and feel truly fabulous regardless of her budget, size and shape.”

“I am terrified of being old and single.”

“Food is a language that my entire family have used to communicate with each other.”

“I love clothes because they can change the way you feel about yourself.”

“You have to stop registering size with negativity. The biggest body can be absolutely beautiful.”

“My first role in catering was front-of-house, at five or six, at my parents' restaurant in Leicester. Me and my brother were dressed in tuxedos and we'd greet guests and be paraded around like show ponies.”

“Everyone has something about themselves they hate. I once worked with one of the most beautiful women in the world and she absolutely hated her feet.”

“There's a lot of psychology involved in my work, a lot of mind play going on when you try and convince someone to feel good about their bodies and have the confidence to walk down a catwalk naked when, initially at least, it's probably the last thing they'd plan to do.”

“I dropped out of my drama course at university after a year and just floated from rubbish job to rubbish job, with no self-esteem and no idea what I wanted to do.”