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]
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]