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Change By Design: How Dubai's d3 District Is Redrawing Its Boundaries

Change By Design: How Dubai's d3 District Is Redrawing Its Boundaries

Wander Dubai's design district, d3, and its limits prove elusive. During its inaugural Design Week the area spilled into Al-Fahidi and the seafront, interrogating craft, indigenous architecture and intimacy in a digital age.

28 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Come Back: Cadillac's Storied Heritage and Bid for Renewed Glory
products · cars

Come Back: Cadillac's Storied Heritage and Bid for Renewed Glory

Named after the French officer who founded Detroit in 1701, Cadillac boasts remarkable brand equity. From enclosed cabins to the electric ignition, the marque repeatedly moved the motor industry forward at pivotal moments.

24 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

On The Up: New Books Celebrating Rising Stars And Bold Turnarounds
Books · products

On The Up: New Books Celebrating Rising Stars And Bold Turnarounds

In keeping with our Upswing theme, we gather the season's most compelling new releases, from aerial portraits of Lebanon to stories of reinvention, each capturing the spirit of rising stars and remarkable comebacks.

20 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Return to Form: Mondomarine's Bold Reinvention of a Historic Shipyard
products · boats

Return to Form: Mondomarine's Bold Reinvention of a Historic Shipyard

Shipbuilding began on the Mondomarine site in 1915, but new owners Alessandro Falcai and Roberto Zambrini are charting a modern course, streamlining the yard to design and construction while relocating commercial operations elsewhere.

16 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Up and Up: Ford's Lincoln Motor Company Revives the Historic Continental Nameplate

Up and Up: Ford's Lincoln Motor Company Revives the Historic Continental Nameplate

After hiring a new chief executive and launching a halo model that resurrects the historic Continental nameplate, Ford's luxury division Lincoln seems to be finding its way once more after decades lost in the automotive wilderness.

16 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Skin Up: Inside Dior's Haute-Couture Approach to Watches and Leather Goods
fashion · products

Skin Up: Inside Dior's Haute-Couture Approach to Watches and Leather Goods

Maya Khoury goes behind the scenes at Dior, where timepieces and handbags are crafted with the same painstaking artisanal devotion, extending the very idea of what a fashion watch can be.

12 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Bells and Whistles: How a Bond Film Sparked a Lifelong Obsession

Bells and Whistles: How a Bond Film Sparked a Lifelong Obsession

In 1977, a five-year-old watched a Lotus Esprit plunge off a Sardinian jetty and morph into a submarine in 'The Spy Who Loved Me'. That audacious scene began a lasting love affair with the marque.

12 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Green Light: Rediscovering the Surprising and Unexpected Riches of Traditional Dutch Cuisine
places · Restaurants

Green Light: Rediscovering the Surprising and Unexpected Riches of Traditional Dutch Cuisine

It is a delicious irony that the Dutch controlled the spice trade for centuries while their own food stayed resolutely bland. We explore how a famously functional culinary tradition is finally finding its flavour.

7 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Supermodel Bella Hadid Talks Up Her Palestinian Roots and More
people · fashion

Supermodel Bella Hadid Talks Up Her Palestinian Roots and More

Say hello to Gigi Hadid’s kid sister, whose dreams of riding at the Olympics were shattered by Lyme disease. Now she’s following in her sister’s footsteps and fast becoming a belle of the fashion circuit. Sisterhood – not in the feminist sense – has become something of an Instagram fixa…

4 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Behind the Scenes at Davos: Saudi’s $100 Billion Megacity is Apparently Still on Track
people · business

Behind the Scenes at Davos: Saudi’s $100 Billion Megacity is Apparently Still on Track

At last year’s Davos World Economic Forum, John Defterios caught up with the Managing Director and CEO of King Abdullah Economic City, Fahd Al Rasheed, so we could learn more about their 100 billion USD megaproject in Saudi Arabia that’ll one day span an area the size of Washingto…

4 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Living It Up: The Surprising Truth About Dubai's Property Market
places · Unusuals

Living It Up: The Surprising Truth About Dubai's Property Market

Dubai's forest of residential towers suggests a glut of empty homes, yet the reality is more nuanced. With over twenty per cent of properties held by absentee owners, common assumptions about oversupply deserve scrutiny.

3 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke

Suit Yourself in Racil Chalhoub’s Range of Two Piecers Inspired by Yves Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking
people · fashion

Suit Yourself in Racil Chalhoub’s Range of Two Piecers Inspired by Yves Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking

You could say Yves Saint Laurent started it all in the 1960s with his Le Smoking but Racil, an elegantly honed London-based label launched last year by Lebanese fashion designer, Racil Chalhoub, takes the rebellious female tuxedo as a starting point, and then reinterprets it with a char…

2 Feb 2016 By Official Bespoke