Fashion: People of Paris / Global
Local flavour
Summer’s coming. We meet the Parisians preparing to greet it – and looking good as they do so.
Gesa Hansen wears shirt by Prada, trousers by Soeur
HAIR & MAKE UP: Yoana TG
Contributors
A selection of this issue’s creators.Ed’s letter
Andrew Tuck introduces the issue.The Opener
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Belgium’s election and this month’s takehomes.Jacob Collier
The six-time Grammy winner who is hitting all the right notes.Japanese bars
Monocle sips saké at a pocket-sized nighttime watering hole in Tokyo.Hacking Gutenberg
We meet the team preserving the printing press for the present day.
Indie revival
Why Meta’s news ban in Canada is a boon for the country’s independent media outlets.Affairs
Drones in modern warfare, Norway’s business-minded prince and the US election.Celeste Saulo
The UN’s World Meteorological Organization new secretary-general offers a ray of light.Business
Supermarket successes and Data Holdings CEO Chris Stott’s moonshot.Boeing’s blues
Could a return to its heartland in Seattle be the answer to its woes?Culture
Ones to watch at Cannes, Mexican quarterly Manera and a Q&A with Amos Rex.Portugal’s rebrand
The Portuguese government’s visual rebrand sparks debate.Urbanism & design
Mobility aids reimagined and Gucci’s game-changing furniture reissue.
Paris’s Olympians
We profile seven athletes as they prepare to step up to the plate.Mohamed Gnabaly
Île-Saint-Denis’s 39-year-old mayor is harnessing the power of the Olympics to speed up his plans for regeneration.Olympic fixes
The new infrastructure and ideas that are making Paris cleaner and greener.The Luxembourg Freeport
We visit a high security hub that’s more like a fortress than a lock-up.Hempel
The colourful story behind the Danish paint giant’s state-of-the-art coatings.Art Special
With the Venice Biennale and Art Basel on the horizon, we turn our focus to the latest broad brush strokes in the world of art, including the emerging scene in Tunis, a contemporary gallery in a Valencia palace and silo-turned-museum in Norway.Venice Biennale
Outsider art comes to the fore at this year’s expo. Here are 10 must-sees.Bruce Bailey
The Canadian collector raising the profile of lesser-known artists.Art Basel & São Paulo
A look ahead to this summer’s art fair and a new Brazilian hotspot.110
How Chiara Ferrari’s Inca-based hub is becoming a go-to for Mallorca’s cosmopolitan creatives.Bang & Olufsen
The brand is bucking the built-in obsolescence trend by reviving some classics.Lausanne’s Capitole cinema
The theatrical reopening of an art deco love letter to the silver screen.Salone del Mobile
We get the inside scoop from industry experts at the world’s biggest furniture fair.Chanel
We meet Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion, to talk about the continued allure of the brand.Swatch
The watch brand’s CEO Alain Villard discusses the effect of its high-profile collaborations.Fashion
We hone in on craft-focused scent brand Le Labo Fragrances and learn more about loafers.Paris style
Gear up for summer with some of the French capital’s most snappily dressed men and women.
Tatoï Club
The laid-back members’ retreat in Athens in serving up and ace with its focus on activity.Palm Springs
Sun? Tick. Smart stays? Tick. Captivating mid-century architecture? You bet! Why now is the time to pay a visit to California’s modernist marvel.Crows Nest
We make ourselves at home in the bustling Sydney neighbourhood.Luk Yu Tea House
How the Hong Kong institution has stood the test of time. Plus: tech.Travel
Encompassing town and city, warmth and wildness, we round-up some excellent openings.Park Hyatt Tokyo
The Japanese capital’s legendary stopover, a monocle favourite that played a starring role in Lost in Translation, is closing for an 18-month makeover. We bid a fond farewell – for now.
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