Trisha Ward
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
Pack leader
The great outdoors is having a moment and Snow Peak hopes its fashionable pitch can turn this into a movement.
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.
Step up to the plate
Welcome to Monocle’s very first survey on hosting at home (don’t worry about wiping your feet on the way in).
