Podcast Episodes

Versace's Second Shocker and Fashion's Great Unsettling

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 acq…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Social Media Broke Fashion (and Everything Else) with Taylor Lorenz

Tech journalist and creator​ ⁨@TaylorLorenz⁩ joins Amy Odell on the Back Row podcast to explain how social media has completely reshaped fashion. Fr…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

What Fashion's Wealthy 'Very Important Clients' Want and Gift for the Holidays

"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 East …

5 months ago

Is Vogue Still Relevant? Rachel Tashjian on Fashion’s Power Shift

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 …

5 months ago

The Devil Wears Prada: Anna Wintour and the Assistant Who Started It All

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 A…

5 months, 1 week ago

I Tried Victoria Beckham's Gray T-Shirt

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 and…

5 months, 1 week ago

Black Friday: How Fashion Brands Use Cult Tactics on You

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 ho…

5 months, 1 week ago

Kim Kardashian’s Brand Is Blankness; ‘All’s Fair’ Is a Tacky Mess

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 a…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Anna Wintour's 10 Most Influential Covers

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 …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Was Jane Birkin Unfairly Commodified by Hermès?

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…

5 months, 3 weeks ago