Simply Gok Wan Lingerie Blog

Well I’m back from my hol – I had a fab time, but the first thing I wanted to know this morning at work was – what happened when Gok Wan came in?!

As it happened, the plan was changed so that Gok surprised three Simply Yours ladies at their desks to let them know that they had been selected! I can’t believe I missed it!

One of the three was Sam who featured in my last post. This is what she said about meeting Gok:

“I was absolutely mortified when Gok Wan came into the office calling out my name, but he came over and gave me a big hug, which immediately put me at ease. Gok said I had a ‘great 1950’s thing going on’ but I needed more support for my boobs and something to accentuate my waist.

So I went and tried on pieces from the Gok Wan lingerie range, settling on the Banger Booster bra and the Super Slicker Knickers. The Gok knickers were a lot more comfortable than I expected and gave me a really smooth silhouette without holding me in too much. Other shapewear I’ve tried is too tight on the tummy and gives me tummy ache. The Banger Booster supported my boobs and gave me a great cleavage. I love how you can adjust the bra straps to cross over at the back. I’ve got very narrow shoulders and this makes me feel really secure.

Gok was lovely - very funny and caring and made me feel special. So special that I was happy to stand in front of him and a film crew in just my bra and knickers!”

Sam also told me that when Gok first came in to meet her (after shouting her name at the top of his voice in our extremely open plan office) he made her twirl around so he could take a good look at her. Then he made her undo her top a little bit and peeked in to get a good look at her boobs! Next, (totally living up to his cheeky chappy reputation) Gok asked her to bend over – and he slapped her on the bottom! To make up for it though, Gok gave her a big kiss – and all was forgiven!

 
Here is what Michelle and Sophie, the other two girls had to say about it:

Sophie:

“Gok is really nice, very friendly and re-assuring. Although he did make a holy show of me by pulling my knickers up out the back of my skirt whilst I was stood at my desk!

The underwear felt really nice on and made a big difference to stomach and my waist! I wore the Curve Controller body shaper and it felt very nice and quite sexy on (although I did have to put my heels on too!).

You could tell he was very genuine when he gave us compliments and kept telling us how fabulous we looked!

We sang happy birthday to him and had some cake. Gok was lovely and I would definitely recommend the Gok Wan underwear to ladies of all shapes and sizes, because it not only does it job but it makes you feel very slinky!”

 
Michelle:

Well where do I start - apart from Gok stating I had great bangers! Until I tried on the Gok Wan lingerie I didn’t believe that my assets could actually be lifted - I thought that they would permanently stay south!

I was fitted into a Gok bra, waist control pants and the boned corset all I can say on behalf of the larger lady - wow! I actually had a figure: my waist came back which I had not seen for the last 19 years and to be honest was amazed at the results. I do not really dress up underneath my clothing but I have now had the Gok Wan lingerie for a week and can now safely say that I would buy most of the products - they make you feel really good about yourself.

 
The promotional video for the Gok Wan lingerie should be ready in the next couple of weeks – I’ll post it up as soon as it’s ready.

In the meantime here are some pics of Gok Wan and the girls with the lingerie here at Simply Yours.

Sam, Sophie, some guy called Gok Wan and Michelle. Gok is clearly impressed by Michelle’s bangers.

Sam, Sophie and Michelle with their bangers boosted in the Gok Wan lingerie.

And yes, Gok has signed their boobs!

Gok hanging out at the lingerie fitting.

It’s all about Gok!

A flurry of excitement went round our office yesterday when we discovered that Gok Wan himself was going to be visiting us! And what’s more, he was looking for volunteers to try on the Gok Wan lingerie in order to demonstrate the difference it can make to your figure.  The first 25 girls who e-mailed will get to meet Gok, and of those 25 he’ll select 5 to try on the lingerie and showcase what it can do.

Gok will be working his usual magic, advising which piece from the lingerie range would work best for whom. No doubt he’ll be looking for different shapes and sizes in order to show that the lingerie looks great on everyone.

I didn’t go for it as I’ve been lucky enough to meet Gok Wan once before (and I’m also on holiday that week), but I’m hoping to get all the Gok goss from lucky girls when I’m back to post on here. We’re going to film the girls in the gorgeous Gok lingerie (and their clothes) in a before and after stylee, which we plan to make into a promotional video for the Gok Wan lingerie range. I’ll post that up here too if I can.

Those who responded are waiting with baited breath at the moment, as they don’t yet know who’ll get to meet Gok Wan and try on the Gok Wan lingerie! I’ll keep you, quite literally, posted…

Good old Gok has been working his socks off as usual – and spreading the good word for the Gok Wan lingerie range for Simply Yours too! God bless Gok.

Here are some snippets from Gok about the lingerie:

On the whole lingerie project:

“The [Simply Yours] guys approached me and asked me if I wanted to do a range, and initially I wasn’t sure. I thought about it – and the fact is, I’ve worked with all the other underwear brands for years and magic underwear is really, really ugly. You’re not going to pull in it.

“So what I decided I wanted to do is create a range of underwear that is really sexy but tucks you in, lifts you up and gives you the silhouette you want – magic underwear that does the trick but which also means that girls can still go home and have sex.

“I was involved in every single stage. Because I was putting my name to it, I wanted it to be perfect.”

“It’s taken a year to get off the ground and a lot of effort. I’m proud of what we’ve achieved.”

Read the full article here.

 
On the importance of the right underwear

“It is the foundation of every single outfit you wear and if you bang on underwear that makes you feel unattractive, it doesn’t matter what goes on top. It might be a Christian Dior ball gown or a Chanel jacket, you are still going to feel unattractive.

“My ethos for dressing people is that they have got to feel good about themselves.

“It doesn’t matter what you’re wearing, you have got to feel confident and that starts with the underwear.”

 
On the problem with some magic underwear

“I don’t know how many women have said to me over the years that they love wearing magic pants, but they can never let anyone see them with them on.”

“Over the years, I have used so many different brands of magic underwear and they all seem to have faults.

“The biggest of which is the fact that they are generally really, really unflattering. So I decided that I wanted to design control underwear which was sexy and vintage in style.”

“I wanted to design something that would still give women the confidence they get from control underwear, but in which they would still feel attractive.”

 
On the big size range of the lingerie:

“I wanted my underwear to cater for as broad a market as possible, so we make from a size eight right up to size 20 and beyond.

“I know there is not much available for larger girls when it comes to underwear. Both my sister and my mum are larger and often ask me to get them underwear but I just can’t because there is so little available.

“I also know there are slimmer girls who want to use underwear like this as well.”

 
On the importance of the lingerie project for Gok:

“I have been so nervous about how my underwear will be received.

“It is such a personal thing and I really want it to work. But, at the same time, I don’t want to be seen as one of those TV idiots who pushes themselves on people or just adds their name to something without knowing anything about it.

“I also didn’t want people to feel betrayed by the How To Look Good Naked brand either, because I love the show and I know how much it means to the people who watch it.

“So I was involved in every aspect of creating this underwear, so much so that I think I freaked Simply Yours out a bit. I know just how much effort it took to find fabric that works with the body in a way that it won’t ride up or dig in to give women the unsightly lumps and bulges that they can get with other magic underwear.

“I also know that material allows the skin to breathe, that there is so much Lycra in it, it will never lose its shape.”

Read the full article here.

Bra news roundup

There’s been all kinds of bra stories in the news this month so I thought I’d do a little August bra news roundup!

Bullet-proof bra for the German police force

Not the whole German police force of course – just the female police officers. Apparently ordinary underwired bras can be dangerous to wear in the line of fire, even when worn with a bullet-proof vest:

“The impact of a bullet can push the metal and plastic bits of the bra into an officer’s body, causing serious injury” according to Carmen Kibat, the pioneering woman who identified the problem and did something about it.

The new bras, which resemble a sports bra, are optional for the women police officers; though I think its pretty cool the way they say ‘Police’ all the way round them! And, more importantly, if the bras help save more women from injury then it’s a very good thing.

It doesn’t say what size the bras are available up to so I don’t know whether the more buxom Bundespolizei will be able to find a bra in her size.

Our Gok Wan bra is available up to a G cup of course. Though it is underwired, so we’d recommend it more for a night out on the town than a night fighting crime.

Full bullet-proof bra story here.

 
Stella McCartney furious over one of her bras used in fur campaign

Okay so I may have just relayed the entire story in the header there but let me elaborate a tad. It seems a stylist for a London fur company inadvertently chose a bra from the animal rights advocate’s lingerie range to feature in an advert for a full-length mink coat. As you can imagine, hardcore vegetarian and designer of vegan clothing range Ms McCartney was not best pleased to spot it being used thusly on a full page ad in September’s vogue! The fur company has made a full apology though and are pulling the ad.

Full Stella McCartney bra story here.

 
Vacuum suction bra that makes your boobs grow!

This one sounds pretty disturbing to me. An American surgeon has invented this bra called a Brava. Basically it’s a large pair of plastic domes held in place with a sports bra that induce a gentle vacuum pressure on your boobs and it based around the principle of ‘tension induced tissue growth’ to encourage your bust to increase by up to one cup size.

Apparently it looks kind of freaky (as you would expect) and in order to achieve this growth you have to wear it for 10 hours a day, every day, for about 10 weeks! And it costs nearly £2000!

Where to start? It costs a fortune and you’d have to give up your life for 2 1/2 months (pretty sure you’d get some very funny looks wearing it round the office). Although the makers claim there is no cancer risk apparently it can give you rashes and lesions and it’s pretty disruptive to wear it at night. It’s being billed as a non-surgical alternative to breast implants, but really, you’d have to be pretty desperate for bigger boobs to go though all of that.

I’m reckon I know what Gok’s advice would be. You don’t need surgery – and you definitely don’t need to dedicate your life to wearing a bizarre bra contraption. Having bigger boobs is defintely nto the be all and end all - get some perspective! But if you do want a little lift, the right lingerie is all you need! A good bra can make your boobs look bigger and better shaped instantaneously and painlessly. The Gok Wan bodyshaper, underwired slip, bra and basque all come with removable cookies so you can have more padding if you want it, and of course, they look sexy too. Just think how much gorgeous lingerie you could buy for £2000! I know what I’d rather spend my money on…

Full Brava bra story here.

Everything has had to be kept top-secret about Gok Wan’s underwear collection until now - and I’ve been dying to tell everyone all about the glittering launch party I managed to get myself invited to - so I think it’s time I spilled the beans! I’d like to say that I go to that kind of thing all the time and play it cool but really I was uber-excited – and deciding what to wear was a total nightmare! Anyway, enough about me, let’s get down to the juicy details…

The event was held in an exclusive underground location in London we were greeted by a champagne reception. As we came down the steps we saw the club had been festooned with feathers and jewels and the first things we saw were funky mannequins modelling the gorgeous lingerie. Journalists and media-types were already milling around in the champagne bar, which had been decorated with fabulous blown-up shots of our model in the underwear. There was definitely a sense of anticipation in the air as everyone wondered: ‘When would Gok Wan get here?’ Meanwhile I sipped on my champers and tried to look like I did this sort of thing every day of the week.

As the champagne bar filled up we were led through to a decadent black ballroom with the biggest bunch of red roses on the bar I have ever seen. (Sadly they weren’t a gift for me from Gok but you can’t have everything!) The bar was lined up with delicious looking cocktails, and, well, it would have been rude not to partake wouldn’t it? Still no sign of Gok.

I got chatting to a couple of fabulous drag queens who were a total riot. And then, before anyone knew what was going on, Gok was there and he was on the stage! Microphone in hand, he naturally extolled the virtues of the underwear: ‘It is great. It does work. Which means you can all go out and eat more kebabs and drink more beer!’ Typical Gok! J Then the party really got started. The music was pumping, the cocktails and the conversation were flowing and the entertainment was definitely entertaining! In the next room, glamorous powder puff girls in sexy pink retro outfits and pill-box hats were offering manicures and make-up touch ups, the drag queens were working it and then… the burlesque dancer came on.

I was a little unsure what to expect from a burlesque dancer but it wasn’t at all seedy, although admittedly the men did take quite an interest. With immaculately coiffed forties style hair and fabulous feather fans, ‘Marianne Cheesecake’ performed a classic burlesque striptease, graceful to the very end of her glittery little nipple tassels!

As the night went on I have to confess things got a little blurry. There were definitely lots more cocktails, lots more dancing and a brilliant balloon bursting routine from Ms Cheesecake. Gok even climbed into the DJ booth for a spot of MC’ing. (I think that’s what you call ‘Gokking the mic’?) One thing I do remember quite clearly though was receiving a big smooch on the cheek from Gok Wan himself at the end of the night. Well, what girl could possibly forget that?

It’s finally here! It’s been a long time coming but Gok Wan’s incredible shapewear lingerie range has finally gone live at www.simplygokwan.co.uk and www.simplyyours.co.uk.

We’ve been so excited at Simply Yours about the lingerie collaboration with Gok, and, I think it’s fair to say, more than a little bit stressed along the way but it’s all been worth it. The underwear looks amazing and is set to go down a storm.

We were so thrilled that Gok chose us for his first ever lingerie range. It’s a pretty unique collection – shapewear that not only gives you a great figure but also looks sexy too. I mean, it’s all very well wearing your magic Bridget Jones knickers but when it comes to whipping your clothes off most men would run a mile at the sight of them! (Fortunately for Ms Jones her Hugh Grant was more open-minded than most.) Gok Wan’s lingerie is shapewear you’re not ashamed to be seen in. Proud, in fact. And at Simply Yours, we’re pretty proud to have been a part of it.

See the Gok Wan sexy shapewear range for Simply Yours at www.simplygokwan.co.uk 

Orders will be despatched from the end of August.