William Sledd

Infobox Internet celebrity
name = William Sledd

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birthname = William Sledd
birthdate = birth date and age|1983|10|11
birthplace = Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
period active = September 24, 2006-present
host service = YouTube
genre = Vlogging, fashion vlogging
homepage = [http://www.williamsledd.com/ www.williamsledd.com]

William Sledd (born October 11, 1983 in Paducah, Kentucky) is an American vlogger on YouTube. As of September 2008, he has over 100,000 subscribers and is the 35th most subscribed vlogger of all time on YouTube. His videos center around fashion, hair and the one time cupcake-baking episode. The series is most well known for its "Ask a Gay Man" episodes where Sledd, as an openly gay man,cite web |title=A fashion-minded blogger |first=Deborah |last=Netburn |work=LA Times |date=2007-04-08 |url=http://www.topix.net/content/trb/2145079879003255131026411500810291913495 |accessdate=2007-09-15 (partial cached version [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:fJ_ZerTYsJQJ:www.lanet.com/index.php%3Fmodule%3DtRSSNews%26func%3Dview%26option%3Darticle%26artid%3D504788+%22movies+into+slapstick+comedies.+He%27s+a+gay+23-year-old+manager%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us here] ) Note: This article is under a different name at LA Times but you have to apy to get a copy.] explains the latest trends in fashion and occasionally goes on location to point out fashion "dont's" as part of his "Fashion Victim" editions. [cite web
last = Aterovis
first = Josh
title = Interview with William Sledd
publisher = AfterElton.com
date = 2007-07-01
url = http://www.afterelton.com/people/2007/7/williamsledd
accessdate =2008-04-14 ]

Fame beyond YouTube

Sledd's fame has grown outside the YouTube community thanks to the recognition of various television and magazine media. The first publication to print articles about "Ask a Gay Man" was "Instinct" magazine. [cite news | title=Unknown
publisher = Instinct
date = 2006-12-01] On November 2, 2006, "Women's Wear Daily" published an article about Sledd and his "Ask a Gay Man" videos. [cite web | author = Ross Tucker |url=http://wwd.com/notavailable/archive?target=/search/article/110372&articleId=110372&articleType=A&industryKw=search&industryKw2=searcharticle
title =You Tube Fashion Find
publisher = Women's Wear Daily
date = 2006-11-02] Christine Ebersole would next express her love for Sledd on "The View". [cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oypnpnMWzSE|title=William Sledd mentioned on the View 2007|date=2007-11-02 |accessdate=2007-06-15] The "Los Angeles Times" has since dedicated almost a full page to Sledd. Glamour.com has also blogged about Sledd.cite web|url=http://www.glamour.com/fashionbeauty/blogs/suze/2007/05/today_on_today.html|publisher= Glamour |title=William Sledd on Glamour.com |accessdate= 2007-03-30 |date=2007-05-01] The June 2007 edition of "Elle" magazine features an article on Sledd's videos. [(2007-04-20) Elle] "The Hollywood Reporter" mentioned that Sledd's "Ask a Gay Man" series would be added to Bravo's OUTzonetv.com website. [cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/070412/11/132z7.html|title=Bravo overhauls programming, Web offerings|date=April 12, 2007] Sledd's growing fame beyond YouTube was next reported on in the June 10, 2007 edition of "The Baltimore Sun": "With Sledd's established audience, he is a valuable commodity to a channel like NBC's Bravo unit, with whom he has been speaking."cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/custom/aetoday/bal-ae.spotlight10jun10,0,6811523.story?coll=bal-aetoday-headlines|publisher=Balitmore Sun|title=YouTube poster glides into online stardom |accessdate= 2007-06-10] William Sledd most recently appeared in "Glamour" magazine; a portion of which can be found on Glamour.com, known as the "Dos and Don'ts Denim Edition" in which he talks about the dos and don'ts of clothing that are often seen in his "Fashion Victim" editions. [cite web | author = William Sledd |url=http://www.glamour.com/fashionbeauty/slideshows/2007/07/williamsledd
title =Dos and Don'ts Denim Edition
publisher = Glamour
date = unknown] Sledd also partook in a YouTube-style interview with Glamour's Fashion editor Suze Yalof Schwartz, in which Schwartz asked him several questions based around his videos and fashion advice. [cite web | author = William Sledd | url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ci4xT1ERoZU
title =Ever so GLAMORous
publisher = William Sledd
date =2007-07-02] On July 1 2007 Sledd won the first ever Flamingo Award for Outstanding Gayness in the category of "Best Video Blog" for the "Ask a Gay Man: Denim Edition" series. [cite web | author = Flamingo Awards | url=http://www.flamingoawards.com/thewall.html
title =Flamingo Awards Wall of Flame
publisher = flamingoawards.com
date =2007-07-09] William also has a growing friendship with two-time Tony Award-winning actress Christine Ebersole. He has flown to New York to celebrate her birthday with her and to see her perform in the Broadway musical "Grey Gardens". She has also made a guest appearance in his video titled "Christine Ebersole Defends Sweatpants". [cite web|url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=wNqcO8W7Q8s|title=William Sledd and Christine Ebersole|date=2007-10-14 |accessdate=2007-10-17]

Other frequent guests in his videos include Sledd's high school friend, Lindsey Waddy.

Over the summer of 2008, William acquired over 100, 000 Youtube Subscribers, and subsequently on August 16, 2008, he uploaded his first video in several months, introducing a fresh new look. [cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xEsMK9MsF4|title=The Bitch Is Back|date=2008-08-16 |accessdate=2008-10-07]

ee also

*List of YouTube celebrities

References

External links

* [http://www.williamsledd.com William Sledd's official website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/WilliamSledd William Sledd's official YouTube channel]