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In a Man's World: Mr Porter Marks Five Years with a Mayfair Soiree

In a Man's World: Mr Porter Marks Five Years with a Mayfair Soiree

On a cold, rain-slicked London night, our writer arrives at a Mayfair townhouse where Mr Porter is toasting its fifth birthday, ushered inside by handsome men in waistcoats to celebrate the menswear pioneer.

12 May 2016 By Official Bespoke

One for the Books: A Literary Boutique Hotel Beside New York's Library
hotels · places

One for the Books: A Literary Boutique Hotel Beside New York's Library

It is no accident that the Library, a Manhattan boutique hotel, sits a block from the New York Public Library, the grand century-old building that inspired it. Sales chief Adele Milne explains the connection.

7 May 2016 By Official Bespoke

Perfect Shelfie: Gisele Bündchen Closes a Glittering Career with a Taschen Tome
people · culture

Perfect Shelfie: Gisele Bündchen Closes a Glittering Career with a Taschen Tome

Estimated to be worth over 400 million dollars, Gisele Bündchen is by far the most successful model ever. As a final adieu to a twenty-year career, she has created this 536-page tome with Taschen.

6 May 2016 By Official Bespoke

Lead to Believe: Revisiting Jean Nouvel's Institut du Monde Arabe

Lead to Believe: Revisiting Jean Nouvel's Institut du Monde Arabe

Set near Notre-Dame in central Paris, the Institut du Monde Arabe ranks among Mitterrand's celebrated Grands Projets. A museum, library and more, this urban scheme remains a work of striking architectural character.

1 May 2016 By Official Bespoke

Riva 88 Florida: Mauro Micheli's Convertible-Top Coupe Debuts in Dubai

Riva 88 Florida: Mauro Micheli's Convertible-Top Coupe Debuts in Dubai

Unveiled by ART Marine ahead of the Dubai International Boat Show, Riva's largest open yacht hides a 27-metre powerboat behind impeccable proportions and a patented, automotive-inspired retractable hardtop.

1 May 2016 By Official Bespoke

Picture This: A Menswear Blogger on Turning Passion into Profession

Picture This: A Menswear Blogger on Turning Passion into Profession

Begun as an ode to the sartorial peacocking of Florence's Pitti Uomo, one menswear blog has, two years on, become a fully fledged profession, powered by a devoted following on Instagram and Facebook.

26 Apr 2016 By Official Bespoke

Lens on the World: Honouring Leila Alaoui at Dubai's Photo Exhibition
Unusuals · places

Lens on the World: Honouring Leila Alaoui at Dubai's Photo Exhibition

Susan Sontag's line that everything exists to end in a photograph came to mind at the first Dubai Photo Exhibition, where the Moroccan showcase paid moving tribute to the late photographer Leila Alaoui.

20 Apr 2016 By Official Bespoke

Positive Aptitude: Bugatti's Chiron Continues a History of Technical Automotive Art

Positive Aptitude: Bugatti's Chiron Continues a History of Technical Automotive Art

Bugatti is a name with a long history of fast, elegant, luxurious and brilliantly technical automotive works of art. Now part of the Volkswagen Group, the French marque is still doing exactly what it does best.

16 Apr 2016 By Official Bespoke

Breaking Cover: Rethinking Judgement, the Veil and Our Easy Cultural Assumptions

Breaking Cover: Rethinking Judgement, the Veil and Our Easy Cultural Assumptions

Kiwi cartoonist Malcolm Evans once drew two women, one in a bikini, one veiled, each pitying the other's oppression. Humorous yet pointed, the image opens a thoughtful reflection on covering, freedom and cultural prejudice.

15 Apr 2016 By Official Bespoke

Donatella Versace Reveals Her Deeper Side And It’s Not What You’d Expect
people · fashion

Donatella Versace Reveals Her Deeper Side And It’s Not What You’d Expect

Donatella Versace has confronted death and addiction and come out the other side. Still staying true to the baroque-inspired sexualised and glamorous aesthetic established by her late brother, Gianni, she is staging the ultimate comeback, one that is totally Donatella. Donatella Versace…

11 Apr 2016 By Official Bespoke

Cause for Celebration: A Centenary Showdown at BMW's Birthday Bash
people · culture

Cause for Celebration: A Centenary Showdown at BMW's Birthday Bash

Flown to Munich for BMW's centenary, our writer braced for two days of M3s, Hofmeister kinks and ultimate driving machines, but never expected a rival marque to muscle in on the carmaker's big day.

9 Apr 2016 By Official Bespoke

From Anarchist to A-List: Inside PETA's Uncompromising Mission for Animals

From Anarchist to A-List: Inside PETA's Uncompromising Mission for Animals

Founded in 1980, PETA lives and breathes a single mission: animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on or use for entertainment. Whatever you make of their tactics, you cannot but respect their dedication.

6 Apr 2016 By Official Bespoke