official bespoke - February - March 2019

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We don’t need a cause, we just think that rebels shape our world. That’s why we decided to celebrate them with an issue that starts out with the uninhibited award-winning novelist Hanan Al-Shaykh, and then shows you why the furniture designers at Boca Do Lobo think creepy crawly brass insects make for a great looking cocktail table. We’ll introduce you to Jacquie Aiche, an Egyptian-American jeweller whose marijuana leaf-shaped fine jewellery makes regular appearances on Hollywood red carpets, and Tamara Mellon, the bold shoe designer who co-founded and then left Jimmy Choo to now make, among other eye-popping footwear, full-blown legging boots. We’ll then take you on a very cool (frosty, in fact) break to Iceland. We’ll ask if you’d ever actually take a 350,000 USD car off road, before going and doing it in Rolls Royce’s new no-holds-barred Cullinan SUV. And then finally we’ll reveal how Damen’s utilitarian shadow boats, designed to remove the clutter from mother vessels, are in fact extraordinary global explorers in their own right. This one is off the hook.

official bespoke Magazine Description:

Once upon a time we began as a boutique publisher with a signature title – Bespoke. In the twelve years since then we have developed and grown to become a fully-fledged multimedia company under the name Official Bespoke, boasting a digital platform, coffee table books and the most widely circulated bi-monthly lifestyle magazine in the Middle East.

If you are curious, believe in a glass half full, enjoy the finer things in life and are hungry for unique and original stories, chances are we’ve got you covered with our updates on Twitter, our daily dose of visual escapism on Instagram, our rich and diverse programming on Facebook and YouTube, and of course our award-winning magazine, which exemplifies our mission to publish stories that are luxurious in nature but also highlight engaging personalities, products and places that leave a lasting impression of the Arab world, and best represent our values and successes to the rest of the globe.

We ask that you put your feet up, turn off the noise, check out of your normal news cycle and allow us to take you into a world of inspiration.