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Embrace the Hourglass: This Season's Case for Celebrating Curves
fashion · products

Embrace the Hourglass: This Season's Case for Celebrating Curves

Why We Love It We want you to celebrate your curves. Embrace, perhaps even enhance, the shape you’re in. What’s more, define your waist, but not in a ’60s Mad Men way. Instead, create two dramatic arcs that proclaim full-grown womanliness. We realize it’s as daunting as it is natural, but

26 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

Bigger is better
hotels · places

Bigger is better

Following an almost 200 million USD restoration, the iconic Grosvenor House in London is back to its former glory. The single largest five-star hotel in London can now hold its head high on its 80th anniversary.

25 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

The art of giving
people · business

The art of giving

Gift giving is a custom that has been around for millennia and is well documented throughout history, cave drawings depict it, literature describes it, even the animal kingdom dabbles in it. So getting it wrong is not permissible in this day and age.

23 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

The Legal Eagle: Navigating the Region's Strange and Surprising Laws
people · business

The Legal Eagle: Navigating the Region's Strange and Surprising Laws

Writer: Louis Parks Title: The legal eagle Many of us travel throughout the region for business and pleasure on a regular basis. What’s acceptable in one country doesn’t fly in another and the region is full of strange, funny and nonsensical laws. In order to help you avoid spending the ni

22 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

Fast Talk: Lea Sednaoui on Beirut's Running Horse Gallery
people · culture

Fast Talk: Lea Sednaoui on Beirut's Running Horse Gallery

The Running Horse Gallery recently opened in Beirut. Dedicated to bringing foreign art to Lebanon as well as supporting Arab artists, the gallery is a chic, modern building that can also serve as the artist’s atelier. Bespoke talked to the founder, Lea Sednaoui.

21 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

The right formula
people · business

The right formula

Abu Dhabi is the latest destination to enter the world’s most prestigious motorsport – Formula 1. The ceo of Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM) and former F1 Manager for Toyota, Richard Cregan, speak to Bespoke.

20 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

Extreme Getaways: Bespoke's Pick of the World's Most Thrilling Escapes
places · Unusuals

Extreme Getaways: Bespoke's Pick of the World's Most Thrilling Escapes

Writer: Louis Parks TITLE: Extreme getaways INTRO: Summer’s here and it’s time to head out and have some fun, some extreme fun. There is a wealth of options when it comes to extreme getaways and Bespoke has found some of the best in the world and the Middle East for your enjoyment. Be it c

18 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

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places · United States

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Buddakan, New York © STARR RESTAURANT ORGANISATION / DAVID JOSEPH Designer: Christian Liaigre / Gilles & Boissier From inception this restaurant aimed to become ‘The’ destination to eat in New York. It was recognised that in fashionable destinations the act or arriving and of being seen ar

13 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

Worrying Heights
places · Unusuals

Worrying Heights

There’s no need to escape to Europe or the US to get your climbing fix. The Middle East offers a wide range of experiences, whether you’re a beginner or an expert. Bespoke recently tackled a route in the Lebanon range and survived to tell the tale.

12 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

Against the grain
places · Unusuals

Against the grain

An exiled Iraqi architect’s home presents a paradigm of a free thinker’s vision of reconciliation between our region and the West. Celebrated, incarcerated, respected, yet misunderstood, Rifat Chadirji is a principal personality of our time.

11 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

New Muscle
products · cars

New Muscle

Chevrolet captured the soul of a generation when the Camaro first went on sale in 1966. Now, the fifth generation of the ultimate American muscle car hits the road amid a cloud of smoke and burning rubber. Will the rebirth of a legend bail out a company that’s been making headlines for all

9 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke

Sculpting fashion
fashion · products

Sculpting fashion

For Amr Ali, the road from a vintage Yankees t-shirt to 16,500 USD dresses worn by the likes of Kate Moss and Whitney Houston was paved with 5,000 black Swarovski crystals, lined by a number of supportive celebrities, and wound through London, Paris and Muscat.

7 Aug 2009 By Official Bespoke