Laura brown

board member

Laura Brown is an editor, creative consultant and host.  As editor in Chief of InStyle from 2016 to 2022, she ushered the magazine vibrantly through a divisive administration, social unrest, and an unprecedented pandemic. Reaching 30+ million women, Brown reinvented InStyle, embracing all readers with the slogan, “Everybody’s In.”

At InStyle, Laura expanded the magazine’s sphere, believing diversity to be less an obligation than simply more interesting. She gave 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 her leadership, 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, Laura was Executive Editor of Harper’s BAZAAR. During her tenure at BAZAAR and InStyle, Brown received numerous magazine awards. Prior to this, 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.

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