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Forecast In Stone: Trend Oracle Lidewij Edelkoort On What Comes Next
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Forecast In Stone: Trend Oracle Lidewij Edelkoort On What Comes Next

Amid the leather armchairs and tapestries of a Parisian members' lounge, the famously unconventional Lidewij Edelkoort discusses future global trends, big ideas and the technologically advanced faux fur unveiled during Design Week.

18 Oct 2013 By Official Bespoke

In Conversation: Author and Journalist Rose George on Waste and Sanitation
people · culture

In Conversation: Author and Journalist Rose George on Waste and Sanitation

Author and journalist Rose George explains how a coffee-table book on excreta at COLORS magazine sparked a deeper fascination with sewage, toilets and waste, and the simple question she set out to answer.

15 Oct 2013 By Official Bespoke

Her Way or the Highway: France's Formidable Rachida Dati in Profile
people · culture

Her Way or the Highway: France's Formidable Rachida Dati in Profile

Rachida Dati is immediately imposing: self-confident, strikingly handsome and risen from an Arab workman's daughter to one of France's most senior politicians. We meet the former justice minister at her Left Bank office.

12 Oct 2013 By Official Bespoke

Pushing The Limits: The Provocative Accessories Of Assaad Awad's Madrid Atelier
fashion · products

Pushing The Limits: The Provocative Accessories Of Assaad Awad's Madrid Atelier

Padlocked leather straps, Swarovski-studded collars, spiked visors and metal gloves fill Assaad Awad's Madrid atelier. It might resemble an S&M club, yet there is serious craft and daring artistry behind every provocative piece.

9 Oct 2013 By Official Bespoke

Big Smalls: Chief Executive Garry Hogarth On Reinventing Agent Provocateur In Mayfair
fashion · products

Big Smalls: Chief Executive Garry Hogarth On Reinventing Agent Provocateur In Mayfair

Ahead of meeting chief executive Garry Hogarth, we preview Agent Provocateur's erotic autumn-winter collection at its Mayfair flagship, where the famous baby-pink housecoat hints at a brand caught between its past and its future.

6 Oct 2013 By Official Bespoke

Egyptian Novelist Nawal El Saadawi is a Global Icon in the Fight Against Female Oppression
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Egyptian Novelist Nawal El Saadawi is a Global Icon in the Fight Against Female Oppression

The Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist, Nawal El Saadawi, has braved prison, exile and death threats in her fight against female oppression. It’s a fight she wants to see through to the end. The first thing Nawal El Saadawi does when we speak for the first ti…

4 Oct 2013 By Official Bespoke

A Matter Of Time: The Two Questions Before Buying A Private Jet
products · Planes

A Matter Of Time: The Two Questions Before Buying A Private Jet

We all dream of owning one, but private aviation rests on two honest questions: can you genuinely afford it, and do you clock more than 350 flying hours each year? The answers may surprise you.

3 Oct 2013 By Official Bespoke

W is for Why Not: The Case for a Truly Outrageous Arab Supercar
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W is for Why Not: The Case for a Truly Outrageous Arab Supercar

An Arab supercar makes sense in so many ways: not merely a rival to Italy or Germany, but something so far over the top the mainstream players would never dare attempt it themselves.

28 Sep 2013 By Official Bespoke

places · Unusuals

Forty-Eight Hours in Venice: A Perfectly Curated Weekend on the Lagoon

A two-day itinerary through the floating city, from the unrivalled masters at the Galleria dell'Accademia to a hidden canalside lunch at Locanda Montin and the staterooms and criminal courts of the Doge's Palace.

24 Sep 2013 By Official Bespoke

Stones And Us: A Grandmother's Tale Of Sand-Fields And Stardust
people · culture

Stones And Us: A Grandmother's Tale Of Sand-Fields And Stardust

Over cardamom coffee, Salma tells her grandchildren a story they know all too well, of land once made of sand-fields and stardust, now given over to glass-fields and car-dust beyond the window.

21 Sep 2013 By Official Bespoke

people · culture

Incredible Medicine: The Experimental Cure That Saved a Young Girl

When chemotherapy failed seven-year-old Emily, her doctors turned to a daring last resort: a re-engineered HIV retrovirus enlisted to attack her cancer cells. The risky alternative made the little girl sicker still before transforming everything.

17 Sep 2013 By Official Bespoke

people · business

Homemade Superheroes: The Kuwaiti Comic That Reimagined Islamic Heroes for the World

A decade ago, during a London cab ride shortly after 9/11, Kuwaiti business graduate Dr Naif Al-Mutawa conceived a comic featuring Islamic superheroes. Rather than complain about Islam's image, he set out to reshape it.

13 Sep 2013 By Official Bespoke