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Second Chance: A Returning Owner's Bigger and Richer Nuvolari-Lenard Yacht Masterpiece

Second Chance: A Returning Owner's Bigger and Richer Nuvolari-Lenard Yacht Masterpiece

Designed inside and out by Nuvolari-Lenard, this custom yacht reunited the team behind the owner's first vessel, the eighty-six-metre Quattroelle. This time the brief was simple yet exacting: make her better, nicer and decidedly richer.

19 Dec 2022 By Official Bespoke

Twenty-Five Years After Becoming the First Hotel to Open in NYC’s SoHo, The Mercer is Still the Place to Be
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Twenty-Five Years After Becoming the First Hotel to Open in NYC’s SoHo, The Mercer is Still the Place to Be

When The Mercer opened in Manhattan on the corner of Prince and Mercer, 25 years ago – as the sister hotel to Hollywood’s legendary Chateau Marmont – it was groundbreaking in so many ways. Not only was it the first luxury hotel to open in SoHo, it also offered a very different concept o…

19 Dec 2022 By Official Bespoke

How Baros Set an Enduring Template for Thatched-Roof Beach Villas in the Maldives over 50 Years Ago
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How Baros Set an Enduring Template for Thatched-Roof Beach Villas in the Maldives over 50 Years Ago

It’s funny but I have been reading about how amazing Baros is for years. Maybe it’s because I grew up in England or that I was an avid reader of magazines, but whether it was GQ, FT’s How to Spend it, The Daily Telegraph or Condé Nast Traveller, everyone, it seems, loved Baros. As if [&…

10 Dec 2022 By Official Bespoke

There’s a Beautiful New Working Museum Northern Lebanon Dedicated to the Work of Anachar Basbous
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There’s a Beautiful New Working Museum Northern Lebanon Dedicated to the Work of Anachar Basbous

Built in the artist’s hometown and designed by architect Jawdat Arnouk, Mohtaraf Anachar Basbous (MAB), which translates as ‘workshop’ rather than ‘museum,’ opened last September, gathering around 50 artworks across Basbous’ career, from his first at the age of 10 to the very late…

24 Nov 2022 By Official Bespoke

Victorious: Turkey's Largest Superyacht Yet, and Its Unexpected Gentleman's Snug Below

Victorious: Turkey's Largest Superyacht Yet, and Its Unexpected Gentleman's Snug Below

The largest new build to emerge from Turkey, the eighty-five-metre Victorious is an explorer fitted for world circumnavigation with Jacuzzis, a steam room and cinema. Yet its open fires and gentleman's snug prove most surprising of all.

19 Nov 2022 By Official Bespoke

The Fan: Aljoud Lootah Reimagines Heritage for Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai

The Fan: Aljoud Lootah Reimagines Heritage for Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai

Mandarin Oriental Jumeira commissioned Emirati designer Aljoud Lootah to create its bespoke fan. Renowned for collectable objects that reinterpret Emirati heritage in a contemporary light, she was the first from the nation acquired by an international museum.

27 Oct 2022 By Official Bespoke

CogniScents: The Cremona Family and the Art of Henry Jacques

CogniScents: The Cremona Family and the Art of Henry Jacques

Founded in 1975 by Henry Cremona and a traditional nose, the perfume house Henry Jacques remains a family affair. Chief executive Anne-Lise Cremona reveals the chance encounter and middle name behind its quietly legendary identity.

4 Oct 2022 By Official Bespoke

At Face Value: Heba El-Dessouky on Comfort, Cooking and Being Herself

At Face Value: Heba El-Dessouky on Comfort, Cooking and Being Herself

Speaking from her home in Cairo's leafy Maadi suburbs, the twenty-seven-year-old model-turned-actor proves utterly singular. Wrapped in faux fur against a cloudy morning, Heba El-Dessouky is happy in her own skin and would rather cook dinner.

12 Sep 2022 By Official Bespoke

Dubai Watch Week 2022: Inside Hind Seddiqi's Record-Breaking Horology Fair
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Dubai Watch Week 2022: Inside Hind Seddiqi's Record-Breaking Horology Fair

Now in its fifth Dubai edition, the Seddiqi-organised fair drew a record 16,000 visitors with masterclasses, the Horology Forum, food concepts and a wave of limited-edition reveals from Audemars Piguet, Rolex, Hublot and others.

28 Aug 2022 By Official Bespoke

A Taste of Its Own Medicine: Halima Aden on Walking Away

A Taste of Its Own Medicine: Halima Aden on Walking Away

The first woman to model in a hijab on major runways reflects on leaving the industry behind. Models are disposable and replaceable, she says, so she chose to replace modelling with something altogether better.

20 Aug 2022 By Official Bespoke

What do You Know About Waiwai, a New Japanese-Lebanese Architecture Practice in Tokyo and Dubai?
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What do You Know About Waiwai, a New Japanese-Lebanese Architecture Practice in Tokyo and Dubai?

Dubai-based architect Wael Al Awar is not a big fan of 20th century modern architecture. Rather, he subscribes to a new school of expression that eschews ornamentation and focusses on projects that revive cultural identity and craft as well as encourage public engagements and sustainabi…

14 Aug 2022 By Official Bespoke

Shock and Awe: a $1.7M demonstration of How to Dematerialise and Decapitalise Car Design
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Shock and Awe: a $1.7M demonstration of How to Dematerialise and Decapitalise Car Design

Everything about the Czinger 21C is extraordinary. It’s an American hypercar, limited to 80 units, which was created using AI and 3D print technology and, as a result, it has the entire automotive industry paying close attention. It’s neither left-hand-drive nor right-hand-drive but rat…

19 Jul 2022 By Official Bespoke