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Evening all
At Monocle, Saturday nights are for informal gatherings at home with friends. We offer our guide to good food, a great media line-up and enough grog to ensure a merry time.
Inventory No. 7
Shopping trips to Marunouchi can be exhausting. Thankfully, there’s a new venue to rest weary heads: the glowing, 24-storey Peninsula Tokyo, the first free-standing hotel to open in the city in a decade.
Gloss leader
This is one of the first literary cafés in Porto. Over 100 years old, Lello is still breaking new ground with its decorative Brazilian wood-carved interior and steady stream of tourists.
Asia
Chinese artist Yue Minjun commands millions for his paintings overseas but is dogged by cheap copies at home. We explore the effects of China's growing counterfeit trade on the country's own creative talents.
Fashion
New York retailer Articolo brings the spotlight back to the side table. Co-founded by Emanuela Frattini Magnusson, its debut collection features work by designers Ross Lovegrove and James Irvine.
Timber land
As ‘biomass’ becomes a buzzword, lumberjacks are at the forefront of the climate debate. Monocle visits one of Europe's largest forestry fairs to find out why wood is good for the environment.
Power dressing
High-profile security lapses have damaged Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency. To fix its PR, it launched a hunt for Miss Atom. But can a beauty contest overturn an ugly reputation?
Future classics
Menswear sales are recovering from a 2005 dip. This season’s Pitti Uomo drew 21,000 buyers, with significant growth in new markets. Its fashions were similarly forward looking, pointing to future classics.
Shelf life
Each issue, we take an everyday pursuit or situation and give it the *Monocle* overhaul. This month, we stock up on some late-summer essentials to fill the shelves of our perfect pantry.
