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This is By Far the Most Memorable Perfume Advertisement You’ll Have Ever Seen
Videos · beauty

This is By Far the Most Memorable Perfume Advertisement You’ll Have Ever Seen

Spike Jonze – the director of Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002) and Her (2013) among other blockbusters – created this perfume ad for Kenzo and it’s wonderfully bonkers. Featuring music by Sam Spiegel & Ape Drums featuring Assassin and starring American actress Ma…

26 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

James Clar is a New Voice in a Long Line of Illustrious Light-Focused American Artists
people · design

James Clar is a New Voice in a Long Line of Illustrious Light-Focused American Artists

James Clar emerged in Dubai as a prominent figure in the contemporary art scene, building his reputation as a creative master of neon light and technology. Now based in Brooklyn, New York, the artists’ star is rising as he capitalises on a generalised hunger for conceptual works that me…

26 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

Sky's the Limit: Architect Ole Scheeren on Bangkok's Towering, Pixelated MahaNakhon Skyscraper

Sky's the Limit: Architect Ole Scheeren on Bangkok's Towering, Pixelated MahaNakhon Skyscraper

CNN Style's Stephy Chung meets the German architect inside his pixelated, seventy-seven-storey tower, now Bangkok's tallest, as Ole Scheeren reflects on his uncanny ability to see a finished building long before it rises.

20 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

Behind the Stars: Amr Koura and the Cutthroat World of Film
people · culture

Behind the Stars: Amr Koura and the Cutthroat World of Film

On a humid June evening at Beirut's Hotel Le Vendome, our writer's discomfort melts away before the inimitable charm of Amr Koura, a rare quality in the cutthroat worlds of film and television.

19 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

The Mastermind Behind Montale Perfume is One of the Industry’s Best Kept Secrets
products · beauty

The Mastermind Behind Montale Perfume is One of the Industry’s Best Kept Secrets

With a founder who shuns the public eye and a practically non-existent marketing structure, Montale Paris is as mysterious as its east-meets-west scents. Brimming with oriental influence, the Parisian shop transports even the most jaded of noses. It may be one of the best-kept secrets i…

15 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

Pray Tell: Turkey's Sancaklar Mosque Sheds Cliché for Minimal, Cave-Like Worship

Pray Tell: Turkey's Sancaklar Mosque Sheds Cliché for Minimal, Cave-Like Worship

Turkey's Sancaklar Mosque sheds architectural cliché entirely. This sleek, minimal house of Islamic worship, with its cast concrete walls and cave-like prayer hall, almost vanishes into the landscape, quietly redefining the religious gathering place we thought we knew.

12 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

Why Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana is the World’s Number One Restaurant
places · Italy

Why Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana is the World’s Number One Restaurant

Massimo Bottura is no ordinary chef. As anyone who has watched him tell scared-looking contestants on MasterChef that he wants “to eat their emotions on a plate” will know, he approaches things differently. Over the course of an exhausting hour with the fast-talking Italian, our convers…

9 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

How the Egyptian-Born, Dubai-based Designer Mariam Yehia Became Mrs Keepa
people · fashion

How the Egyptian-Born, Dubai-based Designer Mariam Yehia Became Mrs Keepa

With so many social media stars turning fashion designer it’s hard to filter the good from the bad. Dubai-based Mariam Yehia caught our attention for all the right reasons. Wearing a fitted purple Lakers tank and little makeup, Mariam Yehia at first doesn’t look anything like the colour…

8 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

Return to Form: John Galliano on Redemption and Maison Margiela
people · design

Return to Form: John Galliano on Redemption and Maison Margiela

In his first interview in years, John Galliano talks to Claudia Croft in London about his new life and creative role at Maison Margiela, the former Dior designer ready, at fifty-five, to speak again.

7 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

Wild Ride: The Isle of Man TT, Motorcycling's Greatest Test of Machine

Wild Ride: The Isle of Man TT, Motorcycling's Greatest Test of Machine

You have likely never watched a missile travelling over 300km/h hurtle past at ground level. To know how it feels, stand at Bray Hill on the Isle of Man for the jaw-dropping Tourist Trophy races.

5 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

Now you Can Design Your Own Orlebar Brown Swim Shorts
products · fashion

Now you Can Design Your Own Orlebar Brown Swim Shorts

Timelessly flattering with an understated simplicity, Orlebar Brown trunks helped redefine how a man could dress at the beach when they launched in 2007. Now they’re doing it again, this time with a smart new ‘SnapShorts’ app that allows you to design your very own swimming shorts. Whet…

2 Aug 2016 By Official Bespoke

Try a Different Side of Geneva with a Fabulous Hotel in the Heart of the Old Town

Try a Different Side of Geneva with a Fabulous Hotel in the Heart of the Old Town

Arab tourism to Geneva is ever rising but for the vast majority of our region’s travellers the choice of hotel revolves around the international chains. In honour of the unorthodox, we ventured off this beaten path and into the Old Town to stay at Les Armures. Did you know that Geneva’s…

30 Jul 2016 By Official Bespoke