Back Row with Amy Odell

Runway Robots, AI Influencers, and the Slop Takeover (with Taylor Lorenz)

Why 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 L

Luxury's Slump: Can Designers Save Fashion? (with Eugene Rabkin) [TEASER]

Third-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 o

Working for Anna Wintour & How Vogue Really Picks Its Cover Stars (with Jill Demling)

Jill 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 ent

The Rise of Fashion Slop (with Sam Sanders)

Amy 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

Jonathan 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 w

The Swan: Inside Reality TV's Most Brutal Makeover Show (with Director Erin Lee Carr)

*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.*Referenc

Fashion Month Awards, Spring 2027: Dior's Slump, Chanelmania Continues, and Galliano Fallout (with Dana Thomas) [TEASER]

SUBSCRIBE 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

Stop Impulse Buying: How Fashion Month Keeps You Broke (with Mrs. Dow Jones)

Mrs. 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 t

Meghan Markle Deep Dive, Part One: From Struggling Actress to Meeting Harry

Harry 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

Fur Is Out of Fashion. Is Wool Next?

PJ 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

Fashionphile's Founder on How to Spot a Superfake Birkin (with Sarah Davis)

Superfakes have never been better and counterfeiters have never been smarter — so how can consumers buy secondhand luxury with confidence? Sarah Davis started Fashionph

The Trend Forecaster Who Coined "Vibe Shift" on What Comes Next (with Sean Monahan)

*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 fo

How the Very Rich Really Live, From Billionaires' Row to Lauren Sánchez Bezos

Amy Chozick has spent her career writing about polarizing women — she covered Hillary Clinton for The New York Times, profiled Elizabeth Holmes right before prison, follo

The Met Cancels the John Galliano Retrospective (with Dana Thomas) [TEASER]

This 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 Sp

'The September Issue' Rewatch: Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, and the Sienna Miller Hair Crisis (with Kate Casey)

*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 a

How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Built Two Billion-Dollar Empires (Part 1)

Back 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 20t

'Matcha, Pilates, Alo' Enters Its Flop Era: Inside the Influencer Recession

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 every

Is Fashion in Total Creative Collapse?

*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 fashi

John Galliano Is Finally Getting a Met Gala. Should He? (Teaser)

John 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 G

The Louvre Heist and Shady Billionaire Art Owners

"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 su