Meet “Ask a gay man” YouTube fashion guru

Summary: Thanks to blogging and to YouTube, some fashionistas are able to become celebrated fashion gurus. Whatever you may think of their actual fashion critique merits, they have built their own brands and have thousands of readers and viewers. Meet William Sledd, 23, whose "Ask a Gay Man" videos make up one of the all-time most-subscribed YouTube channels. Just hope that he will not ridiculize your own product in front of his raving crowd.

Source: CNet

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Long before William Sledd found Internet fame for his colorful videos lauding "man bags" and decrying "mom jeans," he was an everyday gadget geek working at The Gap in Paducah, Ky.

"I am such a nerd, it’s ridiculous. I have to have the newest and the best," said Sledd, 23, whose "Ask a Gay Man" videos make up one of the all-time most-subscribed YouTube channels. "Like my favorite thing to do is get a new piece of technology and read the manual cover to cover."

Little did Sledd know that he’d one day be crediting such technology–an iMac, the Internet and a wildly popular video streaming site–for his rise to fame as the cyberworld’s style maven.

Sledd’s flamboyant, witty and brutally honest videos about everything from the evils of toe rings to the virtues of the "man bag" have attracted 66,836 YouTube subscribers.

His weekly installments–most of which are self-filmed and edited in his bedroom–are also now featured as part of Bravo’s OutZoneTV.com site. And the YouTube video that got him noticed–Denim Edition–has been viewed more than 3 million times.

Sporting a distinctive hairstyle, Sledd starts each video with his friendly signature greeting, "Hey bitches!" but he doesn’t hold back and his opinions are strong, if not occasionally harsh. Among his fashion pet peeves are overalls and skinny jeans (unless you’re "a skinny bitch"), wearing socks with sandals, and showing your "muffin top" (i.e., the bulge that oozes out over low-rise jeans).

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