# Back Row with Amy Odell

> Amy Odell's newsletter and podcast on fashion, luxury and culture: the industry, unfiltered. Three times a week. Join free.

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## Posts
- [How Buyers Really Afford Birkins, Part 2](https://www.backrow.net/p/how-buyers-really-afford-birkins-part-2): Plus: Danielle Bernstein wants to "reset"; Meghan Markle's advent calendar; and more. 
- [Did Chanel Set Virginie Viard Up to Fail?](https://www.backrow.net/p/did-chanel-set-virginie-viard-up-to-fail): Plus: Vanity Fair's OpenAI ragebait; Bernard Arnault is poor(er); and more.
- [Retail Confessions: The Assistant Who Lived 'The Devil Wears Prada'](https://www.backrow.net/p/retail-confessions-the-assistant-who-lived-the-devil-wears-prada): Plus: thoughts on John Galliano's $1,000 Zara dresses; Tom Ford's throng of thongs; and more.
- [The Soulless Style of Tech Oligarchs](https://www.backrow.net/p/the-soulless-style-of-tech-oligarchs): Plus: Conde Nast's CEO is out; the pampered life of a Prada VIC; AI rips off creators; and more.
- [How 5 People Afforded Their Birkins](https://www.backrow.net/p/how-5-people-afforded-their-birkins): A lot of people don't just have the money lying around. Plus: the internet roasts Vogue World; Gwyneth's latest move; and more.
- [It's Not a Cookie... It's Vogue World Milano!](https://www.backrow.net/p/it-s-not-a-cookie-it-s-vogue-world-milano): The robots are here, for some reason. Plus: Shein's plans to go upmarket; Anna Wintour's brush with Amy Griffin; and more.
- [Retail Confessions: Neiman Marcus](https://www.backrow.net/p/retail-confessions-neiman-marcus): Plus: Loro Piana's loafers scarcity; Dario Vitale got a job; Shailene Woodley's Emmys look; and more.
- [New York Fashion Week Is Cringe. What's Next?](https://www.backrow.net/p/new-york-fashion-week-spring-2027-cringe): Not every show has to feel like Santacon.
- [What Was Steven Kolb Really Protecting at NYFW?](https://www.backrow.net/p/what-was-steven-kolb-really-protecting-at-nyfw): Plus: Khaite polarizes once more; fashion week overheards; and more.
- [New York Fashion Week's Death Spiral](https://www.backrow.net/p/new-york-fashion-week-s-death-spiral): Plus: what Alix Earle's Netflix show might tell us about influencer backlash; maybe we all need fun hats; and more. 
- [What Happened After I Left Substack](https://www.backrow.net/p/substack-to-beehiiv-migration): An update on how it's going! Plus: Dior's $3,300 "haute motherhood"; Hermès rows a boat; and "a stand against influencers." 
- [The Met’s Anna Problem](https://www.backrow.net/p/the-mets-anna-problem): Sources say museum director Max Hollein was too intimidated by her to say no to the Galliano show.
- [The Met Finally Told Anna Wintour No](https://www.backrow.net/p/the-met-finally-told-anna-wintour-no): Why the decision to cancel the Galliano retrospective is so significant. Plus: Gwyneth's OpenAI dinner suffers postponement. 
- [How the Olsens Really Run The Row](https://www.backrow.net/p/how-the-olsens-really-run-the-row): The girls are so soft-spoken that one former employee described learning to read their hand motions.
- [Your 5 Favorite Denim Brands, Ranked](https://www.backrow.net/p/your-5-favorite-denim-brands-ranked): Plus: Vogue's Zara puff piece, which is more transparent than a naked dress. And more! 
- [Retail Confessions: Hermès Paris](https://www.backrow.net/p/retail-confessions-hermes-paris): "You could spend thousands and never get the chance to get a quota bag." Plus: a September issue pulse check.
- [Is Fashion in the Throes of a Total Creative Collapse?](https://www.backrow.net/p/fashion-creative-collapse-eugene-rabkin): Plus: Vogue distracts from antisemitic Met Gala discourse; Brad Pitt’s new cover story; and a Phia update.
- [Brands Are Paying to Make You Mad](https://www.backrow.net/p/brands-are-paying-to-make-you-mad): OpenAI wined and dined influencers; does the Galliano show mean Anna Wintour is retiring?; a Prada shirt troll; and Miranda Kerr doesn't eat eggs.
- [Anna Wintour Got Her Way. At What Cost?](https://www.backrow.net/p/anna-wintour-got-her-way-at-what-cost): The Met has made the stunning choice to honor John Galliano through a retrospective of his work at the Costume Institute, which the next Met Gala will open. 
- [The Birkin Is Embarrassing. But What About Chanel Bags?](https://www.backrow.net/p/the-birkin-is-embarrassing-but-what-about-chanel-bags):  Plus: is this the end of the lifestyle influencer? And Jeff Bezos's new magazine cover may be an ad for protein powder.
- [Bernard Arnault ‘Has No Friends’](https://www.backrow.net/p/bernard-arnault-has-no-friends): Aka sensitive man has sensitive week. Plus: is the luxury downturn ending?; an Anna update; and more.
- [Retail Confessions: Rolex](https://www.backrow.net/p/retail-confessions-rolex): Plus: an Anna Wintour OOTD from 1981; Christopher Nolan's Uggs ban; and more.
- [Have We Reached Peak Tastelessness?](https://www.backrow.net/p/have-we-reached-peak-tastelessness): Plus: a Phia update, Italian police visited Chanel, and more.
- [Facelift Confessions, Part 2: 'Expect an Emotional Toll'](https://www.backrow.net/p/facelift-confessions-part-2-expect-an-emotional-toll): Plus: Zara's "death pants"; play eff, marry, kill with new shoe collabs; and more.
- [Phia Called Out for Alleged 'Fraud.' Will It Matter?  ](https://www.backrow.net/p/phia-called-out-for-alleged-fraud-will-it-matter-36fe): Plus: an AI publishing gaffe; Sun Valley fashion; and more.
- [Luxury Weddings Have a Groomzilla Problem ](https://www.backrow.net/p/luxury-weddings-have-a-groomzilla-problem): Plus: the craziest couture show; Anna hits San Francisco; and more.
- [23 Thoughts on Taylor Swift's Inescapable Wedding](https://www.backrow.net/p/23-thoughts-on-taylor-swift-s-inescapable-wedding): Plus: it's couture week! Check out the runway oddities and the buzziest debut so far.