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Jing Zhang (CNN) — Modern design often veers into the sort of minimalism that comes across as tasteful and sophisticated, but bland. Yinka Ilori has made an entire career doing the opposite. From landmark public installations to furniture, his dopamine-inducing, color-soaked designs are instantly recognizable and have resonated both culturally, and globally. But the British

By Bianca Betancourt, Photographs by Marco Postigo Storel, CNN This New York Fashion Week served up something the city has in swathes: confidence. There was theater (in Thom Browne’s human-sized insects), drama (of the kind the CFDA surely hopes we’ll forget), and a lot of old fashioned glamour. Several designers reminded us that when a

By Francesca Street and Gage Goulding, CNN (CNN) — One of the best things about a city break is when it starts to feel like a home away from home. Maybe you find a bar that becomes your local for the weekend, get a bunch of great recommendations from a family-owned hotel, or stumble upon

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN Every few seasons, New York Fashion Week is in need of a savior. Someone who shakes up what can often be a monotonous cycle of all that goes into the jampacked show calendar. Someone who reminds a likely very jaded and fickle crowd of editors, buyers, and industry observers that fashion

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — My father’s very first memory of dining out was as a penniless child in rural China. A few older boys in his village took him to the only eatery in town for a “free meal” — which, unbeknownst to him, was a euphemism for the classic

By Jacqui Palumbo, Oscar Holland | Photographs and Video by Grace Widyatmadja, Jennelle Fong (CNN) — Awards season kicked off on Monday as the stars of television descended on LA’s Peacock Theater for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. Fashion-watchers looking for hints on which trends will dominate between now and the Oscars next March will

By Zoe Sottile, Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The legendary fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie, who dressed divas from Cher to Diana Ross in glittering, eye-catching designs, has died at age 87, according to his social media accounts. “It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Mr. Bob Mackie passed

By Jay Gentile, CNN Aspen, Colorado (CNN) — Come for the five-star hotels, high-end boutiques and world-class skiing that have helped make Aspen one of the world’s most desirable luxury destinations. Stay for the artists, eccentrics, ski bums and freaks hiding in plain sight. It’s been more than half a century since famed American author

By Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — One of history’s largest ever money laundering busts left officials in Singapore with a multibillion-dollar question: What to do with the cars, properties and thousands of luxury goods seized in the investigation? Three years after the coordinated raids, which saw over 400 police officers target a criminal network

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The head of American fashion’s leading trade association has taken a professional leave of absence after reacting “inappropriately” during an altercation with animal rights protesters at a runway show. The CEO and president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), Steven Kolb, was filmed appearing to physically

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel news this week, what five Americans discovered when they left the States for new lives in Europe. Plus Mongolian throat singing, Portuguese big waves, and a Greek vacation romance that lasted through the ages. Living the dream Packing up and moving to a new

Tanya Fevzi (CNN) — Remember when professional wrestler Joan Marie Laurer — better known by her ring name, Chyna — walked the Emmy Awards red carpet in a dress that looked more SmackDown than starlet? It was 1999, the height of popularity for World Wrestling Entertainment (then known as the WWF). Driven by big personalities

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Princess Diana’s head-turning “revenge dress,” which broke royal protocol and created a sensational pop culture moment, is going on sale for the first time in nearly 30 years. The showstopping evening gown by Greek designer Christina Stambolian will be exhibited in London this month, before heading to Hong Kong,

By Tanya Fevzi, CNN London (CNN) — A new sculpture has been unveiled in London’s Trafalgar Square, where it will stand for the next two years. “Lady in Blue,” by New York-based artist Tschabalala Self, is a bronze statue of an anonymous young Black woman wearing a form-fitting blue dress, matching heels and glass beaded

Jen Rose Smith, CNN (CNN) — When Benjamin Galaz was 10 years old, a stranger arrived in Nacozari de García, a mining town in the Mexican state of Sonora where he lived. It was a food vendor named Rolando Mendivil, who was serving a new kind of hot dog: bacon-wrapped, grilled and served in a

By Tanya Fevzi, CNN (CNN) — Liev Schreiber has always been terrified of chickens – it’s an anxiety that has plagued the “Ray Donovan” and “X-Men” actor since his hippie parents moved the family to a commune in Canada when he was a child. “They look like dinosaurs,” he told Architectural Digest in an interview

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The city of Rome has revealed for the first time the biggest Roman wall mosaic ever found, and a colorful fresco painted on a 2,000-year-old wall — the culmination of a massive 14-year restoration project. Ten meters (33 feet) high and 16 meters (52 feet) long, the

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A portrait capturing an extraordinary moment between an adult seahorse and two newly born juveniles in French Polynesia has been crowned the overall winner of the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 competition. Although it’s impossible to know if the seahorses are related, the image appears to show two

By Michel Ghanem (CNN) — In FX’s “The Shards,” a group of friends at an elite prep school in Los Angeles are entering their senior year — and the stakes are as high as their opulent wardrobe budgets. The year is 1981 and shoulder pads are all the rage. A serial killer named “The Trawler”