Laura Brown

About Laura Brown

Laura Brown is a journalist, creative consultant and host. Editor in Chief of InStyle from 2016 to 2022, she ushered the magazine vibrantly through a divisive administration, social unrest and an unprecedented pandemic. Laura reinvented InStyle, embracing a diverse readership with the slogan, “Everybody’s In.”

At InStyle, she expanded the brand’s sphere, giving voice to new fashion, celebrity and activist leaders, particularly with the bold platform, ‘Badass Women.’ Her social media sensibility extended the voice of InStyle beyond the page. Under Laura, InStyle was the first American fashion magazine to ban fur and exotic skins in 2018, and also the first to sign the 15% Percent Pledge. Her unifying voice—most literally on her podcasts—attracts women from all worlds with an inclusive, warm and witty worldview.

Before joining InStyle, she was Executive Editor of Harper’s BAZAAR. During her tenure at BAZAAR and InStyle, Laura received numerous magazine awards: The 2016 ASME Fashion Cover of the Year for BAZAAR’s cover of Rihanna in a shark’s mouth; InStyle’s Best September Issue 2017 award by The Daily Front Row; 2018 ASME Fashion Cover of the Year for InStyle’s inaugural Badass Women cover starring Serena Williams; the Australian Fashion Laureate for Lifetime Achievement in 2019; Hottest Design/Photography in a Magazine for Adweek’s Hotlist 2020; Editor of the Year, The Daily Front Row 2021; Hottest Cover of the Year (Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland), AdWeek 2021 and the ASME for Best Profile Photograph, 2022.

Prior to InStyle and Harper’s BAZAAR, Laura was Articles Director of Details and Senior Editor at W. She earned her B.A in Arts and Communication from Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia.

She sits on the boards of ‘me too.’, The Fashion Trust U.S., SeeHer, Foot Soldiers Park and the One Love Foundation.