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![Lebanese Dance Sensation Yousra Mohsen Stars in Karoline Lang’s Winter 2020 Campaign Video](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/YousraM-500x350.jpg)
Our issue 81 cover star – Yousra Mohsen, is the face of Karoline Lang’s latest collection but, instead of featuring front and centre as she did last season, this time, the young, gorgeous and highly talented dancer is teaching a class of untrained women how to move, in unison and without inhibitions to Mashrou’ Leila’s […]
![H&M Leads the Way with Circulose, the World’s Most Sustainable Material](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Campiagn-images-conscious-exclusive-2020_01_Horizontal_300dpi-500x350.jpg)
It turns out that a measly one per cent of the world’s clothing is recycled. But that’s about to change with Circulose, a brand new textile from Swedish company Re:newcell, who have found a way to take old cotton and break it down to a molecular level, and then rebuild it into a pristine new […]
![Forget Colonial-Style Safaris And Head to South Africa For a Modern Experience](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ZA-CheetahPlains-Ext-002-005-AL-HR.1564585816.0796-500x350.jpg)
Opened this past May, Cheetah Plains is the newest addition to the Sabi Sabi Game Reserve that borders Kruger National Park. Remarkably, it takes the safari to a whole new level of sophistication with a set up that comprises three unconventionally modern, even vaguely brutalist, exclusive use, four-suite villas. Each suite comes with a king-sized […]
![Hind Rafik Hariri’s HRH Jewels are Not Just Fit for Modern Day Royalty](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HRH_100_161-1-500x350.jpg)
In what might be a sign of the abundance of our times, we recently came across the most beautiful new jewellery, made not by a jeweller, but by a lacemaker. “I had this piece of lace in my hand and a ring with a diamond, and I thought how wonderful it would be to have […]
![The McLaren 720S is The Multi-Talented Supercar You’ll Want To Drive Every Day](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Large-7753-McLaren720S-AzoresOrange-500x350.jpg)
The McLaren 720S is the new benchmark of supercars, beating the best of what Ferrari and Lamborghini have to offer with a wider breadth of ability. That’s quite something considering the company has only been around eight years. (Okay so they’ve actually been around as a race team since 1963, but only began making road […]
![This Weekend Home in Amchit, Lebanon is the Perfect Holiday Getaway](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sr-EXT2-500x350.jpg)
My interview with Blankpage gets off to an unsettling start. Sat in their black-walled meeting room, sparsely furnished with Barcelona chairs and large, aesthetic lumps of wood and stone that function as sculpture and furniture, I find myself ranged against the practice’s four principal members at the same time. Facing me, from left to right […]
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![Nadine Ghosn’s Fine Jewellery Line Might Make You Hungry](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NG2-500x350.jpg)
Nadine Ghosn, the daughter of Carlos Ghosn, the Brazilian-Lebanese Chairman and CEO of Renault (and one of the auto industry’s most celebrated turnaround artists) started her career at Boston Consulting Group in New York but left to pursue a two year-rotational programme at Hermès. It was there that she says found her calling and decided […]
![An Exotic Chess Set that Swings Both Ways](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/aruliden_kikidemontparnasse_industrialdesign_01-1-500x350.jpg)
Named after Man Ray’s mistress, Kiki De Montparnasse is a NYC-based brand of high-end ‘sensual’ products. And while you could probably imagine the kind of the items they stock (things like lingerie, body oils, ticklers and toys) some, like this 10,000 USD chess set will take you by surprise. That’s because it comprises 32 matte […]
![The Rise and Rise of ‘All Things Mochi’, a Worldly Fashion Label based out of Dubai](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/featured-1-500x350.jpg)
Spirited prints, vibrant embroidery and cheeky silhouettes give All Things Mochi a distinctiveness all its own – you’ll know it when you see it. It’s hard to put Mochi in a box. At first glance, Ayah Tabari’s designs look colourful, ethnic and destined for life’s more playful moments. But upon closer inspection, the collection reveals […]
Editor Pics
![Brave Art: Jumana Ghouth is Playing a Big Role in Promoting and Elevating the Saudi Arabian Cultural Scene](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Joumana1-700x500.jpg)
The Saudi art scene is booming right now, but behind the hot-topic exhibitions and international showcases are some incredible curators such as Jumana Ghouth, who has put together a multitude
![With a No-Holds Barred Approach, Sayar & Garibeh are Succeeding in the World of Collectible Design](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Sayar1-700x500.jpg)
Stephanie Sayar and Charbel Garibeh are the Lebanese creatives behind Sayar & Garibeh. They recently received a huge boost in terms of global awareness when their brand was one of
![Kuwaiti-Italian ESAS Architects Pushes Boundaries Splendidly with a Wide Skillset](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hamad1-700x500.jpg)
It was over twenty-five years ago that Hamad Sultan (above) and Achille Rossini first met as students at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design). Then, after they both graduated in
![From Pornhub sensation to Jewellery Designer and Runway Model, Mia Khalifa had Completed an Unlikely Metamorphosis, until She Tweeted Support for Palestine](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mia1-700x500.jpg)
Much has been said about the modern day ‘It’ girl. Shorthand for an ineffable aura – one that embodies the cultural zeitgeist and reflects it back to us in sartorial
![Jet Set: Boom’s Overture Commercial Jet is Keeping the Supersonic Dream Alive](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Boom-700x500.jpg)
It’s been two decades since the Concorde’s last flight but the race to resuscitate supersonic travel is very much on, despite the industry leader – Aerion – going into “light”
![Penélope Cruz Wore this Chanel Dress to the December 2023 Premiere of Ferrari in LA, and We Love it](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ChanelSSLook20.1-700x500.jpg)
So Penélope Cruz wore a Chanel Haute Couture dress to the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Ferrari’ by Michael Mann on December 12th and we wanted to know more about. It
![Bloombox Speakers Designed to be the Focal Point in a Room’s Decor](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ara1-700x500.jpg)
These are not your average speakers. They’re the brainchild of Rob Kalin who happens to also be the founder of Etsy, the online marketplace for handmade, vintage and one-off goods.
![Rather than Feling Isolated at the Mandarin Oriental Doha, You’re Integrated into Doha’s New Downtown and We Love That](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MODoha1-700x500.jpg)
The Mandarin Oriental Doha is a hotel that seemingly took forever to open. First announced in 2005, its construction began back in 2006, only for the global economic downturn of