Polpat Asavaprapha
Thai designer and businessman
- Designer
- Creative director
- The Face Men Thailand (season 1)
- The Face Men Thailand (season 2)
Polpat Asavaprapha (Thai: พลพัฒน์ อัศวะประภา, RTGS: Phonphat Asawaprapha), nicknamed Moo (Thai: หมู), is a Thai designer, creative director of Asava fashion house,[1] founder of Asava Group[2] and serves as President of the Bangkok Fashion Society.[3] Polpat is also a familiar face on television, well known as a mentor of The Face Men Thailand (season 1)[2][4][5] and season 2.[6]
Biography
Early life
Polpat is luk khrueng, with a Japanese mother and a Thai father.[7] He grew up in a business-oriented family which owns car dealerships like Toyota dealer PS Enterprise.[8][9]
He graduated from Chulalongkorn University, Mass Communication faculty, majored in Speech Communications and Performing Arts and earned a master's degree from Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University,[8] 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.[2][3]
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.[8] Since then, he has successfully established his own namesake couture brand, Asava that is locally as well as internationally recognized.[8]
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.[8][5]
He has also made a name for himself by designing the costumes for Miss Universe Thailand;[8] Aniporn Chalermburanawong, Chalita Suansane, Maria Lynn Ehren and Sophida Kanchanarin.[2]
He also runs his own restaurant, Sava Dining, at EmQuartier[7] and is an executive at the family-owned Toyota dealer PS Enterprise.[1]
Personal life
Polpat is an openly homosexual man.[10]
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
- ^ a b Phatitit, Nicharee (May 7, 2018). "6 Thai Designers On Creating The Perfect Wedding Dress". Thailand Tatler.
- ^ a b c d Pungkanon, Kupluthai (August 8, 2018). "The bold and the beautiful - The Nation". The Nation.
- ^ a b "Polpat Asavaprapha - Signature Designer - SO Sofitel Hua Hin". SO Sofitel Hua Hin.
- ^ "Giving good face". Bangkok Post. Aug 3, 2017.
- ^ a b "Defined by taste". Bangkok Post.
- ^ "หล่อเดือดกว่าเดิม The Face Men Thailand 2 เตรียมออนแอร์ตอนแรก 7 ตุลาคมนี้ ทางช่อง PPTV". THE STANDARD (in Thai). 2018-09-25.
- ^ a b Doman, Gaby (May 4, 2015). "Siam style: Polpat Asavaprapha of Asava - Lifestyle Asia Bangkok". Lifestyle Asia.
- ^ a b c d e f Ormtavesub, Chanya (Apr 6, 2018). "Q&A: Thai designer Polpat Asavaprapha on his philosophy of fashion". Lifestyle Asia.
- ^ Jansuttipan, Monruedee (Nov 22, 2013). "Asava Founder Polpat Asavaprapha on Making it as a Fashion Designer". bk.asia-city.com.
- ^ "อะไรรกหูพี่ไม่ฟัง 48 ปียังเผ็ด 'หมู อาซาว่า' ฉบับไม่เซนเซอร์" (in Thai). Thai Rath. 29 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30.
External links
- Polpat Asavaprapha on Instagram
- Polpat Asavaprapha on Facebook
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- Lukkade Metinee (2)
- Moo Asava (1–2)
- Lukkade Metinee (1)
- Peach Pachara (1)
- Sonia Couling (2)
- Toni Rakkaen (2)
- Akhamsiri Suwanasuk [th] (3)
- Jirayu La-ongmanee (3)
- Araya Indra (3)
- Sabina Meisinger [th] (3)
- Sabina Meisinger (1)
- Antoine Pinto (2–3)
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