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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Growing up on the remote island of Karpathos, Greece, in the 1990s, Anna Katogiritis struggled to make friends at school and says she was bullied for being “small-sized.” But she was able to find comfort and friendship from another source – the thousands of stray cats that roamed the

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back, but the formula you know is long gone. For more than 20 years, the annual cultural phenomenon saw a who’s who of supermodels don over-the-top lingerie and angel wings to strut down a runway to performances by the likes of Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga,

By Kate Springer, CNN (CNN) — Often associated with traffic-blocking buses, screechy megaphones and overcrowded landmarks, group tours don’t exactly have the best reputation. But a new crop of travel companies is totally redefining the concept, catering to millennials and Generation Z. Leaving tour guide flags by the wayside, next-gen group trips invite solo travelers

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Li’i, the last Pacific white-sided dolphin at Miami Seaquarium who spent the past few years with beloved orca Lolita, is getting a new home after the loss of his aquatic pal. The dolphin “was successfully moved to SeaWorld in San Antonio, Texas,” according to a tweet from Miami Seaquarium on Monday. Li’i was moved to

By Sarah Kent, CNN (CNN) — In 2018, fashion designer Bobby Kolade moved from Berlin back to Uganda’s capital Kampala with the ambition of creating a home-grown fashion brand using Ugandan cotton. Things didn’t work out quite the way he imagined. Though the raw material is one of the country’s key export crops, Uganda’s textile

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They’d always dreamed of owning a home in Italy, but opening a restaurant there was never part of the plan. But Dalip and Amber Tibb, who are based in North Carolina, have ended up doing both over the last few years. The Tibbs, who’ve been married for 18 years,

by Zoe Whitfield, CNN London (CNN) — Around the time of 2003, as the British Fashion Council’s talent-fostering initiative Newgen turned 10, the UK was involved in a number of era-defining events: Britain invaded Iraq under the orders of Prime Minister Tony Blair; legislation banning local authorities and schools from ‘promoting homosexuality’ was repealed; and

Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — It was the summer where everyone went to Europe. And now it’s fall, when the continent really comes into its own as the leaves – and visitor numbers – start to drop. A recent report from luxury travel network Virtuoso named Paris, London and Florence as the most booked cities

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — After Jody Servon’s father died, she kept his hairbrush safe in a Ziploc bag. “That way it still preserved his smell,” the artist and professor said over Zoom. That year, 2006, was a difficult one for Servon. She also lost three close friends, and in her grief began working

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — You wouldn’t be far off if you guessed Italy or France as the country with more of this year’s “World’s 50 Best” restaurants than any other. But no, that distinction goes to Spain, where six restaurants earned honors this summer on the 2023 list. (Italy had five and France

By Leah Asmelash, CNN. Recipe from José Andrés (CNN) — Many Americans think they know what paella is. The deep, rust-colored rice. The crispy edges. Mussels, or shrimp, carefully nestled in the pan. Peas throughout, and sometimes even chorizo. But Chef José Andrés is here to make it known: That’s not really what true paella

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week, we bring you the go-to airports for international connections and for passenger satisfaction, the hotels named the world’s best for 2023 and the latest cultural treasures to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage list. Airports flying high Some airports rank highest for passenger

By Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — What happens when several hundred archaeologists gather in a “glass box” in the desert? It’s an odd kind of question, but this actually occurred last week when experts from all over the planet converged in the shimmering mirror-covered Maraya cultural center near the ancient oasis town of AlUla in

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the amount of light and dark that they get. On Saturday, we enter our second and final equinox of 2023. If you reside in the Northern

By Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan (CNN) — Making your creative director debut when your predecessor was responsible for one of fashion’s most profitable and prolific success stories is a daunting task, let alone having your show venue changed less than 24 hours before your first model was due to step onto the runway. Yet, if

By Scarlett Conlon, CNN (CNN) — This August, fashion editors and buyers from over 120 of the world’s most influential fashion publications and retailers flew to Denmark to voluntarily sit in the pouring rain on wet stools. Was there an immersive new trend with an incoming moniker coined “water-core” to be had? No – but then never

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Kacie Rose Burns walked into the Florence jazz bar, alone. “I’ll go for one song and suss it out,” she thought, trying to quieten her nerves. Kacie slipped in at the back. The club was dark and busy, a few wall lights and neon signs illuminating people drinking, dancing

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — An unknown story by Truman Capote has been published for the first time, after it was discovered hiding in plain sight in a red notebook belonging to the acclaimed author. Capote, a famous American writer and novelist, was born in New Orleans in 1924 and died in 1984. His

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Quirky accessories are nothing new in the fashion world. Just last weekend, Simone Rocha unveiled beaded face masks at London Fashion Week; while on the New York runways Puppets & Puppets made a bag out of a banana fastened between two leather straps. But this week Anwar Hadid —

By Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — A new dawn rose in Milan on Thursday evening as British designer Peter Hawkings made his hotly anticipated debut in the creative director chair at Tom Ford. The long-time right-hand-man of Tom Ford himself, it was Hawkings’ first foray into womenswear following his 25-year stint as a