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Travel wardrobe
With no big budget, Clemens en August kick-started its brand with whistle-stop tours across Europe. Now the company, whose name nods to its C&A pedigree, is eyeing the US market.
Selling souls
Christianity is big business in the US where retailers are using pop culture to shift godly goods: Jesus skateboarder sneakers anybody? *Monocle* visited the key show for owners of religious shops.
Patrizio Cappelli
In 1995, Patrizio Cappelli left his family's chemist business to found his eponymous tie-making enterprise. A discerning clientele now flocks to his Naples atelier for his seven-fold, self-tipping neckwear.
Inventory No. 5
Everything you need to keep your trainers box fresh and your coffee brewing brilliantly.
Good hood
What makes a perfect urban village? We've studied our favourite neighbourhoods – from Copenhagen to Tokyo – to create a blueprint for an ideal precinct that is contained but well-connected, cosy yet cosmopolitan.
Fishy business
At the heart of the €10bn international trade in ornamental fish is the Aquarama trade fair in Singapore – the industry's largest international trade and consumer event.
