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Shoots

Ebb and flow

The Canal St Martin offers a chance to contemplate. And when Paris empties in summer, you’ll have it all to yourself. Get comfy, stay cool and head to the water.

  • Issue #155
  • 4 min read
Man in cream jacket and navy trousers standing by Canal Saint-Martin with classic Parisian buildings behind
Fashion

Business

A French fashion label with an African soul and a London stationer in praise of going analogue.

  • Issue #153
  • 4 min read
Youssouf Fofana from Maison Château Rouge wearing blue patterned African wax fabric shirt in Paris
Retail

All in place

Like the brand’s clothes, De Bonne Facture’s new Paris premises stress keeping it all close at hand.

  • Issue #148
  • 4 min read
Clothing hanging on rail in minimalist store interior with white walls and track lighting
Fashion

Hello tailor

We meet three leading figures in menswear, from a Parisian founder whose suits are seducing a generation to the creative steering a US icon in need of help.

  • Issue #147
  • 1 min read
Brendon Babenzien wearing a green sweater and baseball cap standing in front of red flowering trees
Retail

French lessons

Refresh your everyday look with a softly tailored jacket or coat to shrug over the season’s jumper crop.

  • Issue #147
  • 3 min read
Model wearing dark blazer over light button-up shirt with hands in pockets against white paneled wall
Retail

The Monocle Shop

There’s still plenty of summer left but you’ll want to be ready for the odd chilly evening or rain shower. These pieces are light enough to help you stay comfy in the heat too.

  • Issue #146
  • 1 min read
Dark green cylindrical candle in container with Monocle branding and white wick
Fashion

April in Paris

Spring is in the air and where better to look for inspiration to step out in style than the City of Light?

  • Issue #132
  • 4 min read
Woman in white Loewe dress with green square detail standing in turquoise doorway in Paris
Fashion

Still head over heels

Pierre Hardy, Hermès' shoe supremo since 1990, argues that the high heel's rumoured death is premature — and that women now wear them purely for themselves, not for anyone else.

  • Issue #125
  • 9 min read
Still head over heels
Culture

French touch

From poodles on album covers to Hermès neckerchiefs, Corine embodies a new wave of French electro-pop artists reclaiming the '70s with organic live sound, personal lyrics and unapologetic glamour.

  • Issue #124
  • 4 min read
French touch
Fashion

French fancy

The birthplace of countless couturiers might be known for chic womenswear but its men are masters of dressing down.

  • Issue #121
  • 3 min read
French fancy

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