Esquire Middle East

In AlUla, history sits in the stone, shaped by wind and engraved into rock long before modern language existed. It is also, increasingly, becoming something to wear, thanks to a new collaboration between Saudi label HINDAMME and design centre Madrasat Addeera that has created a limited-edition collection that treats heritage as raw material.

Dubai’s fitness calendar is set for a new endurance challenge as DEKA FIT Dubai arrives at Coca-Cola Arena on 26 September, bringing together athletes, fitness enthusiasts and first-timers for a full day dedicated to performance, community and personal achievement.

Here is Esquire Weekly: your guide to the best things to do, from what to know and what to wear to where to go. The Look At the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer launch and fan event in Amsterdam, Tom Holland stepped out in a sharp, layered Balenciaga look. He wore a relaxed double-shirt, pairing a crisp white cotton poplin overshirt over a classic white collared shirt and black tie, finished with low-rise tailored black wool trousers.

There are partnerships that feel inevitable, and then there are those that catch you completely off guard. Ousmane Dembélé’s relationship with Henry Jacques belongs firmly in the second category. Before the stadium lights, before all cheers, Ousmane Dembélé has a ritual. On a team bus travelling between cities, headphones on and the world moving past the window, he reaches for fragrance.

Oris has expanded its core collection with a new version of the Divers Date, now featuring a dial in olive green. Drawing inspiration from vintage military equipment, this release continues the lineage of the brand’s first dive watch introduced in 1965. The watch is housed in a 39.00mm multi-piece stainless steel case with a thickness of 12.10mm. It features a unidirectional rotating bezel equipped with a black ceramic insert, designed for tracking 60-minute intervals.

You’re in a swanky restaurant and the sommelier offers you the drinks list. After perusing the options, you decide to splash out. It’s a special occasion, after all. You’ll take a bottle of Svalbardi, having decided the Berg won’t go with your meal. When the bill comes you happily pay the AED350 for your tipple of choice. That tipple is mineral water. Don’t worry. You have not gone mad.

Amalfi in summer announces itself long before you arrive. The road into town is controlled chaos: scooters threading between buses, horns cutting through the heat, the coastline in constant motion. It feels alive in that unmistakably Italian way. And then, almost suddenly, the climb up to Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel changes everything. One moment you’re inside the noise of the coast, the next you’re above it, watching it shrink into a moving postcard below.

RAYE opened Montreux Jazz Festival’s 60th edition with a performance that reflected everything that has defined her career: independence, emotion and an uncompromising commitment to craft.

Grammy-winning artist Bad Bunny wore custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture, designed by Daniel Roseberry, to the Schiaparelli Haute Couture FW27 show. He wore a butter-cream wool and silk double-breasted suit with peak lapels and wide-leg trousers, cut with a soft structure and finished with subtle House detailing.

The best thing about the arrival of springtime is the reemergence of colour. Nature wakes up after its seasonal hibernation and does so in the way that only it can – with brilliant blooms and bursts of mood-altering colour. Now, for most of us in this region, spring 2026 didn’t offer a lot to celebrate (the exact opposite, in fact)m so we’re determined to stretch that reemergent feeling out a bit, and calm our nerves, now that there are signs of things returning ‘back to normal’.