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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 […]
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![Bokja Design is an Arab Furniture Brand Fusing Tradition, Modernity, Culture, History and Innovation](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_5724-700x500.jpg)
Bokja Design is an Arab Furniture Brand Fusing Tradition, Modernity, Culture, History and Innovation
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Maria Hibri and Hoda Baroudi, the founders of Bokja Design, an edgy firm producing truly unique furniture. These vibrant and garrulous Lebanese women
![A Luxury Lingerie Portal Steps into Dangerous Waters with an Unexpected Advertisement](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Glow-700x500.jpg)
NSFW. German e-portal, Liaison Dangereuse, dares to venture into controversial waters with this ad. In our opinion, there’s nothing wrong with it and, if anything, humanising the veil (and the
![A Rare and Exclusive Interview with Iraqi Architect Zaha Hadid](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Zaha-Hadid-in-her-London-office-circa-1985-700x500.jpg)
When she was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize for Architecture in 2004, Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid was not only the first Arab to win but also the first woman. Her work
![Meet the Lebanese Composer Behind Some of Hollywood’s Greatest Movie Soundtracks](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GY1-Cobbin-700x500.jpg)
Gabriel Yared had me at “hello”. For a world-renowned multi-talented musical genius, Oscar-winner, international award winner, composer, captivating conductor and self-taught pianist, Lebanese-born Yared is modest, courteous, warm and an
![Rifaat Sheikh El Ard is the One of World’s Foremost Islamic Arms and Armoury Collectors](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/riff-700x500.jpg)
Rifaat Sheikh El Ard is unique amongst collectors of art from the Middle East. In an exhibition currently in show at the Institute du Monde Arabe in Paris, he and
![The Chedi Hotel in Oman Captures the Seductive Mystique of Muscat](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Chedi-700x500.jpg)
Simple elegance meets local charm at The Chedi Hotel in Oman. Located along the clear waters of the Boushar beachfront, this 115-room hotel is the perfect Middle Eastern getaway from
![Hidden Within the Countryside of Normandy is a Lebanese Politician’s Idyllic Horse Breeding Estate](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/14-700x500.jpg)
Normandy is famous for the D-Day landings, the Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel and horse breeding. Issam Michael Fares’ breathtaking property ties all three together in just one place. Nicolas Shammas takes
![Egypt’s Azza Fahmy is Paving the Road for Middle East Jewellery Designers](https://officialbespoke.co/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/Azza-700x500.jpg)
Azza Fahmy is one of the most internationally renowned jewellers to emerge from the Middle East, creating pieces that best represent Arab culture. Bespoke went to London during Fashion Week