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By Will Noble, CNN (CNN) — Fried breakfast. Sunday lunch. Fish and chip supper. Any member of this holy triumvirate might qualify for the title of Britain’s National Dish. Except that Britain’s real signature plate isn’t served on a plate at all, but from a metalized plastic bag. It doesn’t sizzle or boil, but rustles

By Francesca Perry, CNN (CNN) — When the Japanese artist Shimabuku was 31 years old, he took an octopus on a tour of Tokyo. After catching it from the sea with the help of a local fisherman in Akashi, a coastal city over 3 hours away from the Japanese capital by train, he transported the

By Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — With three 650-foot-tall skyscrapers connected across the top by a boat-like skybridge — and an Instagram-famous infinity pool — Marina Bay Sands has given Singapore one of Asia’s most recognizable skylines since opening in 2011. So, when the resort’s original architect was invited to design a new, fourth

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The liquid rule for carry-on bags could be the next airport security measure to be overhauled. Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, hinted at a possible policy change on Wednesday at the Hill Nation Summit hosted by The Hill and NewsNation in Washington. “But I will

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — When Megan Stalter, the leading lady in Lena Dunham’s new Netflix series “Too Much,” arrived on stage at “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” this week, she did so in a calf-length honey blonde wig and a top that declared she was the prettiest girl in America. “It must

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — An erotic mosaic stolen from Pompeii by a Nazi captain during World War II was finally returned to the ancient site on Tuesday. Featuring a man reclining on a couch being attended to by a scantily clad woman, the small mosaic may have decorated a bedroom floor in a

By Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — There’s enough culinary stress as it is hosting a dinner party. Getting worked up about wine is unnecessary, some sommeliers say, but there’s no denying that a perfect wine pairing can accentuate the taste and tone of your soirée. A misstep or two, and the night’s notes could turn

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Even if you have never been to Los Angeles, you may still harbor a subconscious awareness of Studio City Farmers Market. There, amongst the 85 organic produce vendors, did paparazzi first snap Jeremy Allen White back in 2023 straining against the weight of freshly-cut flowers the size of his

By Brad Lendon and Miki Lendon, CNN Kumagaya, Japan (CNN) — Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where hundreds died, on the surface of a statue of a revered Buddhist monk, and in

By Zoe Whitfield, CNN London (CNN) — From bondage styles to safety pinned dresses, daring party frocks are widely considered to be the key protagonists of Gianni Versace’s sartorial legacy. But the late Italian fashion designer was also responsible for some of the most majestic silk shirts of the 1990s, and his close friend Elton

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — These days, travel between the harbor cities of Hong Kong and Macao takes an hour by high-speed ferry. But from 1948 to 1961, when the two were still colonies of European powers, wealthy tourists could opt for a brief trip by air. Miss Macao was not a

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Gamble has been flying out of Birmingham, Alabama, since the late 1980s for his job as a consultant for car dealerships. Along the way, he got to know Delta Air Lines employees at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport pretty well, making a point of greeting the customer service agents during

By Olivia Kemp, CNN (CNN) — A German backpacker who survived 12 days lost in Australia’s remote outback has said she is “beyond grateful to have survived.” In her first public statement since being found alive on Friday, 26-year-old Carolina Wilga said she “hit her head significantly” when she crashed her car and became lost

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — Lucy Jones painted her first nude self-portrait at 50. She was in New York with her husband Peter Leach, she said, when he “took a picture of my backside. I thought, ‘Well I don’t look too bad from the back, so maybe I’ll paint it!’” Jones is sitting

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: five Americans living in France and loving it, inside the cockpit of a self-landing plane, plus sweaty secrets of the TSA security checkpoints. Keep your cool It’s been a sizzling summer so far in the United States and Europe, but there’s one lesser-known side

By Francesca Perry, CNN (CNN) — “If pollinators designed gardens, what would humans see?” Over a video call, the London-based artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is talking about “Pollinator Pathway,” an online tool she developed that allows users to design gardens for the benefit of pollinating insects, such as bees — many species of which are

By Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — After a week’s pause following the men’s fashion shows, celebrities, editors and influencers were back in Paris for Haute Couture — where bespoke collections are shown and eventually sold to the world’s wealthiest customers. The official fall 2025 schedule felt lighter than usual, with absences from major labels

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (CNN) — Many American schoolchildren grow up learning that Yellowstone was the world’s first national park. But across the globe in Mongolia, just south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, a mountain holds a claim to the crown. Like many things in Mongolia, that mountain has a connection to Chinggis Khan

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Superfans of Lisa Rinna may have spotted The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills breakout star around Paris this week — though her signature honey blonde spiky bob was noticeably absent. Instead, Rinna attended the Haute Couture shows wearing a rotation of wigs, ranging from an inky black bowl-cut worn

CNN By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Scuffed, scratched and stained, this black leather Birkin bag just sold for €8.6 million ($10 million), with fees, becoming the most expensive handbag to ever sell at auction. The hammer fell at a winning bid of €7 million ($8.2 million). The first ever Birkin to have been created

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Scuffed, scratched and stained, this black leather Birkin bag just sold for €8.6 million ($10 million), with fees, becoming the most expensive handbag to ever sell at auction. The hammer fell at a winning bid of €7 million ($8.2 million). The first ever Birkin to have been created by

By Fiona Govan, CNN (CNN) — For the past two years, summer in Spain has meant prominent protests against tourism: holidaymakers being drenched by angry locals armed with water pistols in Barcelona and protesters marching under banners proclaiming “Your paradise is our nightmare” in the Balearic Islands regularly make headlines as the saturation of the

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN Medical associations representing hundreds of thousands of doctors and scientists are suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as well as the heads of the FDA, NIH and CDC, for limiting who can get Covid-19 vaccines and for undermining overall vaccine confidence. Experts said these changes could create new barriers

By Yumi Asada, Hanako Montgomery and Chris Lau, CNN Shirahama, Japan (CNN) — They came, dressed in black and white, wearing furry hats, and clutching banners and soft toys. With tears in their eyes and sobs in their throats, they waited patiently in line under the scorching sun for one last glimpse before it was

Jessie Lau, CNN (CNN) — There’s a photo of my mother on her wedding day that I love. She’s sipping soda and laughing with relatives at my parent’s Chinese banquet, looking radiant in her evening gown: a strapless, mandarin orange dress that puffs out towards the floor, princess-style. A classic pillbox hat sits poised over

CNN By Pete Muntean and Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — After nearly two decades, passengers going through airport security in the United States will no longer have to take their shoes off. The Transportation Security Administration will be eliminating the security requirement “effective immediately,” Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, announced Tuesday. ”TSA

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The moment Andrew McGowan and Shallen Yu met eyes through a storefront window, it felt like something passed between them. Andrew was sure his life was about to change. “I saw her through the window and I was like, ‘I’m going to marry that girl,’” Andrew tells CNN Travel

By Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was eerily still in Paris on Sunday, as the streets came to a standstill for “Paris Respire”, a car-free scheme where certain districts in the city are closed to motorized traffic for the day. Yet, the Tuileries Gardens was buzzing with a stylish crowd, many of whom

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Castel Gandolfo, Italy (CNN) — After the whirlwind of his election and a nonstop round of public and private meetings ever since, Pope Leo XIV has chosen to take some time to rest and recharge. Choosing where to take his vacation was a simple decision. For centuries popes have spent their

By Olivia Kemp, CNN (CNN) — A humpback whale diving under the ocean’s surface, cownose rays approaching menhaden bait fish, and a spinner shark on the hunt are all images taken by the inaugural winner of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year competition. Joanna Steidle, a professional drone pilot from New York, captured the

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Amid a record-breaking heatwave in the City of Lights — with temperatures so high the Eiffel Tower summit was closed to tourists last week — fashion designers prepare their pièce de résistance for Paris Haute Couture Week, which runs from 7-10 July. The clothes on show at Haute Couture

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Why Thailand did a U-turn on legalizing marijuana, why the party might be over for Germany’s clubbing capital, plus more generous luggage rules are coming to European flights. EU hand luggage is about to get less confusing European lawmakers have voted to get rid

Gordon Cole-Schmidt, CNN Madrid, Spain (CNN) — Spectators gathered on the cobblestone streets of Madrid’s Chueca neighborhood this week to watch one of Spain’s most curious races: the “Carrera de Tacones,” or heel race. Held annually as part of the city’s Pride celebrations, the race sees competitors — mostly men in towering heels — pound

By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1840s, Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to travel by train in her own dedicated royal saloons, but more than 180 years later, King Charles III looks set to oversee an end to this noble tradition. The current British royal train, decked out in its

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — India’s southern state of Kerala has found a unique ambassador to promote its coconut palm-lined beaches, backwaters and vibrant culture to tourists – a British F-35 fighter jet that has been stranded there since mid-June. The Royal Navy aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport of

By Francesca Perry, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — Erupting from fiery volcanoes, lava has historically been an uncontrollable force that destroys buildings and neighborhoods in its wake. But what if that force could instead be redirected and harnessed to create whole cities? An ambitious project from Icelandic firm s.ap arkitektar, presented at this year’s Venice

Story by Will McGough | Video by Nick Blatt and McKenna Ewen, CNN (CNN) — The American West is full of towns that serve as gateways into the natural world. Launching points, if you will, that sit on the edge of the wilderness and offer the infamous three Bs — a beer, a burger and

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — When Marc Jacobs designed The Tote Bag, it seemed like the world nodded and scurried out to buy one overnight. When he launched his junior sub-brand Heaven, the notoriously elusive Gen Z shopper quickly claimed it as the aspirational label du jour. So it’s perhaps fitting that on Monday,

By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — The best pizza in the United States comes from a wood-fired oven on New York’s Lower East Side, an Italian pizza-ranking guide has announced. For the second year running, the Naples-based 50 Top Pizza judged Una Pizza Napoletana the winner in its annual assessment of American bakers. The ranking

By Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — Summer temperatures have cranked up to ‘HI,’ and many Americans will be turning up the heat another notch as they light the fire on family cookouts. Unfortunately for some, more grilling means more over-cooked hamburgers, burnt bratwurst and scorched steaks. But chef Tyler Florence, whose latest cookbook is “American

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She first traveled to Paris when she was 21, and nearly six decades later, Mary Jane Wilkie decided that it was finally time to move to the French capital for good. In December 2021, Mary Jane, who was 79 at the time, relocated from New York to Paris to

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In the multibillion-dollar global fight against wildfires, early detection is critical. Satellites, drones, thermal cameras and manned lookout towers are just some of the tools currently used to alert authorities and first responders to imminent threats. In under-resourced areas, however, these defenses can be prohibitively expensive. That’s why a

By Karla Cripps, CNN Ask one of my fellow Canadians to describe our nation’s cuisine and you may very well be met with a blank stare, followed by a few mumbles about poutine and maple syrup being awesome. It’s a tough question to answer. Taking up a space of 3.8 million square miles, Canada is

By Lisa Klaassen, CNN Paris (CNN) — This summer in Paris, a sunset cigarette under the Eiffel Tower could come with an unexpected price tag. Starting July 1, France has banned smoking in all outdoor areas frequented by children — including parks, beaches, public gardens, bus stops, school entrances, and sports venues. The sweeping measure

By Alice Pfeiffer Paris (CNN) — Against the backdrop of a scorching heatwave in Europe that has not spared the French capital, the menswear edition of Paris Fashion Week wrapped up on Sunday. The sweltering conditions were perhaps an incidental metaphor for the pressure the industry is feeling as the global luxury industry experiences a

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Depicting endless rows of uniformed workers, Edward Burtynsky’s iconic images of mid-2000s Chinese factories spoke to the seemingly inexhaustible human labor behind China’s economic miracle. Just two decades later, the photographer’s glimpse inside an electric car plant near Shanghai presents the opposite phenomenon: a complete absence of people. “This

CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Two guests, said to be a father and his young daughter, have been rescued by crew after going into the water while onboard the Disney Dream cruise ship as it returned from a voyage around the Bahamas. Disney confirmed that the rescue happened on June 29, saying that

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Two guests, said to be a father and his young daughter, have been rescued by crew after going into the water while onboard the Disney Dream cruise ship as it returned from a voyage around the Bahamas. Disney confirmed that the rescue happened on June 29, saying that both

By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — From the endless beaches of Rimini to the culinary corridor of Bologna, Modena and Parma, visitors to northeastern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region have plenty to explore. They might also accidentally stumble into another country entirely. Tucked away in the hilly countryside just a few kilometers from the Adriatic coast is

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — One of the oldest elements of a bridal ensemble, dating at least as far back as Ancient Greece, veils have largely remained a staple accessory for even the most modern, subversive brides. When singer Lily Allen married actor David Harbour at an Elvis-inspired Las Vegas chapel in 2020, she

By Isabelle Rodney, CNN (CNN) — A glass of Burgundy sipped during dinner. A chilled Chardonnay while the sun goes down. A sparkling Champagne at a wedding. Typically, a glass of wine is something savored. Except in one quiet town in Northern Spain, where it’s used for ammunition. Every June 29, hundreds of locals gather

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Chicago (CNN) — In a grassy outcrop along Lake Michigan’s deep blue waters, two young men pictured in a color slide photograph relax on towels, shirtless and curled against each other. Along the rocky ledges, other men chat and sunbathe, bicycles and shoes abandoned on the ground. A vintage Cherry Coke

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Three years since Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis, the government this week imposed new rules designed to rein in the country’s “green rush.” As of Thursday, customers need a doctor’s prescription to buy cannabis — effectively restricting consumption of the plant

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: how to get the Italian lifestyle when you don’t have a billionaire’s budget, plus we reveal CNN’s pick of America’s Best Towns to Visit in 2025. Only 10 made our list: Did somewhere near you make the cut? La Dolce Vita Money can’t buy

By Leah Dolan, Jacqui Palumbo and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — It’s been both the most public and secretive wedding of the year. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez concluded their three-day-long Venetian extravaganza on Saturday evening with a celebration at the Arsenale, a former medieval shipyard. The pair was seen traveling via boat

By Fiona Sinclair Scott and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After much anticipation, Lauren Sanchez’s wedding gown has been revealed, with Dolce & Gabbana confirmed as the fashion house behind the elegant, high-necked design featuring 180 silk chiffon-covered priest buttons. Many details surrounding the Bezos-Sanchez wedding extravaganza have been closely guarded and, in keeping with

CNN Travel (CNN) — America’s most interesting towns bring together the best of a beautiful country. Surrounded by stunning landscapes, packed with entrepreneurial talent and evolving with the tastes of the people who settle and explore them, these destinations show off what makes the United States so distinctive. For our second annual list of America’s

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Catherine Tondelli was standing underneath the Trevi Fountain, on a summer’s evening in Rome, about to throw three coins into the fountain’s waters. Growing up in the US, Catherine had seen romance movies set in Italy. She’d read books about Rome. She’d heard the city’s famous fountain was impressive.

Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — By today’s standards, the front cover of American Vogue’s November 1988 edition seems typical enough. Beside the text “the real cost of looking good,” Israeli model Michaela Bercu gazes past the camera, her windswept hair brushing across the shoulders of a bejeweled $10,000 Christian Lacroix couture jacket. Yet, the cover

CNN By Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — Kim Jong Un personally cut the ribbon on a new resort hailed by state media as a “national treasure-level tourism city” — a lavish seaside development set against what human rights observers describe as stark realities of hunger and hardship across North

By Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — Kim Jong Un personally cut the ribbon on a new resort hailed by state media as a “national treasure-level tourism city” — a lavish seaside development set against what human rights observers describe as stark realities of hunger and hardship across North Korea.

By Jacqui Palumbo and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — After nearly four decades as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue, Anna Wintour is stepping down and seeking a replacement. Wintour broke the news to staffers on Thursday. Although she’ll exit the US edition’s top role, she is not leaving Condé Nast or Vogue altogether, but scaling

By Jacqui Palumbo, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos have made it onto the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore, where they will celebrate their marriage on Friday evening. Hours ahead of the expected ceremony, the bride traveled to the island by water taxi.

By Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — Overlooked, familiar, homely… These are the words traditionally associated with the apron, a detachable, workaday garment that has historically functioned “almost like an invisibility cloak.” So said Carol Tulloch, a professor of dress, diaspora and transnationalism at Chelsea College of Arts, in a telephone interview with CNN. Just don’t

By Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) – So long as you’re not made of wax, right now is a great time to visit Las Vegas. Part of this is on Mother Nature; summer temperatures can hit a beastly 115 in the Mojave Desert, a harsh reality that can literally fry an egg on Las Vegas Boulevard

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — There is much to unpack with the portion of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding invitation that was leaked to the world. The explicit request for no gifts — the only option, really, for the one of the world’s richest individuals; along with the donation pledge to UNESCO’s Venice

By Chidozie Obasi, CNN Milan (CNN) — The feeling of unease is one of the hallmarks of our times, with cost of living increases and geopolitical conflicts contributing to a sense of disquietude. Within fashion, there is just as much uncertainty amid the ever-changing roster of designers at major luxury houses and a challenging retail

CNN By Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — It appears in satellite pictures like great blotches of blue and green ink; swirling, spreading, sinking into parchment paper. In Australia’s arid center, those blotches represent a new inland sea, born from a deluge that has traveled hundreds of miles through the veins of a giant, parched continent.

By Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — It appears in satellite pictures like great blotches of blue and green ink; swirling, spreading, sinking into parchment paper. In Australia’s arid center, those blotches represent a new inland sea, born from a deluge that has traveled hundreds of miles through the veins of a giant, parched continent. The

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Rome (CNN) — Protesters in Venice rallying against the impending nuptials of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez have claimed victory after their threats of disruption reportedly prompted a change of wedding venues. The group, No Space for Bezos, had called for a blockade

CNN By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — When Kema Ward-Hopper and her then-fiance Nicholas Hopper, both from the US, decided to get married in Costa Rica, they had no idea that they’d end up relocating there a few years later. But a series of devastating events led the couple and daughter Aaralyn, now 15, to

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An entire Scottish island complete with a ruined castle is up for sale for the princely sum of £5.5 million ($7.48 million). Shuna Island, which sits just off the west coast of Scotland, is being sold for the first time in 80 years, according to listings from estate agents

By Arya Sharma, CNN (CNN) — Long before Harry Styles caused a stir by wearing a Gucci dress on the cover of Vogue in 2022, another music and style icon pushed back against binary fashion norms. In 1993, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain graced the cover of The Face magazine wearing a blue floral dress. With

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Queen Elizabeth II’s official memorial in London’s St. James’ Park will feature a translucent bridge evoking the tiara she wore on her wedding day, as well as landscaped gardens and a statue of her husband Prince Philip. The winning bid was submitted by architects Foster + Partners and fought

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — As the men’s fashion shows wrap up in Milan, today the focus shifts to Paris — where, over runways and presentations across the next five days, some of the world’s biggest labels will attempt to define the future dress codes of menswear. Over the weekend, designer Jonathan Anderson fanned

CNN By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — As the men’s fashion shows wrap up in Milan, today the focus shifts to Paris — where, over runways and presentations across the next five days, some of the world’s biggest labels will attempt to define the future dress codes of menswear. Over the weekend, designer Jonathan Anderson

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — After scoring a rock-bottom fare on Ryanair from London to Gothenburg, Graham Earl, his wife and their two daughters flew to Sweden for the day this past May to visit a popular theme park. The family caught an early morning flight from London Stansted Airport, grabbed a ride share

By Issy Ronald and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A visitor has damaged a 17th-century painting at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence after stumbling back into it while posing for a photo, the museum told CNN in a statement. The visitor was visiting the world-famous museum on Saturday when he accidentally damaged a portrait of

Jennifer Walker, CNN (CNN) — Walking into Budapest’s Budaörs Airport feels more like stepping inside a time capsule than an airfield. Perched on the edge of Budapest’s XI District, Budaörs was the country’s first international airport and has been operating continuously since 1937. Now its grassy airfield is hums with the buzz of small aircraft,

By Elizabeth McBride, CNN London (CNN) — By 8 p.m., three London tour groups are jostling for room in Mitre Square, where murder victim Catherine Eddowes was found with her face mutilated and kidney removed. “I once saw two guides get into a fistfight over space here,” claims Charlotte Everitt, a guide with London-based Rebel

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — How’s your tuxedo looking? Our travel news roundup this week is an award show spectacular. Read on to find out the winners of the world’s most liveable city, the best airline for 2025, the world’s best restaurant and the country with the finest wines. Award-winning food and drink Knives

By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — It looks like Lima is going to be welcoming a lot of fine-dining fans in the coming months. Two restaurants in the Peruvian capital landed in the top 10 on the 2025 list of the “World’s 50 Best Restaurants,” including the coveted number one spot. The awards — considered

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — As summer sets in, the biannual round of men’s fashion shows begins today in Milan. Here, over the next four days, designers will present their vision for what they think people will be wearing next spring. Sure to be among the highlights are regular heavy hitters such as Prada,

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — What do they say about all publicity being good? When the world saw Naomi Campbell fall on the Vivienne Westwood runway, the supermodel was soon inundated with calls from other designers — asking her to do it again. It was an iconic moment in fashion history: Vivienne Westwood’s “Anglomania”

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN St Albans, England (CNN) — “Naturism is about liberating your body and accepting who you are,” says Stéphane Deschênes, a twinkly-eyed Canadian with an impressive white handlebar mustache. We’re gathered near the hot tub for the opening ceremony at British Naturism: Sunfolk, a 94-year-old naturist site that’s relaunching after a modern

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — The “wrong” shade of blonde; a deflated, empty Birkin bag; and a camel coat so stiff it looks “like a brick,” according to one Substack writer. These are the main complaints of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy fans, who this week jumped to the defense of the late fashion publicist, whose memorable

By Cindy Augustine, CNN (CNN) — The dish known as salad is said to date back to the ancient Roman habit of dipping romaine lettuce in salt — “herbe salata” means “salted leaves.” Now, centuries after the concept originated in Ancient Rome, salads may conjure for some an image of a tub of lettuce with

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Antonia Mortensen and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — An 80-year-old man has told police he was “wrong” to drive down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps, after firefighters had to recover his vehicle from the landmark in the early hours of Tuesday. The man was not injured in the incident but he was

By Fred He and Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — May and early June have always been popular times to visit the Zhangjiajie Forest Park in southwestern China’s Hunan province, before the oppressive summer heat sweeps in. The stunning area is famed for its massive quartz-sandstone pillar formations, which are said to have inspired the floating

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — On a sweltering Friday afternoon in June, a group of angry and self-described “precarious” or underemployed Venetian young people gathered in a square near the foot of Venice’s Rialto bridge. It was a call to action against the impending nuptials of billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Chicago (CNN) — When did homosexuality become a fixed identity? At the Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago, an expansive, century-spanning exhibition charts the period when “homosexuality” and “heterosexuality” were new concepts, by looking at the queer subjects and artists of the period and how they depicted love, sex and gender. Set

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a year of historic milestones for a certain Middle Eastern airline. Just weeks after announcing the largest widebody aircraft order in Boeing’s history, Qatar Airways is celebrating another huge achievement. The Qatar flag carrier has just been named the winner at this year’s Skytrax World Airline Awards,

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Chefs and restaurants were honored on Monday night with James Beard Awards, one of the US culinary community’s highest accolades. Bûcheron, a French American restaurant in Minneapolis, was named best new restaurant during the awards ceremony, which was held at the Lyric Opera in Chicago. The outstanding chef award

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — It’s official. Vienna is no longer the most liveable city in the world. After a three-year run at the top of the annual list from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the Austrian capital has been beaten out by “Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen.” Denmark’s capital has taken the number one spot