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Streets ahead: Bakery Lane
Australia knows how to shop. Its citizens want more than online sprees, seeking out eclectic high streets and innovative retailers. This is a guide to one of Brisbane's best, Bakery Lane.
Fashion
Watches, boots, shoes, sunglasses, shorts and belts – not to mention a boutique shop in former church.
Inventory no.91
Our round-up of Aussie-designed goodies, from a US-inspired tipple and tasteful totes to an appealing planter, coffee beans and blankets.
Streets ahead: Gertrude Street
Australia's canny citizens want more than online shopping. The country is blessed with eclectic high streets, innovative retailers and plenty of outstanding mall-makers; bring your shopping bags.
Inventory no.90
Our hospitable haul offers soaps to scrub with, sake to raise a toast, a lamp to set the mood and an incense burner for creating the right atmosphere for entertaining.
Design
Furniture-makers, a type foundry and an events space to rent. Plus: our Design editor has some tips for the tradeshows.
Film report: Milan menswear fall-winter 2016
When it comes to menswear the rule is to follow the lead of the Italians. At Milan fashion week Monocle Films visits the showrooms and presentations of leading industry players to see what men…
Film report: Pitti Uomo 2016
We ask what’s next for menswear as retailers flock to Florence to spot trends and stock up on Italian fashion – a €9bn industry –and foreign brands. Denim is darker, the fit wider and…
Tools gold
With big-box retail struggling, it's time for a revival of inner-city hardware hubs. In Italy, where knowledge and service rule, they have a model worth copying for the DIY sector.
