Back Row with Amy Odell
Back Row with Amy Odell
Amy Odell
The Trend Forecaster Who Coined "Vibe Shift" on What Comes Next (with Sean Monahan)
1 hour 10 minutes Posted Sep 14, 2026 at 9:00 am.
Introduction
The boom boom aesthetic and the '80s that weren't
Why crypto killed streetwear
Normcore, and the anxiety behind it
Did tackiness give way to taste?
Smart glasses, glassholes and surveillance
Rage bait and the clipping economy
'The Devil Wears Prada 2' and Jeff Bezos
How does luxury fashion recover?
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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.
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