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Cycle chain
Emilio Aldo Renesto is a steelwork specialist whose frames are one of the first links in northern Italy’s small yet sturdy bicycle industry.
Aboard brand Italy
Italy's newest flagship, ‘Cavour’, is on a mission to Africa and the Middle East. The privately funded aircraft carrier is promoting Italian industry, showing a country on the move. Monocle jumps aboard.
Inventory No. 70
This month we bring you an embroidered badge set, a colour-coordinated range of sake, an astronomical children’s book and a hand-cranked coffee grinder that will please the purists.
The art of simplicity
Luxury cosmetics brand Three needed an Aoyama space to echo its understated image. Monocle meets the architects and creative team behind the shop, spa and restaurant that has resulted from the brief.
Fashion
From a menswear shop in Houston to a womenswear label from Budapest, we round up the new and notable in the world of fashion.
Lisbon – Road to Retail
As well as bringing bright ideas to once-faded façades, Lisbon’s mix of self-starting shopkeepers and keen entrepreneurs has helped lift the mood of a city with plenty more to be optimistic about.
Business
Booming in Burma, getting high in Spain, store wars in Thailand and fronts of knowledge in New Zealand.
Head for the hills
From fashion and homewares to food and gifts, the white city offers a full complement of attractions for the committed consumer and gourmet alike.
