Laura Brown is a cultural producer. She is the founder of LB Media, a communications firm pairing luxury and the arts with the greater community. She focuses on forging relationships between fashion/media brands and influentialfigures to benefit the broader global culture. (Or, as Brown would put it, “Meddling for good.”) With this goal, Brown chairs (RED)’s inaugural Creative Council.

In her previous position as Editor in Chief of InStyle, Brown ushered the magazine vibrantly through a divisive administration, social unrest and an unprecedented pandemic. Brown reinvented InStyle, embracing a diverse, 30million+ readership with the slogan, “Everybody’s In.” Her inclusive, warm and witty worldview brought the brand unprecedented global attention.

At InStyle, Brown expanded the brand’s sphere, giving voice to new fashion, celebrity and activist leaders, particularly with the platform, ‘Badass Women.’ Her social media sensibility extended the voice of InStyle beyond the page. Under Brown, InStyle was the first American fashion magazine to ban fur and exotic skins in 2018, and the first to sign the 15% Percent Pledge.

Before joining InStyle, Brown was Executive Editor of Harper’s BAZAAR. During her time at BAZAAR and InStyle, Brown 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, Brown 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.  Brown sits on the boards of (RED), The Fashion Trust U.S., ‘me too.’, SeeHer, Foot Soldiers Park and the One Love Foundation.