Mel Ottenberg

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Mel Ottenberg (born 1976) is an American wardrobe stylist and is the editor-in-chief of Interview magazine. [1] Since 2011, he has worked as Rihanna's stylist as well as numerous other high profile musicians, actresses, and celebrities. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He lives and works in New York, New York. [8]

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Early life and education

Ottenberg grew up in Washington, D.C., the child of a baker and a magazine designer/publisher. [8]

Work

Ottenberg has worked on campaigns for Dior, Nike and Tom Ford. He served as fashion director of 032c [9] [10] and collaborated with numerous photographers including Inez and Vinoodh, Mario Sorrenti, Steven Klein, Terry Richardson, Wong Kar-Wai and Collier Schorr. [11] His work has appeared in publications like Purple , [12] Harper's Bazaar , Dazed & Confused [13] [14] . GQ , [15] and T. [3] [4] [10]

In addition to fashion editorials, he has worked extensively with musicians for projects such as Troye Sivan's "My My My!" music video, [16] Björk's Vulnicura album cover, [17] and Alicia Keys’ 2019 Grammy Awards hosting duties.

Ottenberg has worked with celebrities including Selena Gomez, [18] Lana Del Rey, [19] Justin Bieber, [20] Chloë Sevigny, [21] James Franco, [22] Cate Blanchett, [21] and Jennifer Aniston. [23] [24] [11]

Interview Magazine

In 2018, Ottenberg became Interview magazine's creative director. [23] [24]

Ottenberg was named Editor-In-Chief of Interview in 2021. [11]

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