Back Row with Amy Odell
Episodes
Rachel Zoe's 'Real Housewives' Debut (with Brian Moylan)
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
World-renowned Real Housewives expert Dame Brian Moylan joins Amy Odell on the Back Row podcast to talk about Rachel Zoe's debut on The Real Housewive...
Versace's Second Shocker and Fashion's Great Unsettling
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the audio version of the Back Row newsletter published December 9, 2025. 0:16 - Fashion enters its "great unsettling" 1:47 - Prada Group a...
How Social Media Broke Fashion (and Everything Else) with Taylor Lorenz
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tech journalist and creator @TaylorLorenz joins Amy Odell on the Back Row podcast to explain how social media has completely reshaped fashio...
What Fashion's Wealthy 'Very Important Clients' Want and Gift for the Holidays
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Hermès playing cards are my go-to." Chapters: 01:35 - VIC no. 1: The Expat Living in Dubai 03:10 - VIC no. 2: The Personal Shopper for Upper E...
Is Vogue Still Relevant? Rachel Tashjian on Fashion’s Power Shift
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion critic Rachel Tashjian joins Amy Odell to unpack the biggest shifts happening right now in fashion media. From Vogue’s future to the creator...
The Devil Wears Prada: Anna Wintour and the Assistant Who Started It All
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hype for The Devil Wears Prada 2 (out May 2, 2026) is already off the charts. In this special holiday episode, listen to an excerpt from Amy's book An...
I Tried Victoria Beckham's Gray T-Shirt
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And a bunch of other pieces from her clothing line. This is my story. Check out the photos in the Back Row story. 2:16 - Trying the gray T-shirt an...
Black Friday: How Fashion Brands Use Cult Tactics on You
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brown may be the new black — but brands are the new cults. Amy talks to CUNY professor, author, and ex-marketing executive Dr. Mara Einstein about h...
Kim Kardashian’s Brand Is Blankness; ‘All’s Fair’ Is a Tacky Mess
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Atlantic staff writer and Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves author Sophie Gilbert joins Amy to talk ab...
Anna Wintour's 10 Most Influential Covers
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Anna Wintour's last Vogue cover as editor-in-chief, featuring Timothée Chalamet, Amy counts down her top 10 most influential covers from ...
Was Jane Birkin Unfairly Commodified by Hermès?
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy interviews Marisa Meltzer, author of It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin, about how Birkin became one of the most famous fashion icons of ...
Victoria Beckham's Netflix Show: Infomercial or Documentary? With Ryan Bailey
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy sits down with Ryan Bailey, host of So Bad It's Good, to analyze Victoria Beckham's Netflix docu-series. They discuss how it compared to David Bec...
The Row's Sample Was WILD
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Row's sample sale just wrapped in New York City. The slew of haul vlogs fans of the brand posted after pillaging the sale resulted in some of the...
Avery Trufelman on the Origins of Modern Menswear and Gorpcore
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Avery Trufelman, the host of the Articles of Interest podcast, talks to Amy about her new season, how the military influenced gorpcore and modern pre...
Does Gwyneth Paltrow Wish Me Well?
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Odell (author of Gwyneth: The Biography) interviews Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, stars and creators of the hit play with music, Gwyneth Goes Skii...
The Untold Story of Victoria Beckham's Brand
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy reviews Victoria Beckham's new Netflix documentary, which sheds light on how she went from maligned tabloid star to the founder of her own fashion...
Fashion Month Awards: Spring 2026
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy is joined by Dana Thomas, fashion journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Deluxe, to pick spring 2026 Fashion Month Awards. Categories...
The Verdict on Chanel!
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy reviews designer Matthieu Blazy's historic debut collection for Chanel. This podcast is based on this issue of her Back Row newsletter. Als...
Jonathan Anderson's Dior Debut: The Response!
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well, it happened. At long last, Jonathan Anderson showed his first Dior women’s collection. Is everyone happy now? Well, not really. Read th...
Introducing Back Row with Amy Odell
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m Amy Odell. You may know me from writing New York Times best-selling biographies of Anna Wintour and Gwyneth Paltrow. Or my first book, Tales fro...