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Set 2,000m Above Sea Level at the Edge of a Canyon, Alila Jabal Akhdar is a Hotel That Feel Like It’s on Top of the World
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Set 2,000m Above Sea Level at the Edge of a Canyon, Alila Jabal Akhdar is a Hotel That Feel Like It’s on Top of the World

Alila Jabal Akhdar opened last spring on the Al Hajar mountains range, which is one of Oman’s most magnificent, untouched landscapes. Perched over 2000 metres above sea level, the hotel overlooks a dramatic gorge and is perfectly positioned to explore the region’s rugged landscape, maki…

16 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

Culture Shock: A Sunken Well Anchors the New Beirut Museum of Art
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Culture Shock: A Sunken Well Anchors the New Beirut Museum of Art

Beirut's name is thought to derive from be'erot, meaning wells, a nod to the fertility of its water table. Fittingly, a sunken well lies at the heart of the winning design for the Beirut Museum of Art.

15 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

Neo-Vintage: William Banks-Blaney Takes William Vintage and Its Couture Treasures Online Worldwide
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Neo-Vintage: William Banks-Blaney Takes William Vintage and Its Couture Treasures Online Worldwide

Known as the King of Vintage to devotees like Victoria Beckham, Rihanna and Amal Clooney, William Banks-Blaney has turned William Vintage into a global reference, now selling his rarefied couture finds worldwide online.

10 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

Bullet Proof: A Daily Commute Through Checkpoints to Lead PEX
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Bullet Proof: A Daily Commute Through Checkpoints to Lead PEX

Ahmad Aweidah commutes more than an hour past Israeli checkpoints to reach PEX headquarters in Nablus. Movement restrictions can be punishing; one delay stretched to seven hours, another forced him to abandon his car entirely.

9 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

We Meet Supermodel Gigi Hadid and Designer Tommy Hilfiger To Talk Out About their New Joint Collection
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We Meet Supermodel Gigi Hadid and Designer Tommy Hilfiger To Talk Out About their New Joint Collection

She’s got 26 million Instagram fans following her every move and desperate to buy whatever she eats, drinks and wears. We meet with the 21-year old social media phenomenon and her latest accomplice, Tommy Hilfiger. Gigi Hadid is catnip to the young, and famous in all the ways this gener…

9 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

Inn Demand: Inside the Inaugural Haute Grandeur Global Hotel Awards
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Inn Demand: Inside the Inaugural Haute Grandeur Global Hotel Awards

Bespoke sponsors the first Haute Grandeur Global Hotel Awards in Abu Dhabi, where a data-driven rating system crowns the world's finest retreats, from Empty Quarter dunes to a Maldivian atoll.

9 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

Here’s Why Lebanese Fashion Designer Hussein Bazaza is the Next Big Thing
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Here’s Why Lebanese Fashion Designer Hussein Bazaza is the Next Big Thing

Eschewing simplicity for spectacular complexity, Hussein Bazaza is a rapidly rising star in the fashion industry who’s of the opinion local designers are wary of taking risks. That’s why this imaginative 26-year-old maverick approaches his own designs without fear, creating narratives r…

6 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

The World Is Not Enough: Elon Musk's Audacious Plan to Colonise Mars
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The World Is Not Enough: Elon Musk's Audacious Plan to Colonise Mars

The billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX is not one to shy away from outlandish goals. His latest, unveiled to a rapt crowd in Guadalajara, involves colonising Mars through manned missions intended to begin as soon as 2022.

4 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

View from the Top: Red-Soled Dreams in the City That Never Sleeps
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View from the Top: Red-Soled Dreams in the City That Never Sleeps

Sinatra's vagabond shoes still long to stray through the heart of New York, only now they are more likely to be red-soled Louboutins, and their owners are buying a place to stay.

4 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

A Prodigious Mural in Egypt by Calligraffiti Artist eL Seed is Actually Even Bigger Than It Looks
people · design

A Prodigious Mural in Egypt by Calligraffiti Artist eL Seed is Actually Even Bigger Than It Looks

Cairo is a city of scale – it’s the first thing you’re confronted with when you see it from the aeroplane. Not only can you see the Pyramids of Giza, the city’s oldest and most famous example of art at scale, but there are also the vast tracts of red, mud-brick buildings, stretching alm…

2 Dec 2016 By Official Bespoke

Urban Dancer Charles ‘Lil Buck’ Riley Gets Down at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
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Urban Dancer Charles ‘Lil Buck’ Riley Gets Down at the Fondation Louis Vuitton

From his early days dancing in the underground rap scene of Memphis, Tennessee, to international stardom and being called “what you might get if Mikhail Baryshnikov and Chris Brown’s genes were combined in a blender,” Lil Buck displays his unique moves in the halls of …

30 Nov 2016 By Official Bespoke

Moving on Up: Cadillac Courts a New Audience With the Aspirational CT6 Saloon
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Moving on Up: Cadillac Courts a New Audience With the Aspirational CT6 Saloon

With smart new offices in New York and fresh inroads into fashion, Cadillac is reinventing itself. The marque is shedding old habits, unveiling a self-assured attitude embodied by its aspirational flagship, the CT6.

25 Nov 2016 By Official Bespoke