Back Row with Amy Odell
Episodes
How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Built Two Billion-Dollar Empires (Part 1)
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were on television before they could talk and millionaires before they could read. Former Us Weekly editor-in-chief Dan Wak...
How Kim Kardashian Broke the Met Gala
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter and go Premium to access all paywalled podcast episodes and newsletters: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Kim ...
Why 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Is More Accurate Than You Think, with Rachel Tashjian [TEASER]
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The 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/yea...
Met Gala 2026 Recap: Beyoncé, the Bezos Backlash, Kim Kardashian, and Vogue's Silence
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is sponsored by Margaux. First time shoppers get 10 percent off with the code BACKROW. A few of my favorite styles: Wrap sandals ...
'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Filmmakers on How They Nailed the Fall of Fashion Magazines
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING: This episode contains SPOILERS for 'The Devil Wears Prada 2.' This is my full interview with 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' director David Frank...
There Is No More Cerulean
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I 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 ...
The Fraught History of Naming Celebrities 'World's Most Beautiful'
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
People magazine's "World's Most Beautiful" editor Andrea Lavinthal joins Back Row to go behind the scenes of the most coveted — and complicated — ...
Met Gala 2026: The Bezos Backlash, Devil Wears Prada 2, and What It All Means for Anna Wintour
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The 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...
12 Ultra-Rich People Opened Up About What Money Did to Them
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does extreme wealth actually do to a person? Their psychology, their relationships, their behavior? New York Magazine features writer Lane Brown...
Why Anna Wintour Did the 'Vogue' Cover
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This 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...
'The Devil Wears Prada' Rewatch: Was 'Vogue' Really Like That?
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How 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 newslett...
Are We Living Through a New Gilded Age?
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Will 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 wea...
Why Tech Billionaires Are Becoming Fashion’s New Kardashians
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are tech billionaires the next Kardashians? From Mark Zuckerberg sitting front row at Prada to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Met Gala sponsorship...
Inside JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’s Life on Cape Cod
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What 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 do...
Joh Galliano for... Zara?!
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This 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...
The Oscars’ Biggest Fashion Stories: Anna Wintour, the Timothée Backlash, & Is Chanel Good Again?
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Odell is joined by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan of Go Fug Yourself and the Drinks With Broads newsletter to break down the biggest...
Fashion Month Awards Part One: Chanel’s New Era & Tech Billionaires in the Front Row (with Dana Thomas)
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Paris Fashion Week wrapped up the Fall 2026 shows, so Amy Odell and New York Times bestselling author Dana Thomas are handing out the Fashion Month Aw...
The Real Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Odell sits down with Liz McNeil and RoseMarie Terenzio, authors of JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography, to discuss the real romance between Caroly...
Dior Review: Can Jonathan Anderson Cure the 'Luxury Ick'?
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Paris Fashion Week is off and running. Jonathan Anderson's fall 2026 Dior show kicked off the week — and Amy liked it a lot more than she expected! ...
The Secret Rules of the Hermès Game: Who Actually Gets a Birkin?
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amy sits down with Noëmie Leclercq of luxury news outlet Glitz Paris to debate the "Hermès game" (aka everything customers allegedly have to do in o...
Marina Larroudé on Anna Wintour, Barneys, and Building a Multi-Million Dollar Brand
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Odell talks with fashion director-turned-entrepreneur Marina Larroudé about why she left Teen Vogue for Barneys -- and then started her own brand...
Why Big Fashion Doesn’t Dress Olympic Figure Skaters
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the audio version of the Back Row newsletter published February 17, 2026. Why don't fashion designers view Olympic figure skating the way ...
Confessions of a Luxury Sale Whisperer (with Madison Avenue Spy)
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 is available to paid subscribers at backrow.net (which includes full newsletter access) or through Apple Podcasts or Spotify. In Part 2, Amy a...
Are Awards Shows Just Luxury Marketing Now?
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are awards shows still about movies — or are they now luxury fashion marketing disguised as cultural prestige? And who’s actually funding all thes...
How the Bravo Look Took Over Fashion and Beauty (with Watch What Crappens)
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of this episode is available to paid subscribers at backrow.net (which includes full newsletter access) or through Apple Podcasts or Spotify. ...
Celebrity Brands: What Works, What Doesn’t (Goop, Rhode & More)
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2, Ana Andjelic and Amy Odell break down Meghan Markle’s new brand As Ever, how The Row quietly built one of the most powerful luxury brands...
Retail Confessions: Inside Harrods — Demanding Shoppers and the Rules of the Ultra-Rich
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this holiday episode of The Back Row Podcast, Amy Odell shares a special installment of Retail Confessions, featuring an anonymous interview with a...
The Recession of Size Inclusion in Fashion (with Lauren Chan)
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Odell talks with model and writer Lauren Chan about what she calls a "recession of size inclusion" in fashion. After years of progress, brands are...
Emily in Paris vs. Real French Style
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
FOR PART TWO OF THIS PODCAST, sign up for Back Row Premium in Apple or Spotify. In part two, Amy gets Dana Thomas's thoughts on Emily in Paris after ...
How Gwyneth Paltrow's Extreme Diet Sparked a 'Detox' Craze
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gwyneth Paltrow has long been known for promoting various wellness fads that drive experts crazy. Long before she was publicly singing the praises of ...
Anna Wintour, the Bezos Met Gala, and the Politics of Condé Nast (with Good Noticings)
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can we glean about Condé Nast's politics from recent current events? Teen Vogue has been shuttered, but Vanity Fair's Trump 2.0 package was a jo...
Gwyneth Paltrow's Strategic 'Marty Supreme' Fashion Game
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can a 2.5-hour artsy, originally scripted film open at the box office? The Marty Supreme cast is so determined to get us to the theater for this movie...
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...