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Karamo: My Story Of Embracing
Purpose, Healing And Hope, out now
HIS SIGNATURE MOVE: Driving people
around in his car and imparting life-
changing words like “just because
you’re alone right now doesn’t mean
that you are alone”. No, you’re crying.
THE BOOK: Queer Eye’s “culture”
expert is less museum tour guide and
more counsellor-slash-life-coach. Here
he tells his life story, from the pain of
experiencing racism to discovering,
aged 25, that he had a 10-year-old son.
SAMPLE WISDOM: “Sometimes when
negative voices start to penetrate your
mind, you have to go back to the core
of who you are and why you do the
things you do. If you allow people to
dictate your self-esteem based on their
opinionsofyou,youwillalwaysfail.”r The Top: My Story,
24thSeptember
SIGNATURE MOVE: Mostly
ingoff incredibly ugly beards
e nicest possible way.
BOOK: Who gave Jonathan Van
permission to be the radiant
anhe is today? No one, honey.
is book, he lifts the lid on what
s like to be so OTT in the small
western town where he grew up.
LEWISDOM: “People are all
ed– good and bad, filled with joy
sorrow. The key is being grounded
urrelationship you have with
yourself.Basing my worth in how I
treatmyself despite how others treat
me has been the key to my success- and I want that for you, too.”
Antoni In The Kitchen,
out 19th September
HIS SIGNATURE MOVE: Heading
straight to the kitchen, opening up
the fridge and teaching whoever
is being made over that month
how to, erm, make dip.
THE BOOK: Not just 272 pages of
avocados. The 100 recipes range
from champagne and lemon risotto
to fish tacos with chipotle mayo,
all divided into handy sections,
from Weeknight to Snacks. There
are also almost as many pictures
of Antoni as there are recipes...
SAMPLE WISDOM: “Any hangover, no
matter how vicious, can be soothed
with a bowl of hot zurek [a Polish
sausage and vegetable soup].”Naturally Tan, out now
HIS SIGNATURE MOVE: The “French
tuck”, a way of wearing your shirt or
T-shirt. He’ll also often tell American
men they’re wearing the wrong jeans.
THE BOOK: It tells the story of
Tan’s life through clothes – from
a shalwar kameez to his wedding
ring – and packs in plenty of style
sass along the way.
SAMPLE WISDOM: “When people
say, ‘I don’t know where to start!’ this
is what I tell them. Find a celebrity
whose style you love and Google
photos of them for reference. ‘But
Tan,’ you might say, ‘these celebrities
are dressing in fancy, fancy clothes...’
I get that, but if you go to the likes
of Zara and H&M and Topshop,
they’llhaveknockoffversions.”Culture coach KARAMO BROWN
Grooming guru JONATHANVANNESS Kitchen cutie^ ANTONI POROWSKI
Fashion force TAN FRANCE
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While JVN introduces the wonder of pomade and Antoni whips up a guac, interiors expert Bobby Berk is regularly
called upon to renovate an entire house. And last year he even agreed he does more work than the rest of the
Fab Five. So where’s his megabucks book deal? Apparently, just like on the show, he’s too busy. Poor Bobby.FAB READS
What can you learn from the men of Queer Eye?
Everything, really. Now (almost) all of them have books
out, we’ve assembled the wisest advice from their debuts