June 2012
The Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts’ Fashion Department has a reputation for turning out some of the most progressive and stimulating designers each year. We focus our lens on the graduations shows and the class of 2012…
May 2008
For the past three decades Japanese fashion brand Tomorrowland has successfully navigated a fiercely competitive and highly sophisticated retail market. Under the helm of Hiroyuki Sasaki it made its name and built its…
February 2008
Albam, a British fashion start-up, is keeping costs down without turning to factories in China for help. Founded by entrepreneurial fashion outsiders James Shaw and Alastair Rae, the duo's first shop is a breezy, airy space…
September 2011
Style Directory 2011 — Monocle's editors and contributors have travelled the world in search of inspiring retailers and craftsmen, new designers on the brink of breakthrough, top-notch technology and accessories, and that…
February 2011
Monocle’s Jonathan Openshaw travels to Florence to find out what fashion has in store for male consumers this autumn.
April 2008
A decade ago it was rare to see a pair of Tokyo teenage boys out shopping in kimonos. But attitudes to national identity are starting to change. Genbei Yamaguchi's new collection for United Arrows is targeting this shift…
February 2007
H&M launches its new premium line Collection of Style (COS) on Regent Street, March 2007. Monocle talks to Rebekka Bay, head of design for womenswear at H&M, about the changing fashion climate and what COS means for the…
September 2010
Fashion designer Rabih Kayrouz is one of the most sought-after couturiers in Lebanon and Paris, and one of the few designers to be accepted into the elite French Haute Couture season. Monocle visits his Beirut atelier to…
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