CNN – Style

Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN; Becky Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Tilman Fertitta, the US ambassador to Italy, wants everyone to see he has a very normal kitchen. It’s just a casual setup, a place where a regular person can duck in to eat some cold leftover taco meat out of a plastic tub, as he is

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Yayoi Kusama, one of the world’s most celebrated and best-selling artists, has died age 97, according to a statement on the artist’s official website. “It is with profound sorrow that (we announce) the passing of Yayoi Kusama at a hospital in Tokyo on August 14,” read the statement, posted

By Jacqui Palumbo, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Adorned in rhinestones and elevating her 5-foot stature with sky-high heels and voluminous blonde wigs, Dolly Parton often joked, “it costs a lot of money to look this cheap!” Parton’s looks on stage and off reflected both her Tennessee roots and her embodiment of over-the-top feminine glamour,

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — A jersey worn by Michael Jordan during one of the most famous seasons of his career is going up for auction and could become the most expensive basketball jersey to ever cross the block. The white mesh top emblazoned with Jordan’s iconic number “23” was worn by the star

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Of the eight TripAdvisor reviews of the amphitheater near Arcugnano, in Italy’s northern Veneto region, all give fulsome, five-star praise. “An enchanting place,” reads one review. “A world beyond space and time,” enthuses another. “Definitely one of the best places I have ever been to,” raves another. “Unique on

By Stephy Chung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — There’s a plucky little Qing Dynasty artifact that at first glance looks out of place among China’s many Forbidden City treasures. Instead of the ornate porcelain and cloisonné enameling often associated with imperial vases, this one is made of blown glass. With its swirling red, white and

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN In a world of manufactured pop princesses, how does a young artist achieve timeless, on-stage style? Olivia Dean’s answer is to look to the greats. Since the official kickoff of the Grammy winner’s “The Art of Loving Live” world tour earlier this year, the singer and songwriter has dazzled her fans

By Stephen Lioy, CNN Saimaluu Tash Valley, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) — Under the dark canopy of night, the starry sky is reflected by the stones. Ten thousand rocks, carved with nearly 90,000 petroglyphs, catch the beam of a headlamp, telling stories as ancient and vast as the constellations above. Near the top of the Saimaluu Tash

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Vusanje, Montenegro (CNN) — There are no obvious checkpoints or border crossings to disrupt the beauty of the Peaks of the Balkans trail, and yet it is not uncommon to start a long day of physical exertion with a hearty breakfast in one country, then refuel with a much-appreciated home-cooked dinner

By Natasha Chen, CNN Anaheim, California (CNN) — Hunched over small tables, thousands of fans who recently gathered at the D23 convention, the latest in Disney’s biennial expos, wrote down their most cherished memories of Disneyland on index cards. Disney plans to bury those cards at the root of trees planted at the new “Coco”

By T.M. Brown, CNN (CNN) — Unless you have a passionate opinion about your preferred artificial intelligence model, it’s likely the clothes that multi-billion dollar companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, Anthropic and Cohere are suddenly churning out aren’t meant for you. You likely aren’t going to be wearing Perplexity’s padded ecru jacket with a corduroy collar

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: why mosquitoes are getting better at outsmarting humans, the sun-kissed island known as the “Turkish Maldives,” plus the mysterious case of the missing Korean trash cans. Culinary battlefield Tacos or tarte tatin? Burritos or boeuf Bourguignon? Choose your fighter as we’re

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A person has been fined for sounding a foghorn that woke a slumbering polar bear in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, the region’s governor said in a statement. The incident occurred earlier in August when someone used the booming, low-pitched horn, usually reserved for maritime warnings, aboard a vessel that had

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Scorching temperatures and a long, dry summer have given locals and tourists alike a rare opportunity to see the remains of a 2,000-year-old bridge that once spanned the Tiber river that weaves through the center of Rome. The flow of the Tiber, which is fed from tributaries

By Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — What is it about castles that fascinates so many people around the globe? A lot of the allure derives from the history and human drama that played out within the walls, as well as the astonishing architecture that features on so many castles. But they’re also romantic and somewhat

Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — You’ve spent the day exploring Vienna, one of Europe’s great capital cities. You’ve visited its wonderful museums and galleries, taken a spin on the giant Ferris wheel in Prater Park and indulged in a slice of Sacher torte at Café Central, but now it’s time to move on. Vienna’s Hauptbahnhof

By Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — While there are plenty of awe-inspiring man-made destinations around the globe, nothing is as creative as nature. From trees that resemble monsters, to colorful sinkholes, towering rock formations and waterfalls of molten lava, these are some of the most unusual and fascinating landscapes in the world. Kingley Vale, Sussex,