Fashion
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Flying colours
Italian family business Benetton is about more than fashion. From breathing new life into a roadside food chain to funding creative projects, the brand has diversified its global portfolio in unique ways.
Pitti of angles
From renowned fashion houses to fresh brands rolling out eye-catching tailoring, the 85th Pitti Uomo trade fair was home to all manner of innovative approaches to menswear.
Acquired tastes
Inspired by a creative affinity for Italy, a band of Japanese craftsmen have set up shop there. Monocle speaks to a shoemaker, glass artist and tailor about embracing their foreign muse's traditions.
Cycle chain
Emilio Aldo Renesto is a steelwork specialist whose frames are one of the first links in northern Italy’s small yet sturdy bicycle industry.
Aboard brand Italy
Italy's newest flagship, ‘Cavour’, is on a mission to Africa and the Middle East. The privately funded aircraft carrier is promoting Italian industry, showing a country on the move. Monocle jumps aboard.
Inventory No. 70
This month we bring you an embroidered badge set, a colour-coordinated range of sake, an astronomical children’s book and a hand-cranked coffee grinder that will please the purists.
The art of simplicity
Luxury cosmetics brand Three needed an Aoyama space to echo its understated image. Monocle meets the architects and creative team behind the shop, spa and restaurant that has resulted from the brief.
Fashion
From a menswear shop in Houston to a womenswear label from Budapest, we round up the new and notable in the world of fashion.
Lisbon – Road to Retail
As well as bringing bright ideas to once-faded façades, Lisbon’s mix of self-starting shopkeepers and keen entrepreneurs has helped lift the mood of a city with plenty more to be optimistic about.
