Wayne Scot Lukas

Wayne Scot Lukas is an American fashion consultant, known best as the former co-host of the makeover reality program "What Not to Wear" which broadcasts on TLC in the United States and Canada.

Wayne's client list has included: Janet Jackson, Tina Turner, Cindy Crawford, Christie Brinkley, Lauren Hutton, Halle Berry, Glenn Close and Meryl Streep, among others. Born in Bergenfield, NJ, Wayne starred in TV commercials as a child model. Later he trained at the Pratt Institute, studying graphic design, before becoming a fashion stylist.

Wayne claims he can dress anyone whatever their size, shape or budget. He has been quoted as saying, "I have dressed every body type from Roseanne Barr to Janet Jackson."

Wayne featured his costume designs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Rock Style" exhibit. The costumes in the exhibit were advertised as some of the best in music history by the exhibit's promoters. The outfits chosen included Janet Jackson's couture dominatrix outfit from the Busta Rhymes "What's It Gonna Be" video, a video which won numerous awards for style and music. The exhibit also featured two of Tina Turner's tour costumes for the 1995-1996 Wildest Dreams tour; the premiere outfit was designed by Wayne Scot Lukas and executed by Gianni Versace. Wayne has been nominated for the coveted VH-1 Vogue Fashion Award for "Most Stylish Video". Other videos that he has styled and designed for have won awards on MTV, BET and VH-1. He costume designed and was visual consultant on Tina Turners "Wildest Dreams" World Tour, and her "24/7" World Tour. Wayne also worked on special opening costumes for Janet Jackson's "All For You" World Tour. Wayne styled Justin Timberlake's wardrobe on the 2003 Justified and Stripped World Tour, and transformed Timberlake into a style icon.

Wayne's work as a fashion stylist has been seen on the editorial pages of many magazines including: Elle, Arena, Marie Claire, Us, People, W, Vibe, Premiere, Entertainment Weekly, Italian and British Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar, among others. He is currently involved in creating a line of lingerie and body shapers that "really work". He also is in the process of releasing his first book on style tips. In an interview on CNN/FN in 2004 he claimed to have a film and television company with Janet Jackson. Wayne served as the spokesperson to promote "What To Wear" in photographs with Kodak Perfect Touch. For several years he has been resident stylist and has provided style tips to Spiegel, through which he shows women how to fit their body types and create their perfect "uniform". Lukas was previously named a spokesperson for msnshopping.com, where he shared his fashion tips for real people and showed the public how to shop and create their own personal clothing and home style online.

Most recently, Wayne designed a line for HSN (Home Shopping Network) called Lukastyle

External links

* [http://www.waynescotlukas.com/ Lukas's official site]
* [http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/whatnottowear/stylegurus/lukas.html TLC's page about Lukas]