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Fashion

Establishing order

So you’ve got the gear but how do you ensure that your clothes stay looking sharp? These elegant tools are tailored to that precise goal.

  • Issue #132
  • 4 min read
Olive green Smythson leather clothes bag with zipper compartment on white surface next to dress shoes
Retail

Top of the shops

From Viennese tea towels to handcrafted ceramics, Austria's artisanal makers are quietly producing some of Europe's most coveted homewares with centuries-old techniques and contemporary flair.

  • Issue #131
  • 8 min read
White ceramic salt and pepper shakers shaped like lightbulbs with simple face designs
Retail

The Monocle Shop

It's time to embrace the season. Whether you're relaxing close to home this summer or exploring distant shores, we've put together an exclusive collection of smart clothing and accessories.

  • Issue #135
  • 8 min read
The Monocle Book of Japan displayed with a cream tote bag featuring red circle design
Retail

Looks to love

We’ve found the formula to greet sunny days: the perfect T-shirt, breezy cottons and light tailoring cut to fit just so. And don’t forget springy new kicks to ground your feelgood summer wardrobe.

  • Issue #135
  • 26 min read
Looks to love
Culture

Summer hit wave

The mercury is rising and so is the standard of music. We take the temperature of the hottest new talent, from a Texan band to a Norwegian singer-songwriter, and whip through the tunes keeping…

  • Issue #135
  • 6 min read
Summer hit wave
Culture

That’s a wrap

Behind the scenes at the V&A's ambitious kimono exhibition, where lighting designers, technicians and curators orchestrate a final day of meticulous preparation before the doors open.

  • Issue #132
  • 4 min read
Exhibition display with colorful kimono garments on white platforms around a central red sculptural tree
Affairs

The opener

How to improve street lighting, shopfronts and city transit, a celebration of rats’ lives and dogs’ dinners and why the solution to our modern malaise is simplicity itself.

  • Issue #130
  • 8 min read
The opener
Retail

Pack leader

The great outdoors is having a moment and Snow Peak hopes its fashionable pitch can turn this into a movement.

  • Issue #129
  • 9 min read
A young woman with a short fringe sits in front of a rail of earth-toned jackets in a clothing boutique.
Travel and restaurants

The fab four

When it comes to creating hotels, the Experimental Group quartet are always in tune. Plus: new openings from cities to the seaside.

  • Issue #128
  • 13 min read
The fab four

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