Kenzo Tange’s spectacular Shinjuku Park Tower has defined Tokyo’s skyline since its completion in 1994. The top 14 floors are home to the much-loved Park Hyatt Tokyo. Here, Monocle checks in for the last time before the…
From a perfumer with a focus on Japanese craft to an Italian shoe specialist that’s refusing to buckle on trends and a Swiss-based menswear shop with global connections, we try for size the businesses at the forefront of…
Once seen as little more than watches for children, Swatch’s timepieces are now coveted by seasoned collectors. We ask CEO Alain Villard to tell us why.
Elegantly straddling the worlds of luxury and popular culture, Chanel is going from strength to strength more than a century since it was founded. Monocle speaks to its president of fashion, Bruno Pavlovsky, about its…
As the Summer Games approach, we speak to seven contenders – from a wrestler who’s also an MP to a ‘sports soldier’ – about their unique journeys to Paris 2024.
Our current issue has come together thanks to the tireless efforts of our global network of creative folk. Find out about a few of the writers, illustrators and photographers we called on to report for Issue 174.