Better Apart, Then Together Again

It was an awkward first encounter. In March, 2011, when Jennifer Chu was 19 and the single mother of three-year-old daughter Orianna, she was introduced to Charonton Barber, a 2002 U.S. Naval Academy graduate. Feeling insecure because Orianna’s father had been Ms. Chu’s only previous relationship, she was unusually quiet when Mr. Barber entered the…

Mel Ottenberg Takes Over Interview Magazine

The fashion stylist Mel Ottenberg, 45, has dressed some of the world’s most influential celebrities (Rihanna and Justin Bieber) and worked with the biggest brands (Dior, Nike and Calvin Klein). For the past three years, he has also been the creative director of Interview magazine, the jumbo newsprint tome founded in 1969 by Andy Warhol.…