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Going Viral: How a Beirut Airport Flash Mob Conquered the Internet
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Going Viral: How a Beirut Airport Flash Mob Conquered the Internet

When dancers spontaneously broke into the Lebanese Dabke at Beirut's airport, onlookers did the only natural thing: they filmed it. Soon the clip was everywhere, shared on Facebook and covered worldwide.

11 Jul 2011 By Official Bespoke

Pacific Perfection: Turtle Island, the Fijian Paradise Behind Blue Lagoon
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Pacific Perfection: Turtle Island, the Fijian Paradise Behind Blue Lagoon

You may not know Turtle Island by name, but you have surely seen it: this Yasawa Islands oasis hosted the Blue Lagoon films. Today its exclusive lodge, owned by Richard Evanson, ranks among the world's finest.

8 Jul 2011 By Official Bespoke

people · culture

Icon: Monita Rajpal on Anchoring the Royal Wedding From Westminster Abbey

Anchoring World One live in the week before the wedding, the broadcaster watched the excitement build, from tourists camping across the street to the international media filling the stands at Westminster Abbey.

5 Jul 2011 By Official Bespoke

Unusual European Hotels: From Berlin's Propeller Island City Lodge to Bologna's Torre Prendiparte
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Unusual European Hotels: From Berlin's Propeller Island City Lodge to Bologna's Torre Prendiparte

Berlin's Propeller Island City Lodge may be the most insane hotel in the world, its flying beds and upside-down rooms conjured by artist Lars Stroschen. From there to Bologna's Torre Prendiparte, these European boltholes confound.

5 Jul 2011 By Official Bespoke

Knock on Wood: Art of Kinetik and the Craft of Luxury Wooden Powerboats
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Knock on Wood: Art of Kinetik and the Craft of Luxury Wooden Powerboats

Founded in 2007, Art of Kinetik launched its Mazokist and Hedonist models at Cannes and Monaco in 2010. Behind the young firm lies more than a decade's expertise in building high-end wooden powerboats.

2 Jul 2011 By Official Bespoke

Shore Thing: The Novogratz Couple Who Seem to Do It All
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Shore Thing: The Novogratz Couple Who Seem to Do It All

Polly Sweet meets Cortney and Robert Novogratz, the benchmark aspirational couple behind a multi-million-dollar property empire, a best-selling book, their own television show and a brood of seven, and asks how they fit it all in.

30 Jun 2011 By Official Bespoke

Here’s How an American-Born Talent by the Name of Joel Arthur Rosenthal Became the World’s Most Respected Jeweller
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Here’s How an American-Born Talent by the Name of Joel Arthur Rosenthal Became the World’s Most Respected Jeweller

It is one of those jewellery shops you cannot simply go to and just choose and buy. The 67-year-old founder, though a secretive man, has managed to garner a cult following and as if to prove a point, his perfume sells at 325 USD an ounce (30 ml). This is JAR. The street-level window dis…

28 Jun 2011 By Official Bespoke

Hide and Seek: A Night on Richard Branson's Necker Island
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Hide and Seek: A Night on Richard Branson's Necker Island

Maya Khoury checks into Necker Island, Sir Richard Branson's thirty-hectare private retreat in the British Virgin Islands, where a staff of thirty-one pampers twenty-eight guests amid turquoise waters, coral reefs and beaches, for fifty-three thousand dollars a night.

27 Jun 2011 By Official Bespoke

Bon Appetit: Cannes's Carlton Hotel Changes Hands in a Landmark Deal
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Bon Appetit: Cannes's Carlton Hotel Changes Hands in a Landmark Deal

Our roundup of luxury news, led by the sale of the landmark Carlton Hotel on the Croisette in Cannes to Lebanese businessman Toufic Aboukhater, part of a 450-million-euro deal involving seven InterContinental properties from Morgan Stanley.

24 Jun 2011 By Official Bespoke

Frock Star: Saudi Designer Ghadah Al Rashid and Her Brand Ghadah Couture
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Frock Star: Saudi Designer Ghadah Al Rashid and Her Brand Ghadah Couture

Think Saudi, and clothing design is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. That is set to change. Ghadah Al Rashid, born and raised in the Kingdom, has won international success with her prêt-à-porter brand.

20 Jun 2011 By Official Bespoke

A Recipe for Success: How Dirty Kitchen Secrets Conquered the Region
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A Recipe for Success: How Dirty Kitchen Secrets Conquered the Region

Alex Ritman meets Lebanese-American Bethany Kehdy, whose cheekily named food blog Dirty Kitchen Secrets has, despite first impressions, become one of the most respected online resources for cooking in the Middle East and far beyond.

16 Jun 2011 By Official Bespoke

Summer Seascape: BOSS Black Sets Sail With Its Carefree New Collection
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Summer Seascape: BOSS Black Sets Sail With Its Carefree New Collection

Sold in more than six thousand stores and accounting for most Hugo Boss sales, BOSS Black unveils a Summer Seascape collection that is as classically casual as it is structurally cool and effortlessly elegant.

13 Jun 2011 By Official Bespoke