Leah Dolan is a journalist at CNN. She specializes in beauty and fashion, as well as arts and entertainment, exploring themes such as pop culture, consumer health, and the fashion industry. Leah's work has been featured in notable outlets including CNN, CBS News, and Yahoo Sports UK.
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Leah’s coverage leans heavily toward fashion and beauty, with a secondary interest in art and wider cultural moments. She seems most receptive to pitches that offer sharp visual or style analysis tied to current trends, celebrity appearances, luxury positioning, or shifts in how people present themselves publicly.
She also covers health-related stories when they intersect with consumer trends, so timely, news-driven angles with a clear cultural impact could work well. For art pitches, she appears drawn to pieces that explain why an artist or installation mattered beyond the gallery.
Her focus is national, so keep the relevance broad and domestic.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week' is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week' is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.
By: Leah Dolan
(CNN) — In a post-Rihanna world, we all like to talk about how maternity wear — or at least the expectations of how pregnant women should dress — is forever changed. Rihanna, after all, when carrying each of her three children wore exactly what she might have done were she not pregnant at all: rather than elasticated waistbands and drab smocks, she was seen in lace bodysuits, corsets, crop tops and mini-skirts.
Online trolls signal our progressive way of thinking about pregnancy fashion is still very much in its infancy.
Yayoi Kusama was an artist of many mediums — sculpture, painting, performance art and film — but many people will remember her for one body of work in particular: her “Infinity Mirror Rooms.”
(CNN) — Yayoi Kusama was an artist of many mediums — sculpture, painting, performance art and film — but many people will remember her for one body of work in
The late Japanese artist, born long before the internet, ushered in a new era of Instagram-ready participatory art.
A century ago, an illicit snack uncovered a missing 9.01-carat diamond. Now, the rare gem is going on display again.
By: Leah Dolan
(CNN) — Suzanne Schiltz was hungry. Cleaning is exhausting business, especially as a hotel chambermaid in Paris — one of the most visited cities in the world, even in 1926. So when she saw an apple in the suitcase of two young men one December while neatening up their room, she took it. After a bite, Schiltz' teeth struck something so hard they almost shattered: the Grand Condé diamond. It was one of the rarest gemstones in France. And it was also missing.
The exhibit was scrapped amid a growing outcry over the decision to honor the controversial British designer.
