OFFICIALBESPOKE
Subscribe

Home · Latest

Latest.

Five chairs you should own
hotels · places

Five chairs you should own

Chair Cross Check Armchair (1992) Designer Frank Gehry Price starts at 3,085 USD Pritzker Prize-winning, LA based, architect Frank Gehry may be more recognised for his titanium-clad buildings such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, but he is equally adept at furniture design. The C

17 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

Vertual Reality
products · Watches

Vertual Reality

A luxury phone, just a timepiece, can be a very powerful status symbol and the epitome of refinement. Iyad Kayali meets with the corporation behind the world’s ultimate luxury phone to talk Vertu.

16 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

Living Winner: El Gouna
hotels · places

Living Winner: El Gouna

Writer: Ceem Haidar Town assembling Orascom Hotels and Developments’ (OHD) foundational project, El Gouna, was the world’s first entirely privately-created town. Setting the way for countless more models of this kind, El Gouna is a remarkable development that fully deserves to be the winne

16 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

products · cars

Driver optional

A car so good it challenges Ferraris, for well under half the price. With confident and original styling and a sturdy warranty plan, this is truly a supercar for the masses.

14 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

The Scarf Declaration
fashion · people

The Scarf Declaration

Silky Ways 6 ways to scarf-it Scarf-ace The scarf dates back to ancient Rome, where the Romans used a piece of linen cloth to wipe their faces and necks. It then became a male fashion accessory, worn either around the waist or tied around the neck. Women quickly adopted this style, followe

14 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

Domesticated Beast
products · Bikes

Domesticated Beast

The radical-looking KTM RC8 may have taken five long years to go from concept to reality but it was worth the wait, it is as bold in its performance as it is in its styling.

13 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

places · Unusuals

Tenpin within

When husband and wife Robert and Courtney Novogratz put their artistic minds together in order to design a 1,000 metre-squared recreation area within a New York penthouse, few would have imagined the final outcome. Nine months later, the couple behind Manhattan-based firm, Sixx Design, del

12 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

people · business

Put it on ice

With the threat of incurable diseases ever present, some say the best solution is to freeze the problem and find a solution another day. Fida Abi Karam investigates the science of cryonics.

9 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

Second Home
places · Unusuals

Second Home

Capital Club is our region’s first gentlemen’s club, offering its members-only patrons the chance to network and unwind in equal measure.

9 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

Well heeled
fashion · products

Well heeled

Illustrious shoemakers, Berluti, have surpassed themselves once again with their latest bespoke shoe collection for men.

5 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

products · cars

Orange Heat

It was 30 years ago that BMW launched its first ‘M’ car and in honour of this landmark the Munich-based company has revealed an innovative homage to its legendary M1. Ziad Taha interprets the new M1’s significance.

4 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke

The Escape Award Winner: A Hotel Designed to Send You Outdoors
hotels · places

The Escape Award Winner: A Hotel Designed to Send You Outdoors

Writer Nicolas Shammas PULL-OUT QUOTE: “To focus too much on the rooms is to miss the point of this hotel. In exactly the same manner as a casino, the unsaid message of this hotel is to ‘get out and enjoy yourself.’” Sybaritic dreams Atlantis, The Palm wins this year’s Bespoke Ultimate Esc

3 Dec 2008 By Official Bespoke