Retail
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Shop idols
It can take just one retailer to unite a neighbourhood and restore a sense of old-fashioned community. Monocle has found 10 independent shops doing just that, from Barcelona to Tokyo.
Fashion
Visvim's sole revival, bedtime treats from Matters of Leisure and a Swiss trunk cal: Monocle selects for summer days and nights.
Inventory no.24
Things we've got our eye on this month: Pijama sleeves for sleeping laptops, nice white footwear from Sweden and Mallocran salty treats.
Ebneter & Biel
For almost a century, a family-run business in St Moritz has embroidered napkins, tablecloths and bed linen. A personalised item can take up to a year, carefully stitched by a septegenarian seamstress.
Clean conscience
Everything you need to keep clothes and bedlinen fresh, crisply ironed and looking new.
Inventory no.23
Things that we cover this month: a wooden scooter for pootling about, Minimalux desk sets that are brass acts, new vintage Repsol guides and pilot inks for every season.
Royal privilege
Escape Bairro Alto for Príncipe Real, a neighbourhood where shops on Rua Dom Pedro V sell specialist Portuguese products. A park hosts a weekly farmers’ market, and new businesses are always arriving.
10 season’s best
From Paris Fashion Week to Pitti Immagine Uomo Monocle’s fashion team bring you their favourite made-to-last looks for this spring.
