Education

In 1987, Clinton Kelly graduated from Comsewogue High School. He graduated from Boston College in 1991 with a degree in Communications, where he served as the president of Boston College's University Chorale. In 1993, Clinton Kelly did his master's from Medill School of Journalism in Journalism with a specialization in magazine publishing at Northwestern University.

Career Experience

Clinton Kelly served at DNR, which is a menswear magazine, as an executive editor. He also served at Mademoiselle as a deputy editor, where he wrote an advice article under the alias Joe L’Amour. Clinton Kelly also worked at Marie Claire as a contributing editor. Along with Stacy London, he has done air duties and new shows. He began his career as a freelance writer and contribute many articles for various fashion magazines. Clinton Kelly still writes. However, he has expanded his horizon into fashion designing and consulting. Clinton Kelly joined the show food recipe show ‘The Chew’ in 2011 which is telecasted during daytime at ABC channel.

While Clinton Kelly was working at Daily News Record, he was approached by the producers of TLC as they want to recast their lead protagonist for ‘What Not to Wear’. Kelly was selected as a co-host of Stacy London for the show after three auditions. Clinton Kelly appeared as a guest consultant in 2008 at Miss America: Countdown to the Crown, the TLC reality series. He also supported Mario Lopez during the telecast of live pageant.

Clinton Kelly along with Stacy London wrote a book named ‘Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body’ in 2005. He also wrote another book in 2008 with the title “Freakin' Fabulous: How to Dress, Speak, Behave, Eat, Drink, Entertain, Decorate, and Generally be Better than Everyone Else”. Clinton Kelly wrote a book on women’s fashion in 2010 titled as “Oh No She Didn't”. He also wrote “RedEye”, a weekly style column in The Chicago Tribune. He also owns a clothing line known as ‘Kelly by Clinton Kelly’ through QVC.

Personal Information

Although Clinton Kelly has openly disclosed, he is a gay. However, his personal life is quite silent and private. His unique fashion design and taste does not show any stereotypical signs or labels for gay fashion. Clinton Kelly married to Damon Bayles in 2009, and both of them are residing in Connecticut. They are living happily, and no information is available about their children and divorce. Media has reported no news till date about his affairs with any women. Kelly is actually estimated to have a $2 million net worth.