Gok's Fashion Fix

Series 1 | Episode 3 | Gok's Fashion Fix

Watch this episode now on 4oD Gok Wan and Alexa Chung

The Sex and the City girls provided the inspiration for the catwalk theme this week. Gok Wan took on the might of the designer labels in a catwalk face-off; pitting himself against the most powerful buyers in the fashion business to present clothes Sarah J-P would be proud to wear with a high street budget £200 per outfit. It's a tough challenge, but Gok believed that by customising high street clobber and with the right styling know-how, anyone can transform a basic outfit into a jaw-dropping style statement. Did the studio audience agree when it cames to the final catwalk showdown?

Fashionista Alexa Chung managed to score a ticket and backstage access to one of the most exclusive events in the fashion calendar: Chanel's haute couture collection for autumn/ winter 2008. Not only that, but she persuaded the notoriously publicity shy Karl Lagerfeld to open the doors to his Rue Cambon apartment - once the residence of Coco Chanel - to share his private sketches with her. Alexa then lives out every girl's dream, raiding the rails of Chanel's flagship store! Can she cut it as a Parisienne chic chick?

Alexa also road-tested the fibre making a fashion come back: polyester. No longer a scratchy sweat-inducing material, it's quietly undergone a sly rehabilitation, aided by Japense design mavericks Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garcons and Issey Miyake. The effect has of course filtered through to the high street. Alexa Chung's fleet of flight attendants, who wear polyester every day, put the latest designs to the test.

Meanwhile, Gok spent an afternoon with glamorous goth Kelly Osbourne and her delicious designer wardrobe. Plus, there's a game of 'squeeze into these' - when one lucky audience member us challenged to squeeze into one of Kelly's much loved dresses in ten seconds to win a chance to walk away with it. Gok also continues his search for a style icon as his travelling catwalk roadshow hits the UK's city streets.

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Date Time Channel
Thursday 10 July 2008 Channel 4

Music from the episode

Played Track Artist Label
0:00:00 Begin To Spin Me Around Danni Minogue Vs Dead Or Alive London
0:02:23 Sex And The City Theme Groove Armada Sire Records
0:03:27 Standing In The Way Of Control Gossip Backyard Recordings
0:04:28 Pjanno Eric Prydz Pryda Recordings
0:05:36 Girls Calvin Harris Sony Bmg
0:06:20 Can't Get You Out Of My Head/Blue Monday Kylie Minogue Emi
0:09:05 Glamour Funky Fashion Ubm
0:12:10 Give It To Me Madonna Wea
0:12:29 Weapon Of Choice Fatboy Slim Skint
0:13:04 Lipstick Ladytron Cool Commercials 6 Zfc Music
0:15:47 Filthy Gorgeous Scissor Sisters Polydor
0:15:56 Zombies Tension And Suspense Universal Music
0:16:18 Material Girl Madonna Wea
0:16:31 Dangerzone Kennie Logins Sony
0:16:35 Here Come The Girls Ernie K Doe Ernie K Doe
0:17:16 Take My Breath Away Berlin Sony
0:17:48 Hot Hot Hot Buster Poindexter Bmg
0:19:23 Hot In Here Nelly Universal
0:20:11 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana Geffen
0:21:06 Gimme Stitches Foo Fighters Rca
0:21:37 Everything Is Alright Kelly Osbourne Sanctuary
0:22:39 Rock And Roll Queen Subways Infectious
0:31:03 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis Universal Island
0:31:19 500 Miles Proclaimers Chrysalis
0:31:42 Bingo Bango Basement Jaxx Xl Recordings
0:32:03 Hey Baby No Doubt Interscope
0:32:23 Dolls Primal Scream Sonybmg
0:32:42 Work Kelly Rowland Sony
0:33:42 Lipstick Rockers Funky Fashion Ubm
0:34:56 Shine On The Kooks Virgin
0:35:47 Catch You Sophie Ellis Bextor Polydor
0:37:45 Goodbye 70's Yazoo Mute Records
0:40:32 Catwalk Scene Fashion And Design Zomba
0:41:26 Under The Bridges Of Paris Laccordieniste Britannia
0:42:03 I Can't Speak French Girls Aloud Polydor
0:49:46 Deep Heat Funky Fashion Ubm
0:50:43 Push Off Percussion The Base And Drum Set One Music
0:53:42 Step On It Trip Spense One Music
0:55:15 Fashion Rogue Traders Sony Bmg

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