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Where East Meets West in Bin Drai's Desert-Inspired Spring Couture Collection
fashion · products

Where East Meets West in Bin Drai's Desert-Inspired Spring Couture Collection

Designer Bin Drai channels her dual cultural heritage into a spring/summer collection of evening gowns, drawing on the monochromatic beauty of the winter desert and the sweeping silhouettes of its dunes.

27 Dec 2015 By Official Bespoke 3 min

Popular Evolution: A Turbulent Year for Dior's Belgian Design Duo
fashion · products

Popular Evolution: A Turbulent Year for Dior's Belgian Design Duo

It has been an eventful year for Dior's Belgian designers. Suzy Menkes hailed Raf Simons and Kris Van Assche as a Belgian conquest of a French house, only for Simons to resign after three and a half years.

20 Dec 2015 By Official Bespoke 4 min

Drastic Times: Gérald Genta, the Visionary Who Transformed Audemars Piguet

Drastic Times: Gérald Genta, the Visionary Who Transformed Audemars Piguet

Founded in 1875, Audemars Piguet truly took off nearly a century later under Gérald Genta. Born in Geneva in 1931, the half-Italian visionary yearned to be an artist, but his parents had him trained instead as a jeweller.

3 Dec 2015 By Official Bespoke 4 min

Up to Speed: The New Audi RS7 and Quattro's High-Performance Portfolio

Up to Speed: The New Audi RS7 and Quattro's High-Performance Portfolio

The new RS7 offers the perfect excuse to reacquaint ourselves with Audi's Quattro subsidiary: its racing division, customisation department, lifestyle brand and attractive portfolio of high-performance road cars. There is much to catch up on.

20 Nov 2015 By Official Bespoke 6 min

All the Rage: Cadillac Middle East's Campaign and an American Marque's Bold Reinvention

All the Rage: Cadillac Middle East's Campaign and an American Marque's Bold Reinvention

Is it a fashion shoot or a car commercial? Both, as it happens. Cadillac Middle East's new campaign reveals a proud, confident personality for a marque now recalibrated, independent of General Motors and relocated to Soho.

13 Nov 2015 By Official Bespoke 2 min

Like Clockwork: How Jaquet Droz Carried Fine Watchmaking to the World
products · Watches

Like Clockwork: How Jaquet Droz Carried Fine Watchmaking to the World

Age and inventiveness alone would qualify Jaquet Droz among the most venerable watch houses, but Pierre Jaquet-Droz did more. One of the first Europeans to embrace export, he sent his creations to the courts of India and China.

11 Nov 2015 By Official Bespoke 4 min

The Canon of Proportions: Philippe Briand's Career-Defining Year in Yacht Design
products · boats

The Canon of Proportions: Philippe Briand's Career-Defining Year in Yacht Design

London-based designer and naval architect Philippe Briand is enjoying a career-defining year. The media-shy Frenchman, whose mantelpiece already groans with awards, has unveiled new sailing superyachts under his own name and fresh projects for the Vitruvius motoryacht brand.

27 Oct 2015 By Official Bespoke 5 min

Cross Your Art: Mansoor Bhatti and His Dubai Creative Agency Thingsbypeople

Cross Your Art: Mansoor Bhatti and His Dubai Creative Agency Thingsbypeople

Mansoor Bhatti collects not things but people and their ideas. Through his Dubai-based creative agency Thingsbypeople, he has gathered a roster of international visual artists across photography, fashion, illustration, graffiti art and advertising.

18 Oct 2015 By Official Bespoke 6 min

Olivier Rousteing Rejigs Balmain To a Sexy New Tune Rock n’ Roll Chicness

Olivier Rousteing Rejigs Balmain To a Sexy New Tune Rock n’ Roll Chicness

Balmain’s latest men’s collection is both chic and decidedly sexy, a kind of hip-hop street culture meets high-society sophistication. And, it pulls it all off. With its thoughtful masculine look, it mixes up different styles without losing any of the brand’s signature refinement or att…

12 Oct 2015 By Official Bespoke 4 min

The German Killer: The 640bhp 2016 Cadillac CTS-V Takes Aim at Germany's Super-Saloons

The German Killer: The 640bhp 2016 Cadillac CTS-V Takes Aim at Germany's Super-Saloons

The new 2016 Cadillac CTS-V has the BMW M5, Mercedes E63 AMG and even the Lexus GS F firmly in its sights. Lighter, more powerful and more sophisticated, it carries just the right American swagger.

4 Oct 2015 By Official Bespoke 2 min

Motoring On: The Dubai International Motor Show Returns With Supercars, Speed Records and Connected Tech
products · cars

Motoring On: The Dubai International Motor Show Returns With Supercars, Speed Records and Connected Tech

The Middle East's largest motoring event is back at the Dubai World Trade Centre with global launches, a Boulevard of Dreams, classic marques and a Jaguar-Bloodhound simulator chasing 1,000 mph.

1 Oct 2015 By Official Bespoke 1 min

Set in Stones: Elizabeth Taylor's Peerless Collection and Her Love Affair with Bulgari

Set in Stones: Elizabeth Taylor's Peerless Collection and Her Love Affair with Bulgari

Many jewellers swore by Elizabeth Taylor's eye for exquisite diamonds. By her death in 2011 she had amassed the world's most impressive collection, its most prized pieces by Bulgari, the subject of one enduring love affair.

22 Sep 2015 By Official Bespoke 2 min