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Met Gala 2026 Recap: Beyoncé, the Bezos Backlash, Kim Kardashian, and Vogue's Silence

This episode is sponsored by Margaux. First time shoppers get 10 percent off with the code BACKROW. A few of my favorite styles:

9 hours ago

'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Filmmakers on How They Nailed the Fall of Fashion Magazines

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…

2 days, 3 hours ago

There Is No More Cerulean

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 …

5 days, 3 hours ago

The Fraught History of Naming Celebrities 'World's Most Beautiful'

People magazine's "World's Most Beautiful" editor Andrea Lavinthal joins Back Row to go behind the scenes of the most coveted — and complicated — cov…

6 days, 3 hours ago

Met Gala 2026: The Bezos Backlash, Devil Wears Prada 2, and What It All Means for Anna Wintour

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, an…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

12 Ultra-Rich People Opened Up About What Money Did to Them

What does extreme wealth actually do to a person? Their psychology, their relationships, their behavior?

New York Magazine features writer Lane Brown…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Why Anna Wintour Did the 'Vogue' Cover

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…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

'The Devil Wears Prada' Rewatch: Was 'Vogue' Really Like That?

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 newslet…

1 month ago

Are We Living Through a New Gilded Age?

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 wealth…

1 month ago

Why Tech Billionaires Are Becoming Fashion’s New Kardashians

Are tech billionaires the next Kardashians?

From Mark Zuckerberg sitting front row at Prada to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Met Gala sponsorship, …

1 month, 1 week ago