Stacy London

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Stacy London
London in 2023
Born (1969-05-25) May 25, 1969 (age 54)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Stylist, fashion consultant, author, magazine editor
Years active1993–present
PartnerCat Yezbak
RelativesHerbert London (father)

Stacy London (born May 25, 1969) is an American stylist, fashion consultant, author, and magazine editor. She is known primarily for her time as co-host on

What Not to Wear, a reality television program that featured wardrobe and appearance makeovers
.

After graduating from

Today Show
. From 2009 to 2010, she was a celebrity spokesperson for Pantene, Woolite, Dr. Scholl's, and Riders by Lee. She co-owns Style for Hire and is the creative director of Westfield Style.

Early life

London was born in

20th-century philosophy and German literature and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[5] It was during a summer internship in Paris in Christian Dior's PR department that she took a serious interest in pursuing a career in the fashion industry.[2]

Career

London began her career as a fashion assistant at

Suave, Target, Levi Strauss & Co., Maytag, Swatch, Longines, and Calvin Klein.[8]

London began co-hosting

Today Show.[13]

From 2009 to 2010, London was a spokesperson for

Westfield Trumbull in Connecticut.[23]

London was the executive producer of Big Brooklyn Style, a reality show about customer experiences at Lee Lee's Valise boutique in New York. The show premiered May 29, 2012 on

The View from 2015 to 2016.[28]

Personal life

London lives in the

Carroll Gardens neighborhood of New York City's Brooklyn borough.[29] On December 31, 2019, she announced that she was in her first serious relationship with a woman, musician Cat Yezbak, and had been so for over a year.[30] She wrote on Instagram, "So I used to date men. Now I date her."[31]

London has suffered from psoriasis since childhood.[32][33] Due to her experience growing up, she became a spokesperson for the National Psoriasis Foundation in 2007[34] and AbbVie's "Uncover Your Confidence" campaign in 2013.[35] She is well known for her naturally-occurring gray streak in the front of her hair—known in the medical field as poliosis—which she has had since she was 11 years old.[33] Her Pantene contract includes a "gray clause" that allows her to keep it.[36][37]

In the early 1990s, London struggled with anorexia, binge eating, and other weight issues.[32][38] Standing 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm),[5] she was 90 pounds (41 kg) at her lightest weight and 180 pounds (82 kg) at her heaviest.[32][38] In a 2007 interview with Sirens magazine, she said of the experience, "I have been every size in my life. I've been smaller than a zero, up through a size 16. I've had lots of issues with body image and weight my whole life and it really took a great deal of work to recognize that at all those weights, no matter how I felt, I could still find a dress that made me feel sexy and powerful."[39]

In 2010, London was profiled by

Time Out magazine in their article/photo series about the most stylish New Yorkers.[40] That same year, she performed in the Off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore, a series of monologues about women's clothes and their relationship to life events/memories.[40] As of 2016, London has never been married and has no children.[32][38] She discussed being single, the importance of personal style, and her past struggles with eating disorders in her second book, a memoir, titled The Truth About Style.[41]

In December 2016, London underwent spinal fusion surgery to correct a chronic back problem, which required a six-month rehabilitation.[42]

References

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  2. ^ a b Gitter, Emily (August 17, 2004). "The Makeover Artist". NYSun.com. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
  3. ^ Roberts, Sam (November 12, 2018). "Herbert London, Conservative Savant and Social Critic, Dies at 79". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Riley, Naomi Schaffer (July 6, 2007). "In the World of Women's Wear: Sense and Sensibility". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  5. ^ a b Huget, Jennifer (April 21, 2009). "Stacy London's Low-Snark Approach to Feeling Fine About Your Body". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c Steve Boorstein. "Clothing Doctor bio". ClothingDoctor.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  7. ^ "Stacy London: Fashion Expert". CAASpeakers.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  8. ^ "Beauty & Style Experts: What Not to Wear". iVillage.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
  9. ISBN 0307236714
    .
  10. ^ Baker, Olivia (November 22, 2007). "At home: TLC's Stacy London shoehorns her style into her duplex". USA Today. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
  11. What Not to Wear
    . Season 4. Episode 17. December 23, 2005. TLC.
  12. ^ "Fashionably Late with Stacy London". Discovery.com. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  13. ^ a b "Style lounge opens at Westfield". Acorn-Online.com. May 24, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Meet Pantene personal pro: Stacy London". Pantene.com. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
  15. ^ "Stacy London". FindtheLookKeeptheLook.com. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
  16. ^ "DR. SCHOLL'S(R) FOR HER Joins Forces With Style Expert Stacy London to Help Women Achieve Style and Comfort" (Press release). PR Newswire. April 8, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Stacy London Finds Her Perfect Fit with the Riders by Lee Brand" (Press release). Business Wire. March 10, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
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  22. ^ "Westfield Announces National Partnership With Celebrity Stylist Stacy London". RunwayNews.com. August 26, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  23. ^ "Westfield Style". Westfield.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  24. ^ O'Hare, Kate (May 29, 2012). "'What Not to Wear's' Stacy London embraces 'Big Brooklyn Style'". Zap2It.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  25. ^ "Shape Editor-in-Chief Tara Kraft Adds Stylish Stacy London to Roster" (Press release). PR Newswire. February 13, 2013. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  26. ^ Berkshire, Geoff (March 6, 2013). "'What Not to Wear' canceled by TLC after 10 seasons". Zap2It.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  27. ^ Persad, Michelle (January 22, 2015). "Stacy London Can Tell You More Than Just What Not To Wear". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  28. ^ "Season 19 of 'The View' kicks off with new cast, old favorite". ABC7 San Francisco. September 8, 2015.
  29. ^ Velocci, Cristina; LeWinter, Rachel (September 7, 2010). "Most stylish New Yorkers: Stacy London". Time Out. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  30. ^ "What Not to Wear host Stacy London comes out on New Year's Eve and reveals 'hot butch girlfriend'". January 2020.
  31. ^ Puente, Maria. "Fashion maven Stacy London is 'in love' with a woman, introduces her girlfriend on Instagram". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  32. ^ a b c d Zuckerman, Suzanne (October 8, 2012). "My Long Battle with Eating Disorders" (PDF). CAASpeakers.com. People. pp. 77–79. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
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  34. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (September 18, 2007). "Q&A: Stacy London". OK!. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  35. ^ "Stacy London Launches Uncover Your Confidence™ Campaign to Empower People Living with Psoriasis". MultiVu.com. PRNewswire. July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  36. ^ Firesheets, Tina (March 15, 2009). "Stacy London advocates empowerment through fashion". News & Record. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
  37. ^ Martin, Adrienne (December 21, 2010). "Glory grays". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved December 21, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  38. ^ a b c Wicks, Amy (October 1, 2012). "Stacy London: From Makeovers to Memoir". WWD.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  39. ^ Bartz, Andrea (December 19, 2007). "Quote This!: Stacy London". Sirens Magazine. Archived from the original on August 8, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
  40. ^ a b Velocci, Cristina; LeWinter, Rachel (September 7, 2010). "Most stylish New Yorkers: Stacy London". Time Out. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  41. ISBN 978-0670026234
    .
  42. ^ Stacy London (2018-02-02). "Stacy London on Her Year of Going Broke". Refinery29.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.

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