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Alexander Asseily is the founder, executive vice president and cto of Aliph, the makers of the stylish Bluetooth headset, Jawbone. Staying at the cutting edge of telecommunications is no mean feat. Bespoke spent some time with the charismatic Asseily.
10. Will Smith passed on the role of Neo in The Matrix, claiming he didn’t understand the movie. “At that point I wasn’t smart enough as an actor to let the movie be. Keanu was. He let the movie and the director tell the story and didn’t try to perform every moment.”
There I sat, my index finger submerged in my glass of water, and my thumb lying on the edge of my plate. I’d memorised where the breadbasket lay and was hunting for the side plate. The woman sitting beside me was muttering about the, apparently absent, salt and peppershakers. Oh, and it wa
There's a certain art to delivering a pithy comeback, or being able to make a concise, cutting comment; one of the best was Winston Churchill. "He mobilised the English language and sent it into battle," said Kennedy of him. Yet what very few ever knew was that the man who has often been h
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
My managing editor and I were having a conversation the other day and he told me about a run in he had had with an old friend. After catching up and exchanging news, he gave her a copy of Bespoke and went on his merry way. A few days later the friend called him up to rant about how irrespo
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…
Giuseppe Vaccarini lifts to his nose the first of three glasses of water. “The tap water here is unusually good,” declares the sommelier at Villa Panna, located in a village on the slopes of Mount Gazzaro in Tuscany famed for its precious springs. Vaccarini was voted the world’s best somme
Basil El-Baz is a young star on the rise. The Egyptian entrepreneur defied his critics and successfully created one of the world’s largest facilities for the production of ammonia and petrochemical products.
Every company or institution of any note has a website these days. The Internet has become the mass-media tool of the day and an enormous amount of information is available to you at the click of button.
There’s nothing more basic, more primitive than man’s need for fire. We’ve been taking it for granted for millennia. These days there are all sorts of tools that make the creation of fire a cinch, you might even have one in your pocket, or sitting on the table in front of you.
Though many people are well raised and socially well mannered recently there has been decay in the etiquette regarding table manners that has worried more than this humble writer. Therefore Bespoke has decided to make a refresher course to help you avoid some common howlers.