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Coordinated Style: Why Shoes and Handbags Are a Woman's Keystone Accessories

Certain everyday accessories speak volumes about our ambitions and aesthetic education. If a man's secret identity lies in his wristwatch, a woman's greatest ally is her handbag, inextricably linked to the shoes granting her mobility.

21 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

Take two
places · Unusuals

Take two

There are always destinations that invite comparison when discussed, most of the times with a sense of competition. However, as Bespoke finds out, there’s often a lot in common between even the most inimitable of locations.

20 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

Lofty Waters (or alternatively) Water Elite
places · Essentials

Lofty Waters (or alternatively) Water Elite

It is billions of years old yet still measured by its freshness and purity. Natural water is not only a precious resource it is genuinely big business —and a matter of philosophy.

18 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

Double Acts
people · business

Double Acts

The best things often come in pairs, and it’s no different in the world of business. Here Bespoke looks at visionary partnerships that historically changed industries.

17 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

people · Tech

Anonymous proximity

In August 2010, an Egyptian smartphone application called The Circle Tie, popped up on the radar and promised to serve as a GPS-based people finder, as well as a Twitter-style micro-blogging option for that vague sounding term ‘status updates’, and for locating WiFi hotspots in your area.

15 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

Unhinged Starlet: The Ferrari California, a Complex Machine Defying Negative First Reactions
products · cars

Unhinged Starlet: The Ferrari California, a Complex Machine Defying Negative First Reactions

When Ferrari hopes half its California buyers will be women lured from top-spec SLs and Bentleys, you fear a toned-down car. Yet, as Bespoke discovers, it is a complex machine that defies negative first reactions.

15 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

people · hotels

The Sophist’s Suite

This may be the sort of thing that one wouldn't and shouldn't, reveal, but let’s say we look at the subject from an entirely hypothetical point of view. And in this day and age we don’t even pretend to assume that the extramarital affair is a subject of curiosity that only pertains to the

13 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

people · beauty

A larger pair

In spite of it being one of the most widely performed cosmetic procedures in the world, debate continues to swirl about its safety. Many people are justifiably confused by the conflicting information they hear about this procedure. Some might have already guessed what we are talking about…

12 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

people · culture

Unpaired

While it has now become common practise to label each one of our feelings, that of ‘Lonely’ is one that very few will own up to. The notion that in a world of approximately 7 billion inhabitants one can still feel emotionally isolated is absurd, and altogether embarrassing. Anxiety, depres

10 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

The noose around your neck
fashion · people

The noose around your neck

It’s a revival of sorts, neither the first, nor the last. Men of many generations tried to shake the obligation to wear tie, and while ‘La Cravate’, has never been entirely gone from the corporate landscape, its reign was less pronounced in the 1980s and 1990s. Today, male employees are no

9 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

Sporting and Touring: The Ducati Multistrada 1200, a Motorcycle for Every Occasion
products · cars

Sporting and Touring: The Ducati Multistrada 1200, a Motorcycle for Every Occasion

Tourer, off-roader, racer and urban runabout in a single ingenious machine, Ducati's Multistrada 1200 may be the finest multi-purpose bike yet built. Kevin Hackett likens its do-anything brilliance to the peerless Porsche 911.

8 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke

people · culture

‘icon’ with Monita Rajpal

When I was eight, my mother enrolled me in ballet classes. I loved it. Saturdays, we would trek across town to the building that housed the big bright room with the large mirrors. We would sit in the waiting room with the other girls, all of us in our pink leotards and soft pink satin shoe

8 Mar 2011 By Official Bespoke