Fashion designer, reality TV host, and one-man brand, Oldham is the non-threatening gay man middle-aged ladies love to love.

Oldham was born in Corpus Christi and spent his childhood on the move. His dad worked for Bell Helicopters and the family lived in Iran for a spell before returning to Texas when he was a teenager. Oldham's first break came when he started dating Tony Longoria, an assistant buyer at Neiman Marcus: The Texas-based department store was the first place to sell Oldham's knitwear. He later landed backing from the Japanese company, Onward Kashiyama, to produce a designer line. The quirky, flamboyant collection debuted in 1990 and earned him rave reviews and a CFDA award.

Oldham went from fashion darling to minor TV celeb a few years later when he appeared in "Todd Time" on MTV's House of Style. Several forays into entertainment followed, including a line of clothing based on the movie Batman Forever and cameos on 90's sitcom staples Roseanne and The Nanny. When his clothing line took a downturn in the late '90s, Oldham sold both his trademark and stores to Jones New York. Since then he's lent his style (ahem, name) to a diverse array of projects like cheap-but-hip housewares line for Target, partnering with La-Z-Boy, stamping his name on a line of flowers and plants with FTD, and serving as creative director of Old Navy.

He's also shot several music videos and photo campaigns and published a handful of books. Oldham, however, didn't find much success when he hit cable in 2007 with the Bravo reality show Top Design. The show, which also starred Jonathan Adler, didn't score with critics-New York called it "the televisual equivalent of buying a great Marc Jacobs knockoff from Forever 21 and then having it fall apart in the wash." [Image via Getty]