Todd Oldham

Who is Todd Oldham?

Todd Oldham is an American-born designer and president of L-7 Designs Inc. His fun, lighthearted approach to fashion and style has become known to millions through his fashion lines, interior designs, books and by appearing in television shows. Oldham is openly gay.

Oldham launched his first clothing line in 1989 and won the Council of Fashion Designer Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent in 1991. In 1998, Oldham moved to New York with his business partner, Tony Longoria. Oldham served as creative consultant to Escada in the late 1990s. He launched a perfume line in 1995 and designed a clothing line for Target. In 1995, he produced a clothing line associated with the Warner Brothers film Batman Forever. Oldham designed furniture and home accessories for La-Z-Boy furniture and served as creative director for Old Navy.

Oldham designed The Hotel of South Beach in 1999. He is currently designing the annex to the hotel. Oldham has become widely known to American TV audiences through his many television appearances, most notably as host of "Todd Time" on MTV's House of Style in the 1990s. He hosted Fashionably Loud on MTV in 1999 and recently served as mentor to contestants on Bravo's Top Design.