Get summer ready

Issue 155

$20

Where is the best place to live? What makes a city tick? How can we improve our lot? Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey has posed this question for the past 15 years and 2022’s July/August issue contains the latest.

De Bonne Facture

Painters Jacket

$535

Parisian label De Bonne Facture is constantly seeking out the finest French ateliers to help craft its designs. Be it a wool maker in Brittany or leather craftsman in the Pyrenees, the brand uses talent from across the country to create their elegantly pared-back menswear that's made to last a lifetime.

Twemco

Calendar Wall Clock

$405

Established in 1968, Twemco has perfected automatic calendar digital clocks.

Thomas Ferguson

Irish Linen Napkins

$95

Linen brand Thomas Ferguson’s work is steeped in its Irish heritage.

Leuchtturm1917

Drehgriffel pen

$30

An ideal companion to your notebook, this ballpoint pen, from a design dating back to the 1920s, will keep you writing crisp. The pen works using a spring-loaded turning mechanism and its ink is refillable. It comes in colours that match our notebooks and is a design object to behold, with a geometric hexagonal barrel and a pleasing weightiness that lends to its retro quality.

Porter

City bag

$368

This bag sits on the hip and is designed to keep all your valuables close by.