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Todd Oldham (born October 22, 1961) 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 launched his first clothing line in 1989 and won the Council of Fashion Designer Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent in 1991.〔(Fashion Encyclopedia: Todd Oldham )〕 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 (2002–2003). 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 (2003–2007) and served as creative director for Old Navy.〔(Reuters, Sep 2007 )〕 Oldham designed The Hotel of South Beach in 1999.〔(Hotel of South Beach )〕 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''. Oldham is also actively involved in book publishing. He has produced a number of books on various aspects of style for Ammo Books as part of the Place Space series. Books in the series include photos and essays on filmmaker John Waters, the artist compound in upstate New York owned by Joe Holtzman (the founder of ''Nest'' magazine), and the Rhode Island School of Design’s off-campus housing and Bedrock City. Oldham has also created ''Hand Made Modern'', ''Without Boundaries'', and various other titles. In June 2007, Oldham released a monograph of artist Charley Harper’s work titled ''An Illustrated Life''.〔(Ammo Book – ''Charley Harper – An Illustrated Life'' by Todd Oldham )〕 == Early life == Oldham was born Jacky Todd Oldham〔http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/20902?c=search&first=Todd&last=Oldham〕 in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1961 to Jack and Linda Oldham. He has two sisters and one brother. At age 15, he designed his first dress when he stitched together some pillowcases.〔(Art and Culture )〕 His father was a computer programmer and the family moved around due to his father’s job, including a four-year stint in Iran when Oldham was 12. He moved to Dallas, Texas, after graduating high school. His first job was in the alterations department at the Polo Ralph Lauren. He borrowed $100 from his parents, bought 41 yards of white cotton jersey, dyed it and put together a tiny collection that he sold to Neiman Marcus.〔(Newsweek, June 1995 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Todd Oldham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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