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There may be a quiet revolution taking place among women in the more conservative part of the Arab world, and it involves the right to work. Women, by all accounts, are champing at the bit to contribute to the household financially. Without circumventing tradition, the solution may lie in
As the leading manufacturer of luxury mobile phones, Vertu is at the cutting edge of telecommunications. More than just a phone company, the Nokia subsidiary likes to get close to their clients.
Ignorance is bliss, as the saying goes, and this is ever more the case with the luxury shopping experience. Everyone has their favourite shopping destination where they get transported into an experience of a coveted, or real, lifestyle that is achievable through the objects on sale.
It’s the antitheses of refinement. Mass-market clothing and accessories have created a bland, everyman of the average consumer. All trace of individuality and personal style becomes swamped by the global appeal of the multinational faux-designer clothing company. The average consumer is in
Sustainability is the buzzword in luxury today. Blind and wasteful consumption has lost its lustre, with everyone from established fashion designers to important luxury hotel groups making glamour and a good conscience highly compatible. Sustainability has a two-fold significance – it sugg
Tom Ford, far and away the most exciting man in fashion, is opening his first Middle East outlet in Dubai, with venues planned for Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi and Lebanon. The polite Texan talks to Bespoke.
Even though just 50 years ago, Italy had no fashion industry to speak of the country is now the capital of wearable cool. With an unrivalled ability to produce high quality apparel in luxurious fabrics, the Made in Italy label commands an enduring and widely understood cachet.
His strongly-held convictions led him to believe that immortalising his music was more important than commercialising it, Walid Itayim has recorded his own brand of blues-based rock that almost sounds like something fresh out of 1973.
What Axor Massaud Who A collaboration between Axor and Jean-Marie Massaud For A new and innovative line of bathroom fittings Why A winning German-French partnership resulting in truly stunning bathroom design. www.axor-design.com Trying to redefine the philosophy of the bathroom must be no
Nationality: Kuwaiti of Palestinian origins Diploma: Double major in Economics & Finance Star sign: Leo Job: The founder and chief designer for the Lebanon-based bags’ label AILA, which was founded in March 2008. What is AILA? Fun, stylish bags made of rare skins, with the needs of modern
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Maria Hibri and Hoda Baroudi, the founders of Bokja Design, an edgy firm producing truly unique furniture. These vibrant and garrulous Lebanese women have literally taken the interior design world by storm. Their brand is the realisation of a juxta…
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