'What Not To Wear' hosts avoid wardrobe woes

The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- When you pick apart other people's wardrobes for a living, you had better know what looks good on you.

Stacy London and Clinton Kelly, hosts of cable television's "What Not To Wear," acknowledge it took a while to find the looks that worked best for them.

"I'm not afraid to ask advice," says Kelly, 35.

"I have a pretty small frame. I'm tall but not broad-shouldered. I'm a string bean," he says. "For many years I wore shirts that were too big. I looked like I was wearing my dad's shirt as a smock in art class."

London, 35, says she has taken some of her own advice and her wardrobe has gotten a little more exciting without going too far.

"During the first season I wore a lot of black. It was a safe choice, but it has been an adventure to find out what colors work for me," she explains. "I had to learn how to wear color and pattern that reads well on camera but doesn't make me look like a drape."

The show's budget doesn't allow for four different outfits per show, though, so she says her on-screen wardrobe includes her own clothes, clothes bought by TLC, and loaners from designers and retailers.