When it comes to menswear the rule is to follow the lead of the Italians. At Milan fashion week Monocle Films visits the showrooms and presentations of leading industry players to see what men will be wearing next autumn…
Countless fashion houses have unveiled elegant showrooms at Milano Moda Uomo autumn/winter 2016 but Valextra’s new pop-up shop signifies something far more refreshing. On Sunday the leather-goods label opened the doors to…
As prices skyrocket and pipelines mysteriously explode, the folly of Europe’s over-dependence on fossil fuels, especially those imported from Russia, is being revealed and punished. With autumn turning to winter, Monocle…
As trunks of leather goods and trolleys of fine suits are wheeled out of the gates of Pitti's Fortezza da Basso, the fashion world casts its eye north: Milano Moda Uomo autumn/winter 2016 kicked off yesterday afternoon.…
The doors have barely closed on the autumn-winter menswear season but, for many designers, the stress of conjuring up 2016’s first lot of collections clearly took its toll. On Wednesday, Ermenegildo Zegna's Stefano Pilati…
Menswear had a big start to the year but now the fairer sex has stepped onto the catwalks, with the women’s autumn/winter 2016 calendar having kicked off in New York last week and London Fashion Week (LFW) beginning today…
Our editor in chief asks: as well as writing about those people who are doing things differently, should we be trying to live by
our quality-of-life mantra too?
We talk to Taiwan’s man in London about diplomatic tussles with China, the Swiss build their second-largest embassy and Russia’s backfire in the Baltics.
Killer heels, once status symbols, are now conspicuously absent from fashion-show front rows (and runways). How did they become out of step with the modern world?
How a Finnish IT firm is using the heat from its computer servers, how the French are falling in love with barges and why the British government is wondering about the time.
Luxury label Deveaux has carved a ‘Made in America’ niche with its impeccable finishes and sumptuous choice of fabrics. And now the brand is pushing into womenswear and fresh markets.