Design / Craft
Sure footed
The people at Bontoni shoes like to take things slowly, producing just eight pairs of shoes a day. Their dedication is helping Montegranaro, Italy’s shoe town, take changes to the global footwear market in its stride.
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Design / Retail
Playing footsie
Monocle pulls back the tablecloth at our favourite brasserie for a flash of heel, a hint of calf and a couple of handsome ankles and some good brogues, wedges and loafers.
Affairs / Fashion
Monocolumn
Tuesday 7 September
Imelda Marcos, mark 2
Imelda Marcos, the former Philippine first lady and the stuff of shoemakers’ dreams, has a new vocation.
Design / Fashion
Heart and sole
It owns 70 stores, supplies countless more, and runs a hotel and a restaurant. But the family behind the quirky, creative Spanish shoe brand Camper is still committed to its native roots and long tradition of quality.
Business / Fashion
Step ahead
September’s footwear fair in Milan drew a record 46,300 visitors. Yet while Italy exported 250 million pairs of shoes in 2006, output has fallen 30 per cent in the past five years in the face of competition from Asia’s…
Edits / Fashion
Monocolumn
Thursday 18 October
The rise and fall of Julia Gillard
Falling over in public is one of life’s most awkward events.
Edits / Retail
Gift guide
Amanda phones, Tretorn shoes, Leica cameras, iPod Touch, must-have books and magazines, plus wooden skis - our holiday gift guide has it all.
Design / Manufacturing
Last stand
Shoe production in the US has dropped 85 per cent since 1995 and around 90 shoe factories have closed as companies shift production overseas. Iconic American brands such as Timberland, Converse, Sebago, Johnston & Murphy…
Design / Fashion
Fashion Briefing
The best retail, design and clothing from around the globe.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 21
The resurgence of gentleman’s barber businesses, a look at the Italian shoe-making industry, and the southeast London neighbourhood being regenerated by a new café.
Business / Emerging Markets
Business Briefing
Taking home-cooking to Singaporeans, tying the knot in Cyprus, making kangaroo-hide sneakers Down Under, and other business news and happenings.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 54
Author Grant McCracken on his book “Culturematic”, how an Italian is bringing yacht-making to Cape Town, and business tips from shoe designer Justin Deakin.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 37
Richard Florida discusses creativity in business, we chat to the head of Fratelli Rossetti shoes, and learn about community investment from New York company Smallknot.
Design / Fashion
Style Essentials – Top 25
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…
The Curator, episode 76
Monocle’s Markus Hippi selects reports from the week focusing on what it is to have too much or too little. Whether it’s natural resources, restaurants, shoes, or the amount of time we spend admiring art – how much is…
The Entrepreneurs, episode 53
Author Grant McCracken discusses culture’s influence on business, we meet an Italian yacht maker in South Africa, and discuss trade with shoe designer Justin Deakin.
Design / Fashion
Fashion Briefing
The clothes, bags and shoes we've fallen for this month, plus news designers, brands and retail ventures.
Section D, episode 67
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.
Edits / Manufacturing
Inventory no. 62
Time to shine your shoes, pamper your pooch and brighten up your home with this month’s assortment of objects.