Monocle on Fashion

Recording from our new hub on rue Bachaumont, Tyler Brûlé looks back at Monocle’s founding values and dissects the magazine’s unique perspective on fashion. We discuss the importance of storytelling, timeless design and discovery, as well as this season’s fashion highlights. Plus: a preview of our new Paris home, where hospitality meets great retail and community. 

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Natalie Theodosi visits two Left Bank couturiers, Julie de Libran and Rabih Kayrouz, to talk about running independent ateliers from one of Paris’s most charming neighbourhoods.

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How do the worlds of fashion and design interact? Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, joins Natalie Theodosi to compare notes on the events they’ve been attending in Paris this month. Plus highlights from the February issue.

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Greek designer Mary Katrantzou is known for her whimsical patterns and 3D silhouettes. She joins the programme to discuss her new role as Bulgari’s first-ever creative director of leather goods and accessories. 

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Fashion historian Summer Anne Lee discusses the meaning behind presidential fashions ahead of the inauguration, from Washington to Trump. We are also joined by Chiara Rimella to compare the inauguration looks of three notable women. 

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Creative director Joaquín Trías speaks about the revival of “sleeping beauty” brand Delpozo, collaborating with Tilda Swinton and drawing inspiration from its home base, Madrid.

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Uruguayan designer Gabriela Hearst takes us inside her world. She shares the inspiration behind her designs as she moves into a new phase with her eponymous brand after stepping down as Chloé’s creative director. 

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As ‘The Forecast’ hits the stands, design editor Nic Monisse and Asia editor James Chambers join Natalie Theodosi to talk about the people, places and market trends that will set the agenda for 2025. 

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The new creative director of Uniqlo, Clare Waight Keller, who was previously the artistic director of brands including Chloe and Givenchy, speaks about her unorthodox career move, the joy in designing for the many and what the Japanese fashion business can teach its European counterparts.  

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Straight off the stage, @nattheodosi speaks to winning designers including Chopova Lowena,16Arlington's Marco Capaldo and Simone Rocha, as well as photographer Tyler Mitchell.  

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From commissioning work that’s always fresh to finding new talent, Alex Milnes talks us through the photography in the fashion pages of Monocle’s December/January issue.  

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As ‘Stephen Jones, chapeaux d’artiste’ opens at Palais Galliera in Paris, the legendary hat designer talks to Natalie Theodosi about being a Blitz Kid in 1980s London, his long working relationship with Dior and why this exhibition is not a retrospective. 

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The joys of discussing jewellery round a table with a good glass of wine, the artistry of buyers and a Polish boutique with an apt name, Warsaw Wonders. Editor Sophie Gove talks us through what makes a winter issue distinctly ‘Konfekt’. 

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Italian luxury label Miu Miu has reported a 105 per cent rise in revenues – growing at a time when the majority of its rivals are seeing their sales decline. Part of its success is the way it participates in culture. This year the brands partnered with Art Basel Paris, bringing its ongoing ‘Women’s Tales’ film series to life with an exhibition that blended film, music, choreography and fashion. Natalie Theodosi speaks with one of the exhibition’s curators, Goshka Macuga and two of its filmmakers, Meriem Bennani and Haifa Al Mansour to understand the brand’s global appeal.

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Monocle’s editors and correspondents take you behind the scenes on the making of the magazine’s fashion pages. As our November issue hits newsstands, our design correspondent Stella Roos tell us about reporting the issue’s lead fashion story: a deep dive into Swiss heritage house Bally.  

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For the first episode of ‘Monocle on Fashion’, we sit down with Mytheresa CEO Michael Kliger to discuss how the Munich-based retailer became the biggest success story in luxury e-commerce. We talk about curation, customer service and, of course, the company’s decision to acquire its biggest competitor, the Yoox Net-a-Porter Group.

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Monocle’s fashion editor, Natalie Theodosi, introduces a new programme covering the industry from our unique point of view. Get up to speed, stay on point and ensure that you’re always fashion-forward with Monocle on Fashion, coming soon to Monocle Radio.

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