CNN – Style

By Will McGough, CNN (CNN) — On August 8, 2023, an out-of-control wildfire fueled by winds from Hurricane Dora ripped through the town of Lahaina on Maui’s west coast. Ua Aloha Maji, a lifelong Lahaina resident, was at his house in Lahainaluna, about a mile inland of the town center when the fire began. From

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Jen Barnett has wanted to live abroad since first grade, when cafés lined her Birmingham, Alabama, school’s hallways during a week dedicated to all things French. She and her husband started talking about it soon after they met in 2015 and batted the idea around through two stressful US

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spanish authorities are investigating a man who allegedly damaged cave paintings that are thousands of years old by pouring water on them in order to take better photos for social media. A 39-year-old man from Los Villares, in Jaén province in Andalucia, southern Spain, uploaded photos of the wet

By Victoria Woodcock, CNN (CNN) — “The lack of queer visual history compelled me to produce what was missing,” says Zanele Muholi of their creative practice. For more than two decades, the 52-year-old South African photographer has turned their camera on the country’s LGBTQ community, bringing the stories of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — What do sport hunters and fans of breakout queer pop star Chappell Roan have in common? Well, not much, perhaps. But now you can add at least one item to that list: Kamala Harris’ and Tim Walz’s new campaign cap. The pair’s first joint merch offering was unveiled Tuesday,

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Scott Mayerowitz grew up in New Jersey in a household with resentment toward Germany, his family’s motherland. He has ancestors who were killed in the Holocaust, and his Jewish grandparents were forced to flee their homes there in the 1930s because of the Nazis. “There was always this sense

By Ana DeOliva, CNN (CNN) — Imagine boarding a flight without showing your passport, ID or ticket even once at the airport. By 2025, that might be the case at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport. The airport is known for its hi-tech infrastructure and was recently praised by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the words “US

By Simon Usborne, CNN (CNN) — Few things appear to soothe the existential anxieties of the super rich like a bunker designed to withstand anything short of total nuclear Armageddon. Yet it’s no longer enough for the security-conscious billionaire to stick an impenetrable safe room in the basement where it might sit empty forever. In

Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Buying and renovating a home in a different country is a decision that would put any relationship to the test. But this couple, previously based in San Jose, California, snapped up a dilapidated house in a picturesque Italian town with the hope of saving their marriage. Christina and Pete Sobolev,

By Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — Slovakian photographer Petra Basnakova made a series of remarkable and personally transformative discoveries during her three-year-long journey among Palestinian Bedouin families. “This photography journey was a wakeup call for me because it completely transformed my personality,” Basnakova told CNN. “I’ve grown up and found my inner peace, and I

By Chris Lau and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Diners huddling around barbecue grills used to be a familiar sight in the streets of Zibo. The previously nondescript city in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong became one of China’s hottest spots for domestic tourism last year thanks to its affordable and juicy

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN London (CNN) — Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the UK, as a spate of anti-immigrant riots grips cities across Britain. The UK’s worst social unrest in years was sparked by the stabbing deaths of three young girls in Stockport, northwest

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Not content with dressing the top dogs of the music scene, from Beyoncé and Usher to Christina Aguilera, Dolce & Gabbana now has its sights on making actual dogs that bit more stylish. The Italian fashion label’s latest offering is for the dog who truly has it all (or

Essay by Breanna Wilson, CNN Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (CNN) — When I first came up with the idea to drive from Tbilisi, Georgia to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – a journey that would take me through Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia – the world was a different place. Countries were just beginning to recover from the global pandemic and,

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — As the Olympic Games in Paris draws to a close, it’s clear there was more on show than world-class sporting prowess. At the closing ceremony on Sunday, LA mayor Karen Bass waved the Olympic flag in a red Sergio Hudson midi dress; while singer Yseult wore a custom Dior

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Michigan’s Alma Cooper, a US Army officer, was named Miss USA on Sunday, becoming the third person to hold the title this year following the shock resignation of 2023’s winner. The 22-year-old, who has a Master’s in data science from Stanford University, beat 50 other contestants in a pageant

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — There’s a volcano waiting to blow on Santorini, but it’s not the world-famous caldera. The dazzling white-washed houses, blue-domed churches and azure skies and sea of this uniquely stunning Greek island pull in a reported 3.4 million visitors a year, far outnumbering Santorini’s 20,000 or so permanent residents. As

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When women first competed in Olympic track and field events in 1928, they wore loose t-shirts and wide shorts, sometimes cinched with a belt. Those breezy, decidedly non-aerodynamic silhouettes wouldn’t fly today (quite literally) as contemporary female sprinters, hurdlers and long-jumpers don tight performance spandex and high-cut briefs that

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: soda cans exploding mid-flight, trouble in the Dublin wax museum, Italy’s must-try foods and the snack that’s too dangerous to serve in coach. Tiramisù’s inventor has died Raise your spoons this weekend to the inventor of tiramisù. Italian pastry chef Roberto Linguanotto, said to

By Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Through gratitude and exhaustion, James Gillese tries to reconcile feelings of shock and resolve as he considers the force of nature now engulfing his home of Jasper, Alberta. Gratitude is top of mind for him right now as his wife, three children and their dog are all safe after