Fashion blogger Leandra Medine on what it REALLY means to be a Man Repeller as she debuts her first memoir at just 24

By Olivia Fleming

PUBLISHED: 16:56 EST, 10 September 2013 | UPDATED: 17:38 EST, 10 September 2013

If Leandra Medine's New York apartment were to burn down, she wouldn't save her Valentino shoes, Acne blazer or Preen blouse.

Instead, the fashion blogger, whose memoir Man Repeller: Seeking Love. Finding Overalls is scheduled for release on September 10, would rescue her passport, Jewish prayer book and a blanket she has had since birth.

'I wouldn't save clothing,' the 24-year-old admitted to MailOnline. 'I have always had a fleeting relationship with clothing.'

Founder of the blog Man Repeller, Leandra Medine (left), whose memoir Man Repeller: Seeking Love. Finding Overalls is scheduled for release on September 10, is pictured with founder of Into the Gloss, Emily Weiss

It's certainly an unexpected answer from a young woman who is mostly known for writing about, and dressing in, high fashion. But Ms Medine, the author behind hit fashion blog The Man Repeller, has never been one to conform - her blunt honesty and quick-witted style commentary turning her into a household name.

Her much-anticipated book, which has the same sarcastic tone as her Web site, is set out as a series of essays about Ms Medine’s life; each chapter named after particular items of clothing.

From childhood through to high school, college at The New School - during which she launched Man Repeller in April 2010 - her blog’s success and her recent wedding, the book chronicles Ms Medine's biggest life hurdles through one giant fashion lens.

Ms Medine's much-anticipated book, which has the same sarcastic tone as her Web site, is set out as a series of essays about her life

For instance, she recounts wearing long skirts and long-sleeve tops to Ramaz, her orthodox Jewish high school. She writes about being kicked out of her grandmother’s hospital room after turning up in ripped jeans shorts ('Darling, I know we’re in a recession, but surely your father can afford to buy you shorts without holes in them'); and about a pair of drop-crotch harem pants that, to her surprise, attracted two men, one of whom became her husband.

When asked whether she's still Man-Repelling, a term Ms Medine defined in 2010 as 'outfitting oneself in a sartorially offensive way that will result in repelling members of the opposite sex,' she says she never really set out to Man Repel men, but rather to give a 'nod to self confidence'.

Ms Medine shrugs off the notion that young women might be afraid to wear certain highly-coveted fashion trends that women adore and men abhor (harem pants, boyfriend jeans, overalls, clogs, or full-length jumpsuits, for example), for fear of repelling men.

'You can't allow that apprehension to permeate you psyche,' she explained. 'You have to keep a feeling of goodness in your exteriors.'

Although 'white socks' are up there on her list of most embarrassing fashion moments ('I forgot to take off my socks!' she yelled after she lost her virginty age 19), Ms Medine claims she 'doesn't really get embarrassed' by her often eccentric choices. 'That's part of learning to be expressive,' she said.

Similarly, nothing is off limits when it comes to fashion. 'I never thought I'd wear Birkenstocks, but here I am!' she laughed, before adding: 'Having said that, I'm pretty sure I'd never wear Crocs.'

Ms Medine, the author behind hit fashion blog The Man Repeller, has become a household name thanks to her blunt honesty and quick-witted commentary on high fashion 

Ms Medine, who is frequently photographed in luxury designer pieces and is subsequently asked how she afforded the expenses of blogging full-time while studying, grows cagey when asked whether her parents ever helped her.

'I never borrowed money from mom,' she said. 'I lived at home, but my parents never helped me. I worked hard and moved out. I treated my blog like a business, hard work is important.'

Named one of the 25 best blogs of 2012 by Time magazine, with 1.5million unique page views per month, Ms Medine's hard work seems to have paid off.

However, she admits: 'Through most of college I forwent recreational endeavors to buy boots from Zara. That still happens frequently.'