Polpat Asavaprapha ( th, พลพัฒน์ อัศวะประภา, ), nicknamed Moo ( th, หมู), is a Thai designer, creative director of Asava fashion house,
founder of Asava Group
and serves as President of the Bangkok Fashion Society.
Polpat is also a familiar face on television, well known as a mentor of ''
The Face Men Thailand (season 1)
''The Face Men Thailand Season 1'' began audition on 30 April 2017 at at CentralWorld, Bangkok. Kantana Group and Channel 3 held a press conference on 29 June 2017, at Quartier Water Garden in The EmQuartier, Bangkok. Lukkade Metinee, Moo A ...
''
and
''season 2''.
Biography
Early life
Polpat is
luk khrueng
''Luk khrueng'' ( th, ลูกครึ่ง, literally "half-child") is a colloquial Thai term referring to a person whose parents are of different nationalities. In a narrow sense, luk khrueng means people of mixed Thai and foreign origin; a pe ...
, with a
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
mother and a
Thai father.
He grew up in a business-oriented family which owns car dealerships like Toyota dealer PS Enterprise.
He graduated from
Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...
, Mass Communication faculty, majored in Speech Communications and Performing Arts and earned a master's degree from
,
Claremont Graduate University,
a Fashion Design degree from
Parsons School of Design in
New York and trained with a selection of well-known brands including
Giorgio Armani,
Maxmara and
Marc Jacobs.
Career
Having studied and worked in
New York for almost 10 years, Polpat came back with a dream to pursue a fashion career as a dedicated designer.
Since then, he has successfully established his own namesake couture brand, Asava that is locally as well as internationally recognized.
He is now the Creative Director and founder of Asava Group, which consists of luxury bespoke clothing, Asava, ASV and White Asava, and a restaurant, Sava Dining.
He has also made a name for himself by designing the costumes for
Miss Universe Thailand;
,
Chalita Suansane
Chalita Suansane ( th, ชลิตา ส่วนเสน่ห์; born 24 December 1994) is a Thai model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder from Samut Prakan. On 23 July 2016, she won Miss Universe Thailand 2016 and represented Thail ...
,
Maria Lynn Ehren and
Sophida Kanchanarin.
He also runs his own restaurant, Sava Dining, at
EmQuartier and is an executive at the family-owned Toyota dealer PS Enterprise.
Personal life
Polpat is an openly
homosexual man.
Television
* ''The Designer season 2'' as judge
*
''The Face Thailand season 3'' as guest judge
*
''The Face Men Thailand season 1'' as mentor
*
''The Face Thailand season 4 All Stars'' as guest judge
*
''The Face Men Thailand season 2'' as mentor
References
External links
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Living people
Polpat Asavaprapha
LGBT fashion designers
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Claremont Graduate University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)