Podcast Episodes

Retail Confessions: Inside Harrods — Demanding Shoppers and the Rules of the Ultra-Rich

On this holiday episode of The Back Row Podcast, Amy Odell shares a special installment of Retail Confessions, featuring an anonymous interview with …

6 months, 1 week ago

The Recession of Size Inclusion in Fashion (with Lauren Chan)

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 ar…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Emily in Paris vs. Real French Style

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…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

How Gwyneth Paltrow's Extreme Diet Sparked a 'Detox' Craze

Gwyneth Paltrow has long been known for promoting various wellness fads that drive experts crazy. Long before she was publicly singing the praises of…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Anna Wintour, the Bezos Met Gala, and the Politics of Condé Nast (with Good Noticings)

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…

7 months ago

Gwyneth Paltrow's Strategic 'Marty Supreme' Fashion Game

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 movi…

7 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Zoe's 'Real Housewives' Debut (with Brian Moylan)

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 Housewiv…

7 months, 1 week ago

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…

7 months, 2 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…

7 months, 2 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 …

7 months, 3 weeks ago