Monocle on Fashion
Stay ahead of trends with Monocle’s Natalie Theodosi. Exclusive interviews, breaking fashion news, behind-the-scenes insights, and reports from fashion weeks, trade fairs and ateliers.
Latest Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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,…
Under the covers: The inside story on Bally’s new creative director
Monocle’s editors and correspondents take you behind the scenes on the making of the magazine’s fashion pages. As our November issue hits newsstands, our design correspondent Stella Roos tell us about reporting the issue’s lead fashion story: a deep dive into Swiss heritage house Bally.
Michael Kliger, Mytheresa CEO
For the first episode of ‘Monocle on Fashion’, we sit down with Mytheresa CEO Michael Kliger to discuss how the Munich-based retailer became the biggest success story in luxury e-commerce. We talk about curation, customer service and, of course, the company’s decision to acquire its biggest competitor, the Yoox Net-a-Porter Group.
