Natalie Theodosi
Bruno Pavlovsky on Chanel’s enduring success recipe: ‘It’s brand first’
Elegantly straddling the worlds of luxury and popular culture, Chanel's influence continues to grow stronger. Monocle speaks to its president of fashion about its renewed focus on heritage, craft and timeless style.
On the scent: Five brands to look out for this June
From a perfumer with a focus on Japanese craft to a Swiss-based menswear shop with global connections, we try for size the businesses at the forefront of fashion this month.
Fashion creatives who are breaking new ground
From a trailblazing Japanese label’s hi-tech textiles to a Danish coffee roastery’s foray into fashion, we look at the designers and brands taking delight in challenging expectations.
Athens’ creative renaissance: Makers, designers and shopkeepers to know
Athenians are used to dressing for the heat. No wonder sunny start-ups proliferate. Time to stock up?
The Monocle Design Awards 2024
The latest edition of the Monocle Design Awards is here to celebrate the year’s most inspiring and ingenious products, models and structures as they set the standard across private and public spaces.
Jil Sander is bringing its modern, understated aesthetic to London
The husband-and-wife duo behind the popular brand are searching for beauty in simplicity with the brand’s new shop in the UK capital.
You’ve got male: Brands to keep an eye out for in 2024
From a welcoming new Paris boutique founded by two upstart designers from Dijon to Italian jackets that marry natural materials with couture techniques, we look at this year’s trajectory of menswear.
Where next for luxury retail?
Once touted as unstoppable disruptors of fashion retail, luxury e-commerce companies have struggled to recover their pre-pandemic momentum – with some only narrowly dodging insolvency. We discuss the sector’s future and opportunities to reinvent…
