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 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 (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.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.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.
As fashion designers and fans of the film Grey Gardens (1975), both he and John Bartlett appear on the Criterion Collection DVD of the film and discuss Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale's influence on fashion.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Strangers with Candy
2005
Mr. Oldham (uncredited)
The Nanny
1996
TV Series
Todd Oldham
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Handmade Modern
2005
TV Series documentary creator
Costume Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Simply Irresistible
1999
costumes: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beasts of the Southern Wild
2012
special thanks
VH1 Rock Docs
2010
TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
The Colbert Report
2006
TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Blue Car
2002
special thanks
Brown's Requiem
1998
thanks
Pecker
1998
the producers wish to extend their thanks for contributions
The Pallbearer
1996
special thanks
Girl 6
1996
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Characters
2016
TV Series
Himself
House of Style
2012
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Host
Electoral Dysfunction
2012
Documentary
Himself - Ballot Designer
Bettie Page Reveals All
2012
Documentary
Himself - Fashion Designer
House of Style: Music, Models and MTV
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Beauty Is Embarrassing
2012
Documentary
Himself
More Than the Rainbow
2012
Documentary
Himself
Skin Trade
2010
Documentary
Himself
Top Design
2007-2008
TV Series
Mentor / Himself - Host
Independent Lens
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Your Mommy Kills Animals!
2007
Documentary
Himself - Designer
20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Handmade Modern
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Ghosts of Grey Gardens
2005
Short
Himself
Punk'd
2003
TV Series
Himself
Curve
2002/I
Documentary
Himself
Intimate Portrait
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
E! True Hollywood Story
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Tracey Takes On...
1998
TV Series
Himself
Unauthorized Biography: Milo, Death of a Supermodel