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Now You Can Visit Historical Landmarks Long After They’ve Vanished Thanks to the Audi Innovation Award
people · design

Now You Can Visit Historical Landmarks Long After They’ve Vanished Thanks to the Audi Innovation Award

The Lebanese architect Elias Soueidi has won the third annual Audi Innovation Award. Soueidi’s project was selected from over 450 registrations to apply for this year’s competition. His idea, ‘Ruin to Reality’, is an application intended to allow access to virtual 3D models of ruined hi…

10 Jan 2019 By Official Bespoke 4 min

Karl Lagerfeld Proves He’s Still on Top of the Game With Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2019 Runway Show
people · fashion

Karl Lagerfeld Proves He’s Still on Top of the Game With Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2019 Runway Show

For Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2019 runway show, Karl Lagerfeld transformed Paris’ Grand Palais into a sandy beach, complete with azure skies and lapping waves. Notable looks included oversize 1980s tweeds, LBDs, straw hats and logos a-go-go.  

8 Jan 2019 By Official Bespoke 1 min

Rami Malek on becoming Freddie Mercury for the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody
people · culture

Rami Malek on becoming Freddie Mercury for the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody

The Egyptian-American Mr. Robot star, now an Oscar contender, describes the daunting Live Aid recreation, flying out fake teeth and chasing the vulnerability beneath one of rock's most godlike performers.

8 Jan 2019 By Official Bespoke 2 min

Drama Queen: Finding A Hero And An Identity In Freddie Mercury
people · culture

Drama Queen: Finding A Hero And An Identity In Freddie Mercury

In conversation, our subject reflects on Freddie Mercury as a formative hero, exploring how his struggle for identity and fearless stagecraft sent the message that it is perfectly fine to be yourself.

28 Dec 2018 By Official Bespoke 4 min

Nour Hammour Expands Her Brand Beyond the Trendy Leather Jackets that Made Her Famous

Nour Hammour Expands Her Brand Beyond the Trendy Leather Jackets that Made Her Famous

Since 2013, Parisian label Nour Hammour has been the brand that supermodels and international ‘It’ girls go to for the coolest customised leather jackets. But it’s been a while since the biker jacket crossed over into high fashion. Originally designed in 1928 by Irving Schott as a…

30 Nov 2018 By Official Bespoke 3 min

Tania Fares Plans To Make the Middle East a Fashion Hub With Fashion Trust Arabia
people · business

Tania Fares Plans To Make the Middle East a Fashion Hub With Fashion Trust Arabia

Having successfully propped up young British fashion designers since 2011, Tania Fares is now turning her attention to the Middle East with an initiative called Fashion Trust Arabia, and it’s got some lofty ambitions. And just in case you haven’t noticed, the region’s style seems to be …

29 Nov 2018 By Official Bespoke 5 min

Tommy Hilfiger Enlists Hailey Baldwin and Winnie Harlowe as this season’s #TommyICONS
people · fashion

Tommy Hilfiger Enlists Hailey Baldwin and Winnie Harlowe as this season’s #TommyICONS

One is known for her Hollywood pedigree and the other, an enviable sense of identity – but together they pack a millenial power punch. Q & A with Hailey Baldwin 1. What are your favourite pieces in the Tommy Icons capsule collection and why? I love the snow-white-coloured fisherman …

14 Nov 2018 By Official Bespoke 2 min

Lebanon-Based Senteurs d’Orient is Taking its Luxury Soap Global

Lebanon-Based Senteurs d’Orient is Taking its Luxury Soap Global

It’s been 18 years since Hana Debs Akkari launched Senteurs d’Orient’s divine collection of soaps, but the company’s founding principals are as fresh as ever. The bourgeoning brand was built on a reputation of making soaps the traditional way, using the finest natural ingredients and es…

11 Nov 2018 By Official Bespoke 3 min

Nadine Labaki, the Director Whose Walls Tell Her Cinematic Story

Nadine Labaki, the Director Whose Walls Tell Her Cinematic Story

In her Ashrafieh office, Nadine Labaki's career is written across the walls: framed posters, production stills, scouts' photographs and hundreds of Post-its, a slapdash record of an extraordinarily busy year in film.

8 Nov 2018 By Official Bespoke 6 min

These are the Top 6 Reasons We Love Amal Clooney

These are the Top 6 Reasons We Love Amal Clooney

This human rights lawyer seemingly has it all – intelligence, looks, a career, George Clooney, twins , and let’s not forget an enviable wardrobe.   1. Amal might sound perfectly English with her cut-glass accent but, as the daughter of a Lebanese couple – Ramzi and Baria Alamuddin …

25 Oct 2018 By Official Bespoke 2 min

Make Water out of Thin Air? This Company’s Tech Could Solve Global Water Shortages
people · business

Make Water out of Thin Air? This Company’s Tech Could Solve Global Water Shortages

Zero Mass Water has the potential to change the lives of billions of people by using the power of the sun to make clean drinking water out of thin air. Have you ever wished you could make something appear out of thin air? Well that’s exactly what Cody Friesen did, as the founder and CEO…

24 Oct 2018 By Official Bespoke 4 min

Find Out how Beirut-based Couture House Azzi & Osta Made it to the Big Leagues

Find Out how Beirut-based Couture House Azzi & Osta Made it to the Big Leagues

You know you’ve made it when the queen herself gives your label the seal of approval. That’s Queen Bey, of course, and the label is Azzi & Osta, a name that’s garnered an incredible buzz ever since the songstress wore one of their custom-made gowns to the Clive Davis pre-Grammy Gala…

10 Oct 2018 By Official Bespoke 3 min