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On the button
Monocle's guide to the best in spring fashion, from tailored jackets to strong accessories.
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Design / Fashion
Spring forth
It’s time to refresh with American classics and Italian tailoring mixed with some Japanese sharpness. Cardigans, lightweight jackets and blazers are perfect for clever seasonal layering.
Edits / Retail
Present sense
As the northern hemisphere heads from winter into spring and the invitations to al fresco celebrations start rolling in, we thought a spring round-up would help take the pain out of purchasing presents.
Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 42
Well-made objects for home and office that have caught our eye this month, from tableware to tea towels and paper knives to pasta.
Design / Fashion
10 season's best
From Paris Fashion Week to Pitti Immagine Uomo Monocle’s fashion team bring you their favourite made-to-last looks for this spring.
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.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 6 October
A new spring in the Steppe
For decades, the term “buffer state” has been invoked as shorthand for Mongolia’s political raison d’être.
Design / Fashion
Spring in your step
These outfits are crisp, clean, sleek and just the right side of comfortable – ideal for your jaunt around town.
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Sunday 24 July
Geothermal exponents and hot spring industry clash over Japan's future
No amount of publicity could persuade the usual crowd of Tokyoites and overseas tourists to the popular springs in the three hardest-hit prefectures – Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.
Affairs / Society
Oman on a mission
While its Middle Eastern neighbours have flashed the cash or succumbed to Islamist influences, Oman has chosen a quieter, more steady path. But if Oman is to increase its international brand, challenges will also need to…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 21 August
Libya – Why the real struggle has only just begun
It’s not over yet. After the rebels’ jubilation in Tripoli’s Green Square last night, Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fought back this morning – tanks emerged from Bab al-Aziziya, the regime’s main command centre, firing at rebels…
Design / Fashion
Slow fashion movement
Monocle heads to Fukuoka, the main city on Japan’s Kyushu island and famous for its food culture, for our spring menswear dress-up.
Design / Fashion
Wardrobe refresh
Ohori Park, home to the Fukuoka Art Museum, is the backdrop to our carefully curated show of spring womenswear.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Wednesday 22 August
Libya – saving Nato from itself
The celebratory gunfire and Allahu Akhbars that accompanied the rebel advance into Tripoli on Sunday all but drowned out a subtler undertone to the long-awaited breakthrough: the sighs of relief at Nato headquarters.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 9 July
Making history and writing the future
Last month, I was standing in a queue at Beirut airport when I got chatting to an Egyptian couple who were in Lebanon for a long weekend to escape the stifling heat in Cairo.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 23 January
Could the Jasmine Revolution spread to Egypt?
If Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak thought that his country was insulated from last week’s remarkable events in nearby Tunisia, a quick glance at Twitter would have set him straight.
Edits / Travel
Hoshinoya Karuizawa Resort
In our search for places to soothe the soul, Japan delivers with holistic spas and rural retreats. For centuries the Japanese have travelled to Karuizawa to benefit from the healing hot springs and mineral waters found in…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Thursday 18 April
The real deal
A visit to Paris is not complete without enjoying some art and new works from Australian hyper-realist sculptor Ron Mueck are putting a spring in the city's step.