My special Wan is on the prowl so you'd best dress to impress

NOW I'm no pervert, or what my gay best friend in London likes to call a "fag hag", but I love Gok Wan, and as far as I'm concerned he could feel my "bangers" any day.

Stuff this thought-provoking drama series, headline grabbing fly-on-the-wall documentary or news lark – I just don't care when Gok's around.

As far as I'm concerned, his Channel 4 show How to Look Good Naked is the saviour of Tuesday night television. No matter what, I'm glued to the box watching TV's most benign makeover show.

I cringe with embarrassment as the stylist and self-confessed former fat boy forces his subjects to strip to their ageing, greying and sagging smalls. I feel a pang of empathy as they cry in the mirror at the reflection they've long been hiding.

I sit transfixed during the transformation process, wondering how Gok is going to manage to morph this hapless woman into a confident, self-assured sexpot.

I will admit it – I have been known to shed a tear as they finally pose nude and strut their stuff down the catwalk wearing very little. What a difference a Gok makes.

So when I heard the Wan himself is gracing Edinburgh with his presence this weekend, I was delighted. This time an Edinburgher or three will get a shot at being Goked.

His new TV series, which brings him to the Capital – as well as heading up a style adviser service with Dorothy Perkins – sees him on the prowl for stylish but dressed women. So ladies, dress to impress this weekend.

"Britain is known to be the most fashionable country in the world, and I'll be looking for our next style icon," Gok admitted.

"I'll be looking for people who can mince their gorgeous butts down the runway. I will be roaming the streets and literally pulling members of the public from work, school or college to strut their stuff on the catwalk."

Once he's found them, he'll be asking them to take to his travelling catwalk –which will be based in Castle Street.

That's the thing about Gok. It's an increasingly self-obsessed world where looks seem to matter more and more. It's harsh, it's unfair, but it's true. But Gok's aim is to tackle this head-on and treat the low-level body dysmorphia from which he says we all suffer.

"The UK perception of beauty is totally out of whack. We're incredibly confused about what we think is attractive – women who are a size ten but who hate their bodies; women who admire someone who is a 14 but who don't want to be a 14 themselves. We haven't a clue. We're told certain things and we believe them."

So, he's looking for Ms Average this weekend – someone who has her own unique style, irrespective of age, size or bank balance. Skinnies need not apply.

Perfect poise
GOK has competition for my love, however – in the form of Margaret from The Apprentice. Faced with female candidates who are continually bitchy, bullying, underhanded and generally show women in a bad light, Margaret keeps schtum, rises above it, maintains her cool and soldiers on. What a girl she is.

You have to admire the way this understated girl of substance puts the other women in their place. No shouting, no back-stabbing and no confrontations. She does it without even opening her mouth. She follows the adage that actions speak louder than words and simply lifts an eyebrow. Brilliant.

Poise, elegance and dignity. That's what it's all about.