Back Row with Amy Odell

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  1. 20 hr ago • Subscribers Only

    Retail Confessions: The Nordstrom and Gucci Vet on the Luxury Boom that Stimulus Checks Built

    Amy's husband Rick is back as the voice of Retail Confessions! Back Row's most popular series, in which luxury retail workers talk about what selling the world's most expensive fashion is really like. This installment from the archive talks about the aspirational shopping boom that occurred during the pandemic, which trend forecaster Sean Monahan discussed in this week's episode. Also discussed: the men who lie about their shoe size; the sugar daddies getting swindled by their mistresses; and the worst customer behavior this source ever experienced. Get a Premium subscription to Back Row through BackRow.net and you'll get access to all paywalled podcasts plus the newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe

  2. 5 days ago

    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 forecaster Sean Monahan coined the "vibe shift" five years ago to describe the unease millennials felt coming out of the pandemic. Of all the terms Monahan has coined — from "normcore" to the "boom boom aesthetic" — the vibe shift may have been the stickiest. He and Amy revisited his predictions from five years ago and discuss what he got right and wrong. Monahan offers predictions on whether smart glasses will take; where rage bait is heading; the future of "flexing"; where the Met Gala goes from here; and what luxury fashion has to do to recover. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 03:00 The boom boom aesthetic and the '80s that weren't 06:00 Why crypto killed streetwear 08:30 Normcore, and the anxiety behind it 19:00 Did tackiness give way to taste? 24:00 Smart glasses, glassholes and surveillance 38:00 Rage bait and the clipping economy 47:30 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' and Jeff Bezos 1:04:30 How does luxury fashion recover? 📩SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row Newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Back Row on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@amy_odell 📷 Follow Back Row on Instagram: @backrow 📷 Follow Amy on Instagram: @instamyodell Follow Sean Monahan 📷 Follow Sean on Instagram: @8ghtb4ll 📩 Read 8Ball: https://www.8ball.report/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 1 Sept

    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 Spotify. In a stunning move, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has cancelled "John Galliano: Horizons," the Costume Institute retrospective planned for May 2027. Galliano's biographer and fashion journalist Dana Thomas joined Amy hours after the Met made the announcement. They discuss what this means for fashion, for John Galliano, and for the Met Gala's planner and previously all-powerful architect, Anna Wintour. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Why Dana wasn't surprised 01:30 When you lose the politicians and the donors 03:00 "Not an aberration" — Dana's New York Times op-ed 05:00 The incidents that never got reported 06:00 The 2019 spa incident 07:30 What the comment sections revealed 11:30 Philippe Virgitti, still waiting for an apology Subscribe to the Back Row newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Buy Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano: https://amzn.to/4cSeZHw Edited by Chrissi Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 1 Sept • Subscribers Only

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

    In a stunning move, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has cancelled "John Galliano: Horizons," the Costume Institute retrospective planned for May 2027. Galliano's biographer and fashion journalist Dana Thomas joined Amy hours after the Met made the announcement. They discuss what this means for fashion, for John Galliano, and for the Met Gala's planner and previously all-powerful architect, Anna Wintour. And most importantly: will anyone take the fall? CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction — fashion's myopic little world 03:00 The Zara collaboration lands this week 05:00 Can Galliano get his name back from LVMH? 09:00 Anna Wintour's waning influence 12:30 The press release — and who takes the fall 19:00 The Netflix doc filming her swan song Subscribe to the Back Row newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Buy Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano: https://amzn.to/3T9Ea1A Edited by Chrissi Harris.

  5. 31 Aug • Subscribers Only

    'The September Issue' Rewatch Bonus: Anna Wintour's Filming Another Doc — What's Left to Say?

    Anna Wintour's Netflix documentary — by the same director of the Beckham docuseries — is in the works. But after so many docs, what's left to say? Kate Casey of 'Reality Life with Kate Casey' joins Amy to speculate why this is happening and what we know about it. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 05:00 "People say you are an ice woman" - Anna and the media 07:30 What can the next documentary possibly say? 📺 SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row Newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe 📷 Follow Back Row on Instagram: @backrow 📷 Follow Amy on Instagram: @instamyodell Follow Kate Casey 📷 Follow Kate on Instagram: @katecaseyca 🎙️ Reality Life with Kate Casey on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reality-life-with-kate-casey/id1154758766 🎙️ Reality Life with Kate Casey on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iZzKUbEWAsWVkFRebb9Gu This episode was edited by Chrissi Harris.

  6. 24 Aug

    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 20th anniversary. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were on television before they could talk and millionaires before they could read. Former Us Weekly editor-in-chief Dan Wakeford, author of the new ⁠Celebrity Intelligence newsletter⁠, joins Back Row to break down the Full House casting story, the Dual Star empire, the billion-dollar licensing machine, and the NYU years that changed everything. Part Two — revealing the secrets behind The Row — is available to Premium subscribers. Sign up at ⁠Back Row⁠ (https://www.backrow.net/subscribe) to get newsletter access included with your subscription, or in Apple Podcasts or Spotify. ⁠Find Part Two in Apple Podcasts here⁠ ⁠Find Part Two in Spotify here⁠ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Dan Wakeford and Celebrity Intelligence 02:47 Why the Olsens are a unique case study 07:50 The Full House casting story 10:07 The reality of child stardom 16:22 How their personalities diverged early 19:49 From pennies to $80,000 an episode 26:27 The home video empire begins 33:28 The billion dollar licensing machine 48:00 Turning 18 and taking control 53:41 NYU and the paparazzi years 57:47 How everything changed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. 24 Aug • Subscribers Only

    The Secrets Behind How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Really Run The Row (Part 2)

    The Olsens were the most overexposed child stars in America. Then they disappeared — and built one of the most exclusive luxury brands in fashion. In Part Two, I talk to former Us Weekly editor-in-chief Dan Wakeford about how they launched The Row while hiding their names from it, what it's actually like to work for them, why their prices are so high, and what a billion-dollar valuation means for where they go next. CHAPTERS 00:00 From overexposed to exclusive 01:00 The NYU paparazzi years 04:54 How The Row began 09:19 Why they hid their names from the brand 14:36 Barneys buys the whole first collection 23:40 Inside The Row office 26:36 Mary-Kate, Ashley, and their private lives 30:13 The pandemic and the stealth wealth explosion 34:45 The billion-dollar valuation 39:23 The $600 Hamptons grocery run

  8. 10 Aug

    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 fashion in the throes of a total creative collapse? Critic Eugene Rabkin — founder of StyleZeitgeist and author of the new book Torn: Fashion and Postmodernism — joins Amy to make the case. He argues luxury has "devolved into a consumerist spectacle," its lack of ideas papered over by relentless marketing. They get into the greedflation behind a $140,000 Dior dress, why "craftsmanship" is the industry's greatest con, the Italian sweatshop scandals that never seem to stick, how Bernard Arnault turned the fashion world into the fashion industry — and the death of criticism, and why nobody seems to care. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 02:30 Fashion's creative collapse: the thesis 08:30 Greedflation & the $140,000 Dior dress 13:00 The craftsmanship con 15:00 Sweatshop scandals: Dior & Loro Piana's vicuña 23:30 The death of fashion criticism 32:00 Bernard Arnault & how he industrialized fashion 📺 SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row Newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe 📷 Follow Back Row on Instagram: @backrow 📷 Follow Amy on Instagram: @instamyodell Follow Eugene Rabkin 📷 Follow Eugene on Instagram: @eugenerabkin 📚 Buy the book: Torn: Fashion and Postmodernism This episode was edited by Chrissi Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Fashion, style, celebrity and culture. Insider knowledge. Outsider honesty. Humor included.

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  • Creator
    Amy Odell
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    124
  • Copyright
    © Amy Odell 2025
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    Back Row with Amy Odell
  • Provider
    Amy Odell Inc.

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