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Monocle on Fashion

Get up to speed, stay on point and ensure that you’re always fashion-forward with this new programme from Monocle Radio. Monocle on Fashion covers the industry from our unique point of view. Hosted by Monocle’s fashion director, Natalie Theodosi, the show will bring you big interviews, breaking fashion news and special reports. Plus: go behind the scenes everywhere from fashion weeks to trade fairs, and visit studios and ateliers, old and new.

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15 years of Studio Nicholson: As Studio Nicholson marks its 15th birthday, Nathalie Theodosi sits down with the brand’s founder, Nick Wakeman, to discuss her design ethos, the influence of Japanese style and what’s instore for the label this year.

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12	21 Feb 2025 34 min	15 years of Studio Nicholson As Studio Nicholson marks its 15th birthday, Nathalie Theodosi sits down with the brand’s founder, Nick Wakeman, to discuss her design ethos, the influence of Japanese style and what’s instore for the label this year.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
11	14 Feb 2025 19 min	Under the covers with Tyler Brûlé Recording from our new hub on rue Bachaumont, Tyler Brûlé looks back at Monocle’s founding values and dissects the magazine’s unique perspective on fashion. We discuss the importance of storytelling, timeless design and discovery, as well as this season’s fashion highlights. Plus: a preview of our new Paris home, where hospitality meets great retail and community.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
10	7 Feb 2025 40 min	Dispatches from Paris’s Left Bank Natalie Theodosi visits two Left Bank couturiers, Julie de Libran and Rabih Kayrouz, to talk about running independent ateliers from one of Paris’s most charming neighbourhoods.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
9	31 Jan 2025 22 min	Under the covers: fashion weeks vs design fairs, plus the new February issue How do the worlds of fashion and design interact? Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, joins Natalie Theodosi to compare notes on the events they’ve been attending in Paris this month. Plus highlights from the February issue.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
8	24 Jan 2025 24 min	Mary Katrantzou on her Bulgari debut Greek designer Mary Katrantzou is known for her whimsical patterns and 3D silhouettes. She joins the programme to discuss her new role as Bulgari’s first-ever creative director of leather goods and accessories.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
7	17 Jan 2025 30 min	How inauguration fashion makes a statement Fashion historian Summer Anne Lee discusses the meaning behind presidential fashions ahead of the inauguration, from Washington to Trump. We are also joined by Chiara Rimella to compare the inauguration looks of three notable women.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
6	10 Jan 2025 32 min	The return of Delpozo, Spain’s ‘sleeping beauty’ brand Creative director Joaquín Trías speaks about the revival of “sleeping beauty” brand Delpozo, collaborating with Tilda Swinton and drawing inspiration from its home base, Madrid.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
5	20 Dec 2024 33 min	Gabriela Hearst’s new chapter Uruguayan designer Gabriela Hearst takes us inside her world. She shares the inspiration behind her designs as she moves into a new phase with her eponymous brand after stepping down as Chloé’s creative director.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	13 Dec 2024 23 min	Under the covers: ‘The Forecast’ with Nic Monisse and James Chambers As ‘The Forecast’ hits the stands, design editor Nic Monisse and Asia editor James Chambers join Natalie Theodosi to talk about the people, places and market trends that will set the agenda for 2025. nn	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
4	6 Dec 2024 29 min	Uniqlo’s new creative director, Clare Waight Keller The new creative director of Uniqlo, Clare Waight Keller, who was previously the artistic director of brands including Chloe and Givenchy, speaks about her unorthodox career move, the joy in designing for the many and what the Japanese fashion business can teach its European counterparts.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	3 Dec 2024 21 min	Backstage at the Fashion Awards 2024 Straight off the stage, @nattheodosi speaks to winning designers including Chopova Lowena,16Arlington's Marco Capaldo and Simone Rocha, as well as photographer Tyler Mitchell.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	29 Nov 2024 12 min	Under the covers: Monocle photo editor Alex Milnes From commissioning work that’s always fresh to finding new talent, Alex Milnes talks us through the photography in the fashion pages of Monocle’s December/January issue.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
3	22 Nov 2024 31 min	The art of millinery with Stephen Jones As ‘Stephen Jones, chapeaux d’artiste’ opens at Palais Galliera in Paris, the legendary hat designer talks to Natalie Theodosi about being a Blitz Kid in 1980s London, his long working relationship with Dior and why this exhibition is not a retrospective.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	15 Nov 2024 17 min	Under the covers: editor Sophie Grove on making the winter-fashion pages of ‘Konfekt’ The joys of discussing jewellery round a table with a good glass of wine, the artistry of buyers and a Polish boutique with an apt name, Warsaw Wonders. Editor Sophie Gove talks us through what makes a winter issue distinctly ‘Konfekt’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
2	8 Nov 2024 27 min	The women of Miu Miu Italian luxury label Miu Miu has reported a 105 per cent rise in revenues – growing at a time when the majority of its rivals are seeing their sales decline. Part of its success is the way it participates in culture. This year the brands partnered with Art Basel Paris, bringing its ongoing ‘Women’s Tales’ film series to life with an exhibition that blended film, music, choreography and fashion. Natalie Theodosi speaks with one of the exhibition’s curators, Goshka Macuga and two of its filmmakers, Meriem Bennani and Haifa Al Mansour to understand the brand’s global appeal.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

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Monocle on Fashion

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Latest episodes

15 years of Studio Nicholson

Under the covers with Tyler Brûlé

Dispatches from Paris’s Left Bank

Under the covers: fashion weeks vs design fairs, plus the new February issue

Mary Katrantzou on her Bulgari debut

How inauguration fashion makes a statement

The return of Delpozo, Spain’s ‘sleeping beauty’ brand

Gabriela Hearst’s new chapter

Under the covers: ‘The Forecast’ with Nic Monisse and James Chambers

Uniqlo’s new creative director, Clare Waight Keller

Backstage at the Fashion Awards 2024

Under the covers: Monocle photo editor Alex Milnes

The art of millinery with Stephen Jones

Under the covers: editor Sophie Grove on making the winter-fashion pages of ‘Konfekt’

The women of Miu Miu