Otto Thorndyke

Otto Thorndyke, a character in the Hot Couture series, is Hazel Nguyen's ex-husband and current adversary and rival in the fashion industry. Although he is first pictured in a magazine in Chapter 1, he first appears in person in Chapter 2.

Appearance
Otto has brown eyes, graying-blond hair, and tan skin. He keeps his facial hair in a circle beard. He wears a gold cravat tucked into a white dress shirt and prussian blue blazer with black lapels and gold floral leaf pattern.

Personality
Otto is an egomaniac and a narcissist. He is not lowkey or mysterious, and would rather be given credit for something he did or gave than remain silent. He also has a history of blacklisting people who cross him.

Platinum

 * Chapter 7: Can't Stop (Mentioned)

Hot Couture

 * Chapter 1: Model Behavior
 * Chapter 2: Life of the Party
 * Chapter 3: Making a Splash (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 4: In Hot Water (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 7: Ramping Up (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 8: Benvenuto a Milano
 * Chapter 9: Sabotage
 * Chapter 10: The Devil Wears HB (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 11: Crossroads (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 12: All Sewn Up (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 13: Bring Down the House
 * Chapter 14: Allure
 * Chapter 15: City of Lights
 * Chapter 16: A Star Is Born

Hazel Nguyen
Otto is Hazel's ex-husband and ex-business partner. They had created Hazel Boutique together as Hazel handled the design half and Otto handled the business half of the company. Their divorce was bitter, as he started a rival label, Tatin, afterwards and tried to poach all of Hazel Boutique's employees. Now his company is just as big as Hazel Boutique.

Trivia

 * His character model resembles Mac Hornby from Veil of Secrets.
 * Otto is over 44 years old. It is mentioned that when he and Hazel divorced, he was 44 years old and went on to date a 19 year-old model. It is not clear when they divorced, but is assumed to be at least several years ago since he created Tatin afterwards, grew it to become a big name in fashion, and won the last few straw polls during Milan Fashion Week.