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The Bird's Eye View: A Sharp Satire of Life Among the Super-Rich

"Did you tweet that, Nadya?" Our heroine glides her fingers across the iPhone, snapping her beaming boss at the wheel of a Sheikh's canary-yellow Lambo. A witty fiction of corniche cruising and conspicuous wealth.

3 Jul 2013 By Official Bespoke

Talking Pictures: The Restless, Genre-Hopping Photography Of The Elusive Moukarzel
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Talking Pictures: The Restless, Genre-Hopping Photography Of The Elusive Moukarzel

A trawl through Moukarzel's cleverly named studio, Minime, reveals a wealth of images: gritty reportage, social commentary, fashion, advertising, jewellery, portraits, landscapes, architecture, even hairstyles. You would be forgiven for thinking him a camera-toting jack-of-all-trades.

29 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

Big in China: The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur Comes Into Its Own
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Big in China: The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur Comes Into Its Own

No longer an awkward Continental with extra doors and a boot, Bentley has dropped the Conti prefix and made the sleeker, faster, more cosseting Flying Spur a model in its own right. We drive it in Beijing.

28 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

Sharper Image: When Maserati And Zegna Dress Car And Driver Alike
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Sharper Image: When Maserati And Zegna Dress Car And Driver Alike

Only the Italians would think to colour-coordinate your car's interior with your tailored suit and shoes. With the new Quattroporte and a three-year Ermenegildo Zegna partnership, Maserati turns a gimmick into genuine sartorial luxury.

25 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

Discomforting the Ignorant: Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef on Comedy and the Cairo Uprising
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Discomforting the Ignorant: Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef on Comedy and the Cairo Uprising

Thirty-eight-year-old Egyptian heart surgeon and avowed Jon Stewart fan Bassem Youssef explains how the 2011 Cairo uprising galvanised him to speak out and poke fun at his country's politics, becoming an unlikely television superstar.

22 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

A Family Affair: Inside The Quiet German Town Of The Super-Rich
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A Family Affair: Inside The Quiet German Town Of The Super-Rich

The flat farmland around Bremen in Northern Germany seems an unlikely magnet for the world's wealthiest, yet Russian oligarchs, software billionaires and Gulf royals are quietly drawn to this corner of the North Sea coast.

22 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

Power Dressing: Inside Kiton's Marble Fortress On The Upper East Side
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Power Dressing: Inside Kiton's Marble Fortress On The Upper East Side

Kiton's Manhattan flagship is a marble fortress, its altars awash with pastel confections of luxury. Ties lie scattered on richly tinted tables and mannequins flank the staircase; it is a clothing store, yet feels like so much more.

18 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

Fresh Faces: Sandra Ghattas and the Sold-Out First Beirut Designers' Week
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Fresh Faces: Sandra Ghattas and the Sold-Out First Beirut Designers' Week

When Sandra Ghattas decided to tap into what she calls the Lebanese designers' boom, she never expected that within a month Beirut Designers' Week, the country's first such event, would sell out entirely.

16 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

Fending Well: How Fendi Brought Italian Elegance To Luxury Furniture
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Fending Well: How Fendi Brought Italian Elegance To Luxury Furniture

Elegance, timelessness and artisanal excellence, made exclusively in Italy: these tenets shape every piece of Fendi furniture, from a poolside lounger at the Grand Palais to a divan for a pampered pooch, for twenty-four years.

14 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

Name: T. Harv Eker, the Self-Made Millionaire on Mastering Money
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Name: T. Harv Eker, the Self-Made Millionaire on Mastering Money

Self-made millionaire, trainer and bestselling author T. Harv Eker, founder of Peak Potentials Training, explains how a personal journey through ruin and recurring financial frustration gave rise to Secrets of the Millionaire Mind.

10 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

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Beyond Tahrir: Egypt's Tourism Minister on Reviving a Battered Industry

Tourism veteran Hisham Zaazou faces protests, a collapsing economy and visitor numbers down some 30 per cent since the revolution. "This job should be fun," he admits, "but it's not fun anymore." Still, he has ideas.

7 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke

Best Of Basel: The Standout Timepieces From This Year's Watch Fair
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Best Of Basel: The Standout Timepieces From This Year's Watch Fair

Our pick of the standout timepieces from Basel ranges from Jaquet Droz's Twelve Cities Aventurine, tracking a dozen capitals at once on a mother-of-pearl dial, to a sporty new extension of the Hermes Clipper line.

3 Jun 2013 By Official Bespoke