Naturally Tan

Tan from South Yorkshire only wanted to retire after a grueling but successful few years of running his fashion labels. He was fraying at the seams from the tremendous pressure, and wanted to spend more time with his husband, maybe start a family. He never planned on being famous, never thought he would go on to being one of the most recognisable and loved faces in the TV-watching world.

When the world saw him on the first episode of the newly-zjooshed Queer Eye was also the first time he had ever been in front of the camera ever, but as we all know, three seasons in and Tan (together with the other four) have gotten their art down to an ... well, art.

Naturally Tan is an easy read and wonderful insight to Tan France's life before Queer Eye and how it changed his life after. He speaks about meeting his husband Rob and the steadfastness of their relationship through his fashion career and TV career, about his own experience of growing up as a gay South Asian kid in England, and how he feels the weight of responsibility of being brown and gay in the very public eye.

As a great fan of Queer Eye myself, anything these guys do are of interest to me and a memoir of Tan's life so far was too good to pass up. I was not disappointed. Tan reveals a lot about the casting process for the show, and how the existing cast already struck up a rapport before any of them were officially cast.

A fun, insightful read and fans, and a great filler while you're waiting for the next season.

ARC courtesy of NetGalley.