[2] It was published in the United States by Dotdash Meredith, and started originally as a brand extension of People before carving out its own identity.

[4] The magazines content included beauty, fashion, home, entertaining, philanthropy, celebrity lifestyles, feminism, and human-interest stories.

In 2018, InStyle became the first major fashion magazine to ban photography of and advertisements featuring fur.

Dotdash Meredith, the media group that acquired InStyle in 2021, announced that they would be terminating the publication's print issues.

Neil Vogel, CEO of Dotdash Meredith, stated that the magazine would move to an all digital format because "print is no longer serving the brand's core purpose.