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Lloyd Boston has built his reputation as America's favorite "Style Guy" and Lifestyle TV Host. He is currently the host of his own style show, Closet Cases, on Fine Living Network (debuting top of 2009). Millions of TV viewers from Oprah and NBC Today, to The View and CNN American Morning regularly follow Lloyd's simple style philosophy that Less is Modern.
For nearly a decade, Lloyd Boston has been a regular contributor and style editor to NBC's Today Show with close to 150 celebrated appearances. Lloyd is also a popular guest contributor to ABC's The View; and his focused broadcast journalist work with NY's Emmy nominated Full Frontal Fashion has made him a leading voice of New York Fashion Week for nearly 10 seasons strong.
A man of style and substance, Lloyd is also the author of three coveted style books: his first and LA Times best-seller Men of Color (Artisan); followed by Make Over Your Man (Doubleday); and his latest book, which he also illustrated, Before You Put That On (Simon and Schuster); his two latest books have been featured along with Lloyd on Oprah.
He is an original alum host of E! Entertainment's STYLE Network where he began as a regular style sidekick on their highest-rated The Look for Less; in addition to hosting two of his own series, Style Essentials and Runway.
Lloyd's accelerated rise through fashion television has made him one of the most trusted and recognizable style experts with over 30 appearances on network and cable television shows combined from Tyra, Extra, and The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet; to Nick at Night, HSN, and CNN Oscar Red Carpet Coverage.
In 2007, Lloyd Boston teamed up with the global mega-brand Jones New York as their first-ever male spokesperson and exclusive "style guy". In this role, Lloyd travels the country touching the lives of countless women through personal appearances, style clinics and his online fashion forum.
Named one of Crain Magazine's esteemed "Forty Under Forty", Lloyd Boston is the former VP of Art Direction for Tommy Hilfiger where he worked for a decade before transitioning into a regular national event spokesperson for both Hilfiger and Lenscrafters. In like fashion, Lloyd has been a style lecturer to numerous brands including Giorgio Armani, American Express, American Airlines, Johnson & Johnson and Yahoo!
Lloyd Boston's writings and style philosophy have been featured in numerous publications including: Elle, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, InStyle, O Magazine, People, Real Simple and The Wall Street Journal.
For more on Lloyd, visit LLOYDBOSTON.COM.
