If you’re not familiar with the terms sartorial contraceptive, birth control glasses and lady boner, then you’re obviously pitifully unaware of fashion’s latest verb going viral, man-repelling, a phrase birthed by The Man Repeller herself, Leandra Medine. After stumbling upon her blog, becoming a reader, then realizing I had subsequently referred to it countless times in my own conversations about fashion, I knew it was high time I spoke to the girl behind the glasses. This is what she had to share about being Miss Man Repeller.

Barely a year ago Leandra Medine, a young fashion student living in New York City, thought hard about how to create a style blog that would distinguish itself from the vast sea of fashion-centric blogs flooding the web. Having been praised by family and friends for her funny and distinct voice, Medine knew she would have to do something different then the thousands of other young style bloggers, posing coquettishly for their photographer boyfriends’ cameras in varying degrees of high-low ensembles, some pontificating on what little they actually knew of the fashion industry, some rambling on about their own supposedly stylishly lives, others simply happy to pout, hand on hip, designer bag dangling.

The Man Repeller is 21-year-old Medine’s hilarious meditation on just how repellant much of women’s fashion is to (straight) men, especially the outfits that are feted on prominent style sites like Jak&Jil and The Sartorialist. Harem pants, bow ties, large geek-chic glasses, turbans — all man-repelling trends according to Medine. Not content with merely featuring the top man repellers from around the web, along with the best man-repelling fashion and accessories, more and more Medine is featuring photos of herself in aggressively man-repelling outfits, many of which she will teach readers how to accomplish with a step-by-step tutorial dependent on inventive layering and creative accessorizing.

Read the full article on The Huffington Post here

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And here are a few more exclusive insights from Medine…

MB: Top three man-repelling pieces in your closet?

LM: Adrienne Landau Mongolian fur vest, velvet Dolce & Gabbana bowtie and lime green high-waisted harem trousers.

MB: Favorite magazines and blogs?

LM: Elle and Harper’s Bazaar, Sea of Shoes, The Glamourai, Mikkat Market, Fashionologie and The Cut.

MB: Top trends for spring/summer?

LM: Red and fuchsia blocking, midi dresses and skirts, detachable collars and platforms.

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