Enjoy What Birmingham has to offer – The Clothes Show Live 2010
Birmingham National Exhibition centre draws many large events throughout the year and in particular The Clothes Show Live 3 – 8 December 2010.
The Clothes Show Live is a consumer exhibition brand, the events showcase latest fashion, beauty and music trends on large and often interactive features and stands. The show is considered the premier fashion event in the UK and praised for its ability to attract young followers.Serviced City Pads book leisure and corporate stays throughout Birmingham.
The first show launched during 1989 in London, 21 yearas ago on the back of a popular televison programme. Due to overwhelming visitor turn-out since 1990 the event has been held at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. It is solely owned and operated by Haymarket Exhibitions, part of the Haymarket Media Group.Serviced City Pads supply short and long stay apartments.
Depsite the various incarnations of The Clothes Show suffering from popularity waves, the live event has remained steadily popular and still holds an audited visitor attendance of 165,000 making it the second most visited show in the UK.Established model agencies have frequently used the show as a hunting ground for young talent.Serviced City Pads.Many celebraties will attend the event and they don’t come any bigger than Gok Wan who on a recent interview most people dictate their opinion of you on how you look. Gok Wan was born in Leicester and stood out from his peers from a young age and the fact that he was mixed race, tall, overweight and gay led to bullying from other children He was 21 stone in his teenage years and later confessed ‘I was really fat’. He felt restricted and unhappy and eventually dropped out of the course, returning to live with his family. Wan set about losing weight and at the age of 20 he began a crash diet, losing nearly half his weight in several months. Despite the sudden change, he had no problem with have being overweight, later reflecting: ‘I don’t regret having been fat at all.
Gok has worked with many celebrities over the last 10 years including Bryan Ferry, All Saints, Damien Lewis, Erasure, Vanessa Mae, Wade Robson, Lauren Laverne, Wet Wet Wet and Johnny Vaughan.
In 2006, Wan was approached by Channel 4 and asked to present his own fashion show, How to Look Good Naked and has been a popular with its viewers.Gok Wan will be at The Clothes Show Liver from Dec 3 – 5.Gok is back! Armed with his fabulous charm, sparkle and his penchant to let us all know that we are gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! The amazing Style Guru will be at Clothes Show Live presenting in the world famous Fashion Theatre, Friday, Saturday & Sunday only!