321: Fashion, Family, and Finding Balance with InStyle’s Editor-In-Chief, Sally Holmes
Conversations with Cam
Cameron Oaks Rogers
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Sally Holmes, Editor-in-Chief of InStyle Magazine, to discuss her journey from pre-med to fashion editor. Sally shares insights on leading a major publication, adapting to the evolving world of fashion media, and maintaining work-life balance as a working mom. We dive into the realities of corporate motherhood, fashion trends, and the behind-the-scenes of celebrity styling. Sally also opens up about her proudest career moments and dream cover stars, offering a candid look at life at the top of the fashion media world.
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Key Takeaway / Points:
- Sally's career pivot from pre-med to journalism
- The role and responsibilities of an Editor-in-Chief
- How InStyle adapts to the digital and social media landscape
- Balancing a high-powered career with motherhood
- Sally's typical day as Editor-in-Chief and working mom
- Thoughts on mom guilt and its impact
- How InStyle decides what content to cover
- Memorable cover stories and interviews
- Forecasting fashion trends and which ones you’ll see in Fall 2025
- The impact of celebrity influence on fashion
- Sally's thoughts on current and future fashion trends
- Behind-the-scenes insights on New York Fashion Week
- Sally's go-to mom hacks and beauty products
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.1 | For all of my ladies interested in fashion or my corporate working moms, this one is for you. |
| 0:11.8 | Today we are joined by in style editor-in-chief Sally Holmes. |
| 0:16.5 | It is an honor to chat with her. |
| 0:18.4 | We discuss about her career because with over 15 years in fashion journalism, |
| 0:23.2 | she has worked with iconic brands like New York Magazine, Marie Claire, Elle, The Cut, |
| 0:28.4 | and so much more. |
| 0:29.7 | And as a mom of twin three-year-old daughters, I am interested in like how she manages |
| 0:36.1 | everything that she does. I want to know the ins, |
| 0:39.0 | the outs, the ugly, the pretty, all of it, all the details. And we go there and I just loved |
| 0:46.0 | this conversation. I'm inspired by the work she's done. I loved hearing more about her work |
| 0:51.0 | within in style, fashion trends, things she's loving, things she's not liking, |
| 0:56.3 | things they're seeing. It kind of goes all over the place. So I hope you enjoy. As always, |
| 1:00.9 | please rate, review, subscribe, share, and follow along on social at Conversations with Cam. |
| 1:06.2 | Without further ado, here is Sally Holmes. |
| 1:10.0 | Come on it in, take a seat, |
| 1:12.6 | pour a drink, pass one to me, |
| 1:15.6 | Conversations with care, talk to life, come join the fair. |
| 1:20.6 | Throw away your hesitations, have a filter conversations |
| 1:25.6 | if you've got here to let, here's conversations with care. I feel this conversation I want to get it'll end. |
| 1:28.3 | Here's conversations with care. |
| 1:34.4 | I feel this conversation can go a multitude of directions because I want to get |
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