Mel Ottenberg's guest appearances

Mel Ottenberg

Employee of the Month

Norma Kamali Life

NOT REALLY

Throwing Fits

Barack Obama

Gloria Steinem

Bill Clinton

Cecile Richards

Wesley Morris

Sallie Krawcheck

Jon Hamm

Hillary Clinton

Norman Lear

Rebecca Traister

Gail Collins

Zadie Smith

Kurt Andersen

Peter Thiel

Alan Alda

OwlTail

It's our 50th episode! Listen as we play dead with superstar stylist, creative director of Interview Magazine, and New York City legend-in-the-making Mel Ottenberg and writer, director of the Gladstone Gallery, and co-host of the podcast The C Word with Lena Dunham, Alissa Bennett! We lounge around in Mel's ultrafabulous apartment right before the Oscars to discuss death, glamour, and rap sheets, along with topics as varied and psychically harrowing as haunted botany, possessed rats, 1970s design, Jim Walrod, IF Boutique Soho, Kenny Kenny, Candy Charms, Voluma Galore, Astro Erle, lip injections, dying alone, scary dolls, Sculptra, Alissa's late '90s modeling career, i-D magazine, Hussein Chalayan, dangerous beauties, bad actresses, Blake Lively, Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Jackie Jorpjump, gossip, gangbangs, J.Lo's halftime show, O.J.'s bronco chase, Sante Kimes, Vanity Fair, Dominick Dunne, glamour grifters, our own personal arrest records, Renee Zellweger's Oscar dresses, Jennifer Lopez's acting career, Rosie Perez on the witness stand, Harvey Weinstein's trial, and so much gossip between the lines we had to make this two episodes!  Head over to  patreon.com/notreally for Part 2, our very first MURDER SPECIAL you won't want to miss. 

It's our 50th episode! Listen as we play dead with superstar stylist, creative director of Interview Magazine, and New York City legend-in-the-making Mel Ottenberg and writer, director of the Gladstone Gallery, and co-host of the podcast The C Word with Lena Dunham, Alissa Bennett! We lounge around in Mel's ultrafabulous apartment right before the Oscars to discuss death, glamour, and rap sheets, along with topics as varied and psychically harrowing as haunted botany, possessed rats, 1970s design, Jim Walrod, IF Boutique Soho, Kenny Kenny, Candy Charms, Voluma Galore, Astro Erle, lip injections, dying alone, scary dolls, Sculptra, Alissa's late '90s modeling career, i-D magazine, Hussein Chalayan, dangerous beauties, bad actresses, Blake Lively, Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Jackie Jorpjump, gossip, gangbangs, J.Lo's halftime show, O.J.'s bronco chase, Sante Kimes, Vanity Fair, Dominick Dunne, glamour grifters, our own personal arrest records, Renee Zellweger's Oscar dresses, Jennifer Lopez's acting career, Rosie Perez on the witness stand, Harvey Weinstein's trial, and so much gossip between the lines we had to make this two episodes! Head over to <a href="http://www.patreon.com/notreally" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> patreon.com/notreally</a> for Part 2, our very first MURDER SPECIAL you won't want to miss.

50. "Not Really Dead" w/ Mel Ottenberg & Alissa Bennett

Norma chats with Mel Ottenberg about working with Rihanna, how stylists have eclipsed fashion designers, the influence of the Eighties, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Norma chats with Mel Ottenberg about working with Rihanna, how stylists have eclipsed fashion designers, the influence of the Eighties, and more. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 9: Mel Ottenberg

MEL OTTENBERG is a fashion stylist. He frequently works with photographer Terry Richardson and is currently Rihanna's fashion stylist. Mel's work has appeared in and on the covers of Harper’s Bazaar, V, Details, I-D, Purple, Dazed &amp; Confused, The New York Times Style Magazine, and GQ Style. Mel explained what it's like to work in the fashion industry at a live taping of Employee of the Month at Joe's Pub.

MEL OTTENBERG is a fashion stylist. He frequently works with photographer Terry Richardson and is currently Rihanna's fashion stylist. Mel's work has appeared in and on the covers of Harper’s Bazaar, V, Details, I-D, Purple, Dazed &amp; Confused, The New York Times Style Magazine, and GQ Style. Mel explained what it's like to work in the fashion industry at a live taping of Employee of the Month at Joe's Pub.

MEL OTTENBERG, fashion stylist for Rihanna, explains how fashion shapes culture.