The last time I saw Odessa Young in person, she was sitting front row at Chanel’s spring/summer 2025 collection at the Grand Palais in Paris. Wearing pieces from the brand’s autumn/winter 2024/25 line — tweed tailored trousers and a matching jacket — she gushed about her friend Riley Keough’s surprise performance of ‘When Doves Cry’. “I just texted Riley — that was insane!” she said, grinning.
We meet a month later, over Google Meet, for this interview….

