Back Row with Amy Odell
by Amy Odell
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Fashion, style, celebrity and culture. Insider knowledge. Outsider honesty. Humor included. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Runway Robots, AI Influencers, and the Slop Takeover (with Taylor Lorenz) · 44 minWhy are there so many robots on runways these days? From Vogue World Milano to London and New York fashion weeks, this is now, insanely, a Thing! Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz…
- Luxury's Slump: Can Designers Save Fashion? (with Eugene Rabkin) [TEASER] · 18 minThird-quarter earnings are in, and luxury's slump isn't letting up. Kering and LVMH were down, Hermès grew but missed expectations, and Chanel seems like just about the only…
- Working for Anna Wintour & How Vogue Really Picks Its Cover Stars (with Jill Demling) · 48 minJill Demling started as Anna Wintour's assistant in 1998, around the same time as Lauren Weisberger, who went on to write The Devil Wears Prada. Anna promoted Jill to…
- The Rise of Fashion Slop (with Sam Sanders) · 33 minAmy recently joined The Sam Sanders Show to talk about the rise of AI slop in fashion. Thank you to Sam and his team for allowing Back Row to republish the interview here!…
- Inside Kim Kardashian's World with Her Biographer Jonathan Van Meter · 1 h 0 minJonathan Van Meter spent five years inside Kim Kardashian's world for his new biography, Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future. He talks about what her rarefied world of…
- The Swan: Inside Reality TV's Most Brutal Makeover Show (with Director Erin Lee Carr) · 42 min*SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter for more coverage like this: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription.*Referenced in…
- Fashion Month Awards, Spring 2027: Dior's Slump, Chanelmania Continues, and Galliano Fallout (with Dana Thomas) [TEASER] · 18 minSUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter for the FULL Fashion Month Awards podcast and get more coverage like this: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe. Save three months on an annual…
- Stop Impulse Buying: How Fashion Month Keeps You Broke (with Mrs. Dow Jones) · 31 minMrs. Dow Jones (Haley Sacks) on how to stop impulse buying and why fashion month keeps you broke. Part One of two.For part two — about Birkins and fashion's play to woo the…
- Meghan Markle Deep Dive, Part One: From Struggling Actress to Meeting Harry · 47 minHarry and Meghan are back in the UK, six years after leaving the royal family. In the first part of Back Row's deep dive into Meghan Markle, Amy and former Us Weekly and Hello!…
- Fur Is Out of Fashion. Is Wool Next? · 56 minPJ Smith, director of fashion policy for Humane World for Animals (formerly the Humane Society), has spent almost 20 years getting companies from Gucci to Net-a-Porter to go…
- Fashionphile's Founder on How to Spot a Superfake Birkin (with Sarah Davis) · 47 minSuperfakes have never been better and counterfeiters have never been smarter — so how can consumers buy secondhand luxury with confidence? Sarah Davis started Fashionphile on…
- The Trend Forecaster Who Coined "Vibe Shift" on What Comes Next (with Sean Monahan) · 1 h 7 min*SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter for more coverage like this: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription.*Trend forecaster…
- How the Very Rich Really Live, From Billionaires' Row to Lauren Sánchez Bezos · 47 minAmy Chozick has spent her career writing about polarizing women — she covered Hillary Clinton for The New York Times, profiled Elizabeth Holmes right before prison, followed…
- The Met Cancels the John Galliano Retrospective (with Dana Thomas) [TEASER] · 15 minThis is a teaser of a paywalled episode. To listen in full, become a paid subscriber of Back Row at: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe. Or sign up in Apple Podcasts or Spotify…
- 'The September Issue' Rewatch: Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, and the Sienna Miller Hair Crisis (with Kate Casey) · 1 h 9 min*SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter for more coverage like this: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription and get access to…
- How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Built Two Billion-Dollar Empires (Part 1) · 59 minBack Row is on vacation this week, so we're revisiting one of the most popular episodes of the year: a two-parter on Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, in honor of The Row's 20th…
- 'Matcha, Pilates, Alo' Enters Its Flop Era: Inside the Influencer Recession · 39 minSUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter for more coverage like this: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription. Is everything on…
- Is Fashion in Total Creative Collapse? · 40 min*SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter for more coverage like this: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription.*Is fashion in…
- John Galliano Is Finally Getting a Met Gala. Should He? (Teaser) · 8 minJohn Galliano is the subject of the Costume Institute's 2027 exhibition and will be celebrated with his very own Met Gala. Galliano's biographer Dana Thomas — author of Gods and…
- The Louvre Heist and Shady Billionaire Art Owners · 44 min"Parisian Heist" author Jo Piazza joins Amy to break down the October 2025 Louvre robbery — the suspects, the mysterious "sponsor," and why authorities aren't sure the suspects…
- How Meta Turned Smart Glasses Into 'Hot Surveillance Summer' (with Taylor Lorenz) · 44 minIn this special episode in collaboration with the Power User podcast Amy Odell joins tech journalist Taylor Lorenz to trace the arc of wearable tech — from the abomination that…
- The Kennedys and British Royals: Diana's Death, Meghan Markle's Muse, and JFK Jr.'s Ego · 57 min***SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter for more coverage like this. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription.***Town & Country editor Caroline Hallemann's new…
- A Stylist to Billionaires on How the .01 Percent Really Shop · 22 minThis is a teaser of a paywalled podcast. Get the full episode by subscribing to the Back Row newsletter.For podcast content only, go Premium on Apple or Spotify.Joy Cioci has…
- Phia's Latest Scandal: Is Phoebe Gates's Startup in Trouble? · 48 minLawyer and The Fashion Law founder Julie Zerbo makes her Back Row pod debut to discuss the latest Phia scandal. The startup, founded by Bill Gates's daughter Phoebe Gates and her…
- Fall 2026 Couture Awards: Dangerous Shoes, Hat Wars, and Wedding Dresses · 25 minVeteran fashion journalist Dana Thomas returns for Fall 2026 couture awards! We talk about the hat wars at Dior, the wildest shoes, and the Chanel chicken bag that seems like it…
- 13 Biggest Questions About Taylor Swift's Wedding · 1 h 0 minSubscribe to the Back Row newsletter. Go Premium and save three months on an annual subscription to access paywalled podcasts and all newsletter stories. Taylor Swift married…
- What 'Love Story' Got Wrong About Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and JFK Jr.'s Final Days · 31 minThis is a teaser of a paid episode. To access the full episode, subscribe to Back Row at BackRow.net and get newsletter access included with your subscription. Or sign up in…
- From Purses to... Pot?! · 44 min***SUPPORT THIS INDEPENDENT SHOW by subscribing to the Back Row newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribeGo Premium and save three months on an annual subscription to access…
- How Plastic Surgery Went Off the Rails [TEASER] · 27 min***This is a TEASER of a paywalled episode. Sign up for a Premium subscription at Back Row (https://www.backrow.net/subscribe) for access to the Back Row newsletter and all…
- Emergency Gwyneth Paltrow Pod! · 36 minIt started with turkey meatballs and ended with an endorsement deal that led the internet to call her "Gwynicide." Gwyneth Paltrow has had quite a slew of viral moments this…
- Your Clothes Are Full of Chemicals. Here's What You Need to Know. · 51 min***SUPPORT THIS INDEPENDENT SHOW by subscribing to the Back Row newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribeGo Premium and save three months on an annual subscription to access…
- Inside 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Press Tour with Meryl Streep's Stylist · 49 min***SUPPORT THIS INDEPENDENT SHOW by subscribing to the Back Row newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribeGo Premium and save three months on an annual subscription to access…
- What Everlane's Sale to Shein Means for 'Sustainable' Fashion · 35 minSustainable fashion darling Everlane just sold to Shein, the industry's least sustainable company. What does this shocking deal say about both companies, along with the state of…
- Stylist to Billionaires Reveals How the Ultra-Rich Really Shop — and How Much They Spend · 39 minI sat down with Mary Gonsalves Kinney, founder of MGK Style and personal stylist to tech billionaires, politicians, and athletes, to go inside the world of how the ultra-wealthy…
- The Met Gala Then vs. Now: How ‘The First Monday in May’ Holds Up 10 Years Later [TEASER] · 34 minI took off for the holiday this week, so I'm unlocking half of a previously paywalled episode in which podcaster and reality television/documentary expert Kate Casey and I…
- How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Built Two Billion-Dollar Empires (Part 1) · 59 minMary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were on television before they could talk and millionaires before they could read. Former Us Weekly editor-in-chief Dan Wakeford, author of the new…
- How Kim Kardashian Broke the Met Gala · 35 minSUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter and go Premium to access all paywalled podcast episodes and newsletters: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Kim Kardashian spent 10 years…
- Why 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Is More Accurate Than You Think, with Rachel Tashjian [TEASER] · 32 minThe full episode is for paid Back Row subscribers: backrow.net/subscribe A note to listeners: On May 15, prices will increase to $8/month and $72/year. Upgrade to annual to lock…
- Met Gala 2026 Recap: Beyoncé, the Bezos Backlash, Kim Kardashian, and Vogue's Silence · 58 minThis episode is sponsored by Margaux. First time shoppers get 10 percent off with the code BACKROW. A few of my favorite styles: • Wrap sandals • Phoebe flats • Downtown boot…
- 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Filmmakers on How They Nailed the Fall of Fashion Magazines · 40 minWARNING: This episode contains SPOILERS for 'The Devil Wears Prada 2.' This is my full interview with 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline…
- There Is No More Cerulean · 32 minI went on Sam Sanders's show on KCRW to talk all things Met Gala 2026! We get into the Bezos Met Gala sponsorship, fashion's new Gilded Age, and The Devil Wears Prada 2. We also…
- The Fraught History of Naming Celebrities 'World's Most Beautiful' · 46 minPeople magazine's "World's Most Beautiful" editor Andrea Lavinthal joins Back Row to go behind the scenes of the most coveted — and complicated — cover in celebrity journalism…
- Met Gala 2026: The Bezos Backlash, Devil Wears Prada 2, and What It All Means for Anna Wintour · 55 minThe 2026 Met Gala has three storylines running at once: Jeff and Lauren Bezos as lead sponsors, The Devil Wears Prada 2 opening the Friday before, and Anna Wintour doing more…
- 12 Ultra-Rich People Opened Up About What Money Did to Them · 32 minWhat does extreme wealth actually do to a person? Their psychology, their relationships, their behavior? New York Magazine features writer Lane Brown set out to answer that…
- Why Anna Wintour Did the 'Vogue' Cover · 8 minThis is the audio version of the Back Row newsletter published April 7, 2022. What on earth is Anna Wintour doing on the cover of Vogue?! A theory as to why she's leaning so hard…
- 'The Devil Wears Prada' Rewatch: Was 'Vogue' Really Like That? · 55 minHow much was Vogue really like The Devil Wears Prada? Amy Odell sits down with former Vanity Fair critic and the author of the Premiere Party newsletter, Richard Lawson, to…
- Are We Living Through a New Gilded Age? · 32 minWill Kris Jenner's birthday party be immortalized on an HBO show in a hundred years? Maybe. The Gilded Age was America’s first era of extreme wealth, inequality, and loud luxury…
- Why Tech Billionaires Are Becoming Fashion’s New Kardashians · 38 minAre tech billionaires the next Kardashians? From Mark Zuckerberg sitting front row at Prada to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Met Gala sponsorship, tech billionaires are…
- Inside JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’s Life on Cape Cod · 39 minWhat did Love Story get wrong about JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette?Amy Odell sits down with Kate Storey, author of White House by the Sea, to break down what really happened inside…
- Joh Galliano for... Zara?! · 7 minThis is the audio version of the Back Row newsletter published Tuesday, March 17. After waiting two years for John Galliano's next move, we finally know he's going to Zara. In…
