➡ Tan France Biography
Tanveer Wasim, who is popularly known as Tan France, is an English fashion designer, yet a great television personality and an author as well. He belongs to a Muslim family, born and raised in Doncaster, South Yorkshire,
best known for the Netflix series named “Queer Eye”, host of the web series named “Dressing Funny”, and co-host of “Next In Fashion.” There are more things to know about him and here we gathered some unknown things you probably didn’t know about him.
8 Things You Didn’t Know About Tan France
His birth & family background
Tan France was born as Tanveer Wasim Safdar in 1983 to a Muslim family. His parents emigrated from England before his birth, but by birth, Tan France is British. He belongs to a strict Muslim household where he faced a lot of issues, particularly, racism.
Tan France as a British, White gay
He became one of the very first openly gay South Asian men on a major show and one of the first gay Muslim men on western television.
He started his career at a young age
His grandfather founded a manufacturing company in Northern England-named “Bury”, exclusively designed denim, -Disney. Tan joined him for gaining the experience as he was so young at that time but it helped him a lot.
He worked for large-scale fashion lines
Tan France worked for large-scale fashion lines after completing studies in the field of fashion design. He worked for Zara, Selfridges, Chanel, and others to diversify the learning experience. Throughout the work, he learned design to deliver to wholesale and after continuous efforts, he became a manager in his 20s.
He founded his own clothing line in 2011
In 2011, Tan France founded his own clothing line named “Kingdom & State”. He loves women’s clothing as compare to menswear because the possibilities are unlimited in women’s clothing so he preferred to establish a women’s clothing line.
His goal as a stylist
Being a fashion designer, Tan France’s goal as a stylist is to help people be the best version of themselves.
He married to Rob France
Being a gay, he married to Rob France and met him on an online dating site. Rob is a freelance illustrator and belongs to a strict Mormon household and their similar backgrounds brought the pair together.
His Memoir, published in June 2019
In June 2019, he became a published author of a book, his memoir named “Naturally Tan” got critical acclaim. In the book, he describes the major global issue of homosexuality, and the challenges he faced in a conservative Muslim family.
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