Alicia Kirby
Inventory No. 31
From headphones to vegetable juice, here’s Monocle’s run-down of the latest essentials for every part of your life.
Pitti party
Buyers braved the cold to make it to this season’s Pitti Uomo menswear show, with numbers up on last year. A sense of calm about the future was reflected in the relaxed fit of…
Mover and shaker
With a Swiss R&D team and an Italian manufacturer, Mover produces high-quality technical ski garments. Monocle pays a visit to its HQ to see how it's done.
Inventory No. 30
Nutty about design? From teak toys to matchboxes to a help manual for budding designers, we have a selection of graphically and artistically superior products to tempt your fancy.
Monocle travel guide
This month we’ve found a relaxed place to sip coffee in London, a cosy lodge for late-season Alpine skiing and the best fish supper in Rome.
Culture
Monocle’s culture roundup, with reviews of Hans Fallada's 'Alone in Berlin' and Umberto Eco's 'The Infinity of Lists', plus new music from Hot Chip and an essay on slow media.
Easy to bear
In the first of a new series looking at some of the world’s more niche (read quirky) airlines we take a trip with the plucky Bearskin Airlines.
Inventory No. 28
In this month’s rundown of life improvers, we have some desk accessories to get you sorted, Brazilian cosmetics to keep you smelling sweet and the best après-ski liqueur we’ve tasted.
The next pig thing
Last July saw import bans on the highest grade of Spanish jamón ibérico de bellota lifted in the US. As a result, more people are eating what fans refer to as ‘porcine wagyu’.
Kitchen Kit
For the gourmet and the gadget-lover, we’ve rounded up a host of unusual and staple items for your kitchen drawer from our culinary capers across the globe.
