Milan is synonymous with high fashion and luxury brands. But away from the limelight it is also home to artisanal clothing and accessory firms that underpin the city’s standing as a global capital of style. Monocle meets…
Souq Karakoy is a fixture in Istanbul’s retail calendar but after this weekend’s edition, the hitherto monthly market will set up permanently in its up-and-coming neighbourhood. Since March 2014, founders Yaprak Aras and…
This month Monocle visits a new luxury retail behemoth in Milan, a Yemeni coffee outlet in Tokyo and a Copenhagen restaurant serving New Nordic food at affordable prices.
Beymen is the original Istanbul department store and still sets the benchmark for retail in Turkey. First started as a small menswear line, it now has locations around Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, and is beginning…