CNN – Style

By Scarlett Conlon, CNN (CNN) — Beneath the Nicola Bertucci frescoes and gilt Rococo cornicing of the 17th-century Palazzo Visconti Di Modrone in Milan, a six-foot fibreglass character stands among piles of white and mustard granite stones. If the mix seems incongruous, then consider the objective achieved. The character forms part of an installation by

By Zara Khan, CNN (CNN) — Asked to share her rules for writing, the author Margaret Atwood once told British newspaper The Guardian: “Other people can help you a bit, but essentially you’re on your own.” But while that is certainly true for the bulk of Atwood’s — and indeed most writers’ — work, the

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — There are no roads and no trails in America’s least-visited national park. Just vast wilderness. Alaska’s Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, located 200 miles (322 kilometers) north of Fairbanks, stretches over 8.4 million acres. Temperatures in winter can drop to -50 degrees Fahrenheit (-45 C). In

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Slicked-back hair, a leather jacket, a cross dangling from his ear and his trademark aviator sunglasses. This is how many of George Michael’s fans remember the late, great singer—and his image has now been immortalized just so on a new collectible coin issued by Britain’s Royal Mint. Visitors

By Victoria Woodcock, CNN (CNN) — It was not until I looked at “Family Room” for the second time that I saw the two children. Underneath a faded sign advertising a “DJ,” “cocktails” and “live entertainment,” where a graffitied security fence gives way to piles of bike wheels, discarded clothes, broken bits of tech and some curtains, two small

Essay by Brandon Griggs, CNN (CNN) — The first time I went to Las Vegas was in 1985, on a cross-country road trip with my stepbrother. I was in my 20s and he was a college freshman on spring break. We drove, wide-eyed, down the Strip in my crappy little Honda and gawked at all

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A Hello Kitty theme park in Tokyo has been forced to close for the day after it received a “terror threat,” its operator said. Sanrio Puroland, also known as Hello Kitty Land, is located in Tama New Town in north Tokyo. In a statement published on the park’s official

By Alex Rees, CNN. Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — There may only be a few dates left on the awards season calendar for 2024, but that doesn’t mean that things are slowing down one bit. Rather, for all the top stylists and Hollywood fashionistas who’ve been hoarding their best gowns and suiting, tonight’s

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: trending flight routes around the world, the latest on Qantas’ record-breaking Project Sunrise, plus the Americans leaving the States behind for new lives overseas. New life abroad “The American dream is to leave America,” said one comment — which was liked 34,800 times —

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It’s a floating city exclusively home to the 1%, a playground for multimillionaires and billionaires that circumnavigates the world’s oceans. Welcome to The World, an exclusive private residential ship home to 165 superluxe apartments. This vessel is shrouded in secrecy and buying a condo on board is an invite-only

By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Google is set to open its New York headquarters in a repurposed 1930s railway terminus near Hudson Square on Monday — and the tech giant says the project was designed with nature in mind. The 12-story St. John’s Terminal building, located at the nexus of Hudson River Park, the

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — There’s method dressing, and then in the case of BAFTA-winning Irish actor Barry Keoghan, there is method un-dressing. On Wednesday, the “Banshees of Inisherin” star set the internet alight when he made a divisive nude appearance in a video promoting Vanity Fair’s latest Hollywood Issue cover. In a clip

By Scarlett Conlon, CNN Milan (CNN) — Trompe ‘l’oeil suspenders, resplendent ruffles, and polka dots aplenty: the 1980s Moschino archive was out in force to mark Adrian Appiolaza’s debut as creative director at the house on Thursday evening in Milan, albeit filtered through a fresh perspective. “It was about taking Franco Moschino’s masterpieces and bringing

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Guillermo Barrantes relationship with Larry Mock was supposed to begin and end in Palm Springs. It was a “casual, brief encounter.” A vacation dalliance that only lasted half a day. “It was just so casual, so easily nothing could have happened from it,” Guillermo tells CNN Travel. “We could

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Taylor Swift might be saying “So Long, London” in her much-anticipated upcoming album but one of the city’s top museums is offering the dream job for any Swiftie. On Thursday, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) released a job listing for a Taylor Swift superfan to advise its

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Fashion months’ finale — otherwise known as Paris Fashion Week — kicks off on Monday February 26th with over 70 shows and 38 presentations scheduled. From Miu Miu to Mugler, the nine-day calendar is filled to the brim with storied luxury houses, which will no doubt draw a slew

By Paradise Afshar, Pete Muntean and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An Alaska Airlines passenger accused of attacking another traveler with pens wrapped in rubber bands in late January has been charged in federal court with assault with a dangerous weapon, according to court documents filed in the US District Court of Nevada on Wednesday. Julio Alvarez Lopez, who was

By Julian Ryall, CNN Yokohama, Japan (CNN) — Of all the cities in Japan, Yokohama is without doubt the most international and cosmopolitan. While many other urban centers have built over their past in the rush to modernize, Yokohama has gone to great lengths to preserve its history as the port that opened the country

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — If you joined the throngs of Americans and international visitors flocking to a National Park Service site in 2023, this next statistic likely won’t come as too much of a shock: Roughly 325.5 million recreation visits were paid to the more than 400 sites administered by the NPS last

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — With the lunar touchdown of the Odysseus spacecraft on Thursday, the world’s most expensive living artist has now earned a new, space-age superlative: His creation is now the first “authorized” work of art on the moon. Exchanging the gallery space for a transparent box in space, the American artist Jeff