Sunday 20 June
Despite cloudy skies and a mediocre performance from Italy against New Zealand in the World Cup, the bumper-to-bumper traffic crawling away from Moncler’s Gamme Bleu show at Milan’s Velodromo Vigorelli last night was tes…
The various strands of the fashion industry spent the past year pulling themselves together after a tough 2009. Monocle speaks to the brands that are now planning to spread their wings in 2011.
Pitti Uomo biannual menswear show is seen as a crystal ball for the fashion industry. Monocle visits to test the mood.
Our design talents to watch for 2008 and beyond run the gamut from the creators of a new regional jet to the designer of great office-cum-daywear. All seem united by a passion for simple, pared-down good looks.
The show decamps to Stockholm for the city’s fashion week to talk to those working at the heart of Sweden’s clothing industry.
Thursday 22 September
With craft and provenance ever more central to brand strategy in fashion, Première Vision textiles show in Paris has become an industry-leading event in recent years.
A look at Chinese surveillance, the design of the first British £50 note in 70 years and a visit to Swahili’s fashion week to study the rise of the African industry.
The highlights of the past seven days on Monocle 24 – this week focusing on aesthetics in everyday life – ranging from a discussion on what makes a building a monstrosity and an exploration of the Turkish fashion industry…
We check out menswear collections from Paris Fashion Week, look at the German construction industry at the BAU fair in Munich, drop in on the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, and learn how to make a fragrance back in Paris.
Ahmed Rashid and Imtiaz Tyab profile Pakistani prime ministerial candidate Nawaz Sharif, Clive Stafford Smith explains why the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay is such a tough political problem, and the fashion editor of…
Monocle trawls the fashion world for the latest brands, trends and industry movements, including jewellery from New York, southern European-influenced clothes from Munich and everything in-between.
From fashion through to toys, outsourced production lines are closing down and the spotlight is being placed firmly back on local industries and economies. As well as the individual benefits companies stand to gain from…
From hi-tech US military labs to the traditional textile mills of northern Italy, wool pioneers are forging new fabrics that could change the procurement practices of the world’s frontline forces. We investigate how a…
Friday 23 October
Some cities grind to a halt during fashion week.
Thursday 16 September
“When the government was formed we discussed how we could re-balance the British economy with new industries, and reduce our reliance on banks.
Thursday 16 June
São Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW), currently taking place at the Niemeyer-designed Cicillo Matarazzo Pavilion at Parque do Ibirapuera, is the largest fashion event, not just in Brazil but in Latin America. It generates signi…
Tuesday 17 August
They pop up everywhere. Hanging from trees, mixed into smoothies, sprinkled on salads, applied during massages, carved into jewellery.
Sunday 11 September
The fifth Istanbul Fashion Week closed yesterday, and while the front row might not draw the same luminaries as Paris, Milan or New York, it has one thing that the other international fashion weeks currently lack: the…
Friday 12 November
The model reclines on a camouflage pillow, a bandana tied casually around his neck above a red T-shirt with a white logo.
Tuesday 20 November
“The promise of Africa, the power of the Mediterranean.” That was the title of this year’s International Herald Tribune Luxury conference in Rome. If there was ever a time for the luxury industry to try to negotiate its…
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