Welcome to Unstyled. I'm your host, Christine Barberick, co-founder and global editor-in-chief of Refinery 29.

Each week, I invite a notable person to come in and talk with us as we explore the funny, inspiring,

sometimes heartbreaking tales of life, work, and love, as told through the things that we wear.

This past September, what might have been simmering just below the surface, reached a full boil.

The seas of change were hitting women's magazines, hard.

Robbie Myers, who had been steering the ship at Elle for the past 17 years, announced she was leaving the magazine.

A short three days later, Cindy Levy made her move public.

She was stepping down after a 16-year run as Glamour's youngest ever editor-in-chief.

And right around the same time, Nancy Gibbs also ended her long tenure at Time

Magazine. Meanwhile, over at InStyle, Laura Brown was just hitting her year mark as their newly

minted editor-in-chief. This particular anniversary also noted another milestone in Brown's life.

It was exactly 16 years ago that the native

Australian moved to New York. Even though she started out back then with just a few thousand

bucks in the bank and no industry contacts, it wasn't long before Brown landed herself a features

gig at Harper's Bazaar. A legendary title where she spent 11 years honing her skills and her style, rising to

executive editor and infusing her own brand of cheek into nearly 120 cover features, fitting

preparation for her role steering what is likely America's most popular celebrity fashion

magazine. But like I mentioned earlier, the seas of change are, well, changing.

And Brown's refreshing, relatable approach to celebrity, they really are just like us.

As well as her knack of folding timely political and social issues into the magazine's steady stream of pop culture

have been just a few of the ways Laura Brown began to make her millennial mark.

It's a rare editor or journalist who can get a famous person to air her dirty laundry.

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