Sam Saboura

Saboura was born in Park Ridge to Ilham O’Neill, a fashion designer. He graduated from Johnsburg High School in McHenry County, Illinois in 1991.{{cite news |last1=Starks |first1=Carolyn |title=Local man makes good style host for ABC’s `Extreme Makeover’ |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/07/10/local-man-makes-good-style-host-for-abcs-extreme-makeover/ |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=10 July 2005}} He went on to graduate from the University of Iowa with a degree in theater, before working as a celebrity personal shopper.{{cite news |last1=Gire |first1=Dann |title=Celebrity stylist Sam Saboura started in the suburbs |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/20150303/news/celebrity-stylist-sam-saboura-started-in-the-suburbs/ |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=Daily Herald |date=3 March 2015}}

He appeared on the ABC show Extreme Makeover from 2003 to 2007,{{cn|date=June 2024}} during which time he had two books published. He co-hosted Something Borrowed, Something New on TLC with designer Kelly Nishimoto from 2013 to 2014.{{cite news |title='Something Borrowed Something New' Renewed for Season Three by TLC |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/04/18/something-borrowed-something-new-renewed-for-season-three-by-tlc/255443/ |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=Zap2it |date=18 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234532/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/04/18/something-borrowed-something-new-renewed-for-season-three-by-tlc/255443/ |archive-date=2014-04-18}} Alongside working in television, as of 2015 he was working in various other roles such as design, styling, and as a teacher at School of Style in Los Angeles. As of 2022 he was creative director of DG2, the clothing brand of shopping channel personality Diane Gilman.{{cite news |last1=John |first1=Caroline |title=Diane Gilman Leaving HSN: Where Is the “Jean Queen” Going? |url=https://www.earnthenecklace.com/jean-queen-diane-gilman-leaving-hsn-what-happened-dg2/ |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=Earn The Necklace |date=28 November 2022 |language=en}}

• Sam Saboura's Real Style: Style Secrets for Real Women with Real Bodies, Clarkson-Potter (2005) {{ISBN|1-4000-9771-1}}
• My Real Style: A Makeover Journal, Potter Style (2006) {{ISBN|0-307-33629-8}}

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