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By Catherine E. Shoichet (CNN) — Esther Howland isn’t a household name for most Americans. But those who’ve studied the history behind the…

By Maya Szaniecki, CNN Paris (CNN) — On a gray winter afternoon, a red carpet is rolled out along the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, a bridge over the…

By James Imam, CNN (CNN) — Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former culture minister Francesco…

By Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — Countless creative ideas have been born in the kitchen of Charleston House, the bohemian modernist farmhouse…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — New York Fashion Week is back, with celebrities seen sitting front row at shows across Manhattan and Brooklyn…

By Rebecca Cairns, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Thick roots tumble across a dilapidated house, the snake-like trunks of a banyan tree framing where…

By Jacqui Palumbo and Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — In 1990, photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe led to obscenity charges for a Cincinnati museum. His…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Not since David and Victoria Beckham has the relationship between a sportsman and a female musician been so revered…

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The Kansas City Chiefs were not the Super Bowl’s only big winners. At an event on par with Hollywood red…

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — Tourists taking the metro in Suzhou, China, this week could be forgiven for feeling like they’ve traveled…

By Jacqui Palumbo and Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Across Manhattan and Brooklyn, designers have been offering enticing twists on familiar dress…

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Located in north-central China, the ancient city of Xi’an has long been famous for its 2,000-year-old Terracotta…

CNN By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Put away those bunny ears and crank up the heat, it’s time to say goodbye to the Rabbit and…

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In photographer Zhang Xiao’s images of the Shehuo festival, an ancient celebration still observed in parts of…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — One of the UK’s oldest and most important cathedrals is hosting two ’90s-themed silent discos, a move that has…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Tuesday, Zendaya arrived in Mexico City for the red carpet of “Dune: Part Two” in an outfit that looked like…

By Kocha Olarn and Karla Cripps, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — A Canadian man has been arrested in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai after he…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — As fat activist Aubrey Gordon delivered a talk at her first ever book signing, her doting father Rusty turned and…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — For British Vogue’s final issue under Edward Enninful, the outgoing editor-in-chief put not one superstar on…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Two decades ago, the photographer David LaChapelle staged apocalyptic scenes for the pages of “Vogue Italia”…

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — Grab your camera and slap on something flame resistant, it’s time to witness one of China’s most…

Photos and interviews by Soeun Kim, Kahyun Lee and Getty Images; Text by Oscar Holland, CNN. Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The “big four”…

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — An image of a napping polar bear curled up on an iceberg has captured the hearts of voters to become the…

By Christian House, CNN (CNN) — In 1930 George Hoyningen-Huene pulled off one of the greatest dupes in the history of photography. Taking his…

By David McElhinney, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — When art collective teamLab opened its flagship Tokyo venue, teamLab Borderless, in 2018, the…

By Marc Bain, CNN (CNN) — At 78, Norma Kamali isn’t ready to retire. But the celebrated New York designer is starting to think about how the…

By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Since Russia attacked two years ago, Ukraine has endured ground invasions and relentless missile attacks that have…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — The Ukrainian-born beauty queen who sparked a debate on cultural identity by being named Miss Japan has relinquished…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Tattoos are for life. Unless you buy a heavy duty concealer, as demonstrated by 25-year-old Paris Jackson on Sunday.…

By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Pop star Miley Cyrus stunned the Grammys red carpet on Sunday by wearing a gown that appeared to be almost…

By Christy Choi and Oscar Holland, CNN. Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — From the demure to the risqué, it was a night of diverse red…

By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t until after photographer Rita Nannini left New York that she grew fascinated by the city’s subways.…

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Flight attendants are fed up with unruly airplane passenger behavior, the…

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They met in California back in the 1970s when they were both 18 and went on to marry at the age of 21.…

By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — New York’s Rubin Museum of Art, home to one of the world’s largest and most important collections of Himalayan…

By Claire Coleman, CNN (CNN) — It’s been more than a week since the beauty looks created by makeup artist Pat McGrath for Maison Margiela’s…