Podcast Episodes

Fashion Month Awards Part One: Chanel’s New Era & Tech Billionaires in the Front Row (with Dana Thomas)

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 A…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Real Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette

Amy Odell sits down with Liz McNeil and RoseMarie Terenzio, authors of JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography, to discuss the real romance between Carol…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Dior Review: Can Jonathan Anderson Cure the 'Luxury Ick'?

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! S…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Secret Rules of the Hermès Game: Who Actually Gets a Birkin?

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 or…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Marina Larroudé on Anna Wintour, Barneys, and Building a Multi-Million Dollar Brand

Amy Odell talks with fashion director-turned-entrepreneur Marina Larroudé about why she left Teen Vogue for Barneys -- and then started her own brand…

5 months ago

Why Big Fashion Doesn’t Dress Olympic Figure Skaters

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 t…

5 months, 1 week ago

Confessions of a Luxury Sale Whisperer (with Madison Avenue Spy)

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…

5 months, 1 week ago

Are Awards Shows Just Luxury Marketing Now?

Are awards shows still about movies — or are they now luxury fashion marketing disguised as cultural prestige? And who’s actually funding all these c…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

How the Bravo Look Took Over Fashion and Beauty (with Watch What Crappens)

Part 2 of this episode is available to paid subscribers at backrow.net (which includes full newsletter access) or through Apple Podcasts or Spotify. …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Celebrity Brands: What Works, What Doesn’t (Goop, Rhode & More)

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 …

6 months ago