Fashion
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Top of the shops
From the merchants of the Middle Ages to today’s leading fashion brands and specialist shops, Italians have long excelled in the art of retail. We share some of our favourites.
All together now
Look sharp: with spring around the corner, there’s never been a better time to smarten up. Crisp meets casual in the season’s best combinations.
Time for change
On a visit to Swiss watch-maker Omega’s new flagship, we find an inviting take on retail design and smart staffon hand to give museum-style tours.
Jacket in
After a year of athleisure, will men ever be lured back to tailoring? Yes, say designers, but only by the likes of the ‘easy jacket’.
Upward trends
The keepers of five game-changing fashion brands reveal the targets for their own labels and what they expect from the wider industry in 2021.
Spring it on
Our round-up of the latest looks for spring takes in unisex cashmere from Amsterdam, ethical cotton from Nigeria, Japanese specs in the spotlight and the resurgence of a thoroughly modern Marimekko.
The Monocle Shop
Spring is most definitely in our step this month, with a selection bringing forth light fabrics, bold tableware and fresh finishing touches for your home.
Pup stars
South Korea was infamous for its dogmeat dishes. Now well-heeled pooches check into their own hotels.
Brunello Cucinelli
The Italian fashion mogul who quotes Kant more than discusses hemlines has built a €500m empire on humanistic capitalism in medieval Umbria.
