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By Francesca Street, CNN Three young women are photographed, mid-laughter, on a beach. It’s a sunny day in the early 1980s. Their arms are wrapped around one another. They’re snacking on potato chips, stretching out on a plaid picnic blanket after a dip in the English Channel. “Looking at the photograph, it really epitomizes who

By Megan Williams, CNN London (CNN) — Throughout the 20th century, fashion shoots took place almost exclusively in an indoor photography studio, or in a public space like a bustling city street. But nowadays, you are just as likely to see a campaign or magazine shoot staged in someone’s bedroom, lounge or kitchen, alongside their

By Ali Halit Diker, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Whether you’re a believer or not, visiting Hagia Sophia is a spiritual experience. The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in 537CE before its conversion into a mosque in 1453 — creates an illusion of vastness. It feels like

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When Addison Stock asked her pilot father for a ride home from the airport, she knew he’d come through. “When he shows up, it’s like, ‘Okay, I’m taken care of,” Stock tells CNN Travel. “That’s how he’s been my whole life, he’s always been the type to show up.”

By Gareth Harris (CNN) — One of Johannes Vermeer’s most famous paintings, “The Guitar Player,” has gone on show alongside its “twin” in a new exhibition. “Double Vision: Vermeer,” which opened at London’s Kenwood House on Monday, displays the Dutch master’s original 1672 image of the guitar-playing woman alongside its doppelgänger, “Lady with a Guitar.”

By Will Ripley, Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Miles of white sand, turquoise waters, and rows of pristine beachfront hotels line the shore at the newly built Wonsan-Kalma resort. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hopes the development will be his country’s answer to Waikiki. But there’s one problem: the tourists aren’t there. When CNN

CNN By Leah Dolan, Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After months of speculation on who will replace fashion’s most famous editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour has announced a new top editor at Vogue — though the role isn’t quite the same as the golden post Wintour held for almost 40 years. Chloe Malle, who currently serves as

By Leah Dolan, Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After months of speculation on who will replace fashion’s most famous editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour has announced a new top editor at Vogue — though the role isn’t quite the same as the golden post Wintour held for almost 40 years. Chloe Malle, who currently serves as editor

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Southwest Airlines’ newest jets are now flying with a barrier that can protect the cockpit when pilots need to open the door during flight, according to the airline. The company’s first Boeing 737 equipped with the retractable barrier entered service in time for the Labor Day weekend, making

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — At this year’s Venice Film Festival, Julia Roberts and Amanda Seyfried came to promote their films, “After The Hunt” and “The Testament Of Ann Lee,” respectively. But after learning the story of their outfits, another movie comes to mind: “The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.” Yes, Seyfried and Roberts

By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When Hiromi Ozaki created six AI-generated “tech bros” to debate each other about the future of humanity, she had no idea how quickly, and how closely, reality would imitate art. “Like, it’s not really about votes anymore, it’s about who’s controlling the algorithms,” argues one of the avatars, a

By Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — Joe Koenen has not seen a single Toronto Blue Jays baseball hat all summer. Typically, Canadians will flood the streets of Seattle during the summer, but Koenen, who runs Seattle Free Walking Tours (where people pay what they can), said Canadian tourists are almost gone. Streets look emptier to

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week, a look inside Amtrak’s new high-speed train, Southwest Airlines’ controversial new seating policy, plus the United States scores low on a ranking of the world’s most peaceful countries. And it’s Labor Day weekend in the US, when a crush of travelers could strain an

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Italy’s most famous film festival has drawn to a close. The 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, which concluded on September 6, presented a showcase of hotly anticipated films such as “Bugonia” by the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, “Frankenstein” by Guillermo Del Toro, and “Jay Kelly” by Noah