The Chiefs 2022

The Monocle Weekender: Asheville edition

Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck and the Monocle team gather for a special weekend event in Asheville, North Carolina.

Chiefs 2020

Pitti Uomo: 97th edition

The year is young but the menswear industry has already wrapped up one of its key events: the autumn/winter edition of Pitti Uomo. The menswear tradeshow, which took place this week in a crisp yet sunny Florence, is now in…

Pitti Uomo: 96th edition

In this week’s scorching Florence heat, the menswear market presented its latest warm-weather wares at the spring/summer 2020 edition of Pitti Uomo. Pitti is a holistic event: as well as the main tradefair at the Fortezza…

Pitti Uomo: 95th edition

The new year is young but the menswear crowd has already completed one of its most important events: the autumn/winter edition of Pitti Uomo. The pioneering Florentine menswear tradeshow, which ran this week, is celebrating…

Pitti Uomo: 94th edition

This week the fashion world gathered in sunny Florence for the spring/summer 2019 edition of Pitti Uomo, the fêted menswear tradeshow. Things were a little different this time at the Fortezza da Basso. For one, where were…

Pitti Uomo: 93rd edition

The 93rd edition of Pitti Uomo, the menswear tradeshow in Florence, has been packed with stellar off-site events: Gucci Garden – a boutique, museum and restaurant – opened in a former palace and there have been shows from…

Pitti Uomo 2017

As the thermometer hit 35C the menswear world flocked to Florence’s Fortezza da Basso for the spring/summer 2018 episode of Pitti Uomo. The summer edition is a slightly smaller affair than its winter counterpart (which…

Salone del Mobile 2017

Basking under the Milanese spring sun, visitors to Salone del Mobile enjoyed a particularly vivacious 56th edition of the world’s leading furniture fair. Here we unveil the event’s best design pieces.

Maison & Objet 2017

January is a packed month in the design calendar: straight after Köln’s IMM, interiors trade show Maison & Objet opens in Parc des Expositions in Paris. Across its eight halls there’s space for thousands of companies of all…

IMM Cologne

Every year hundreds of brands and buyers congregate at IMM, the first international furniture fair of the year. Hosted at the Koelnmesse in the German city of Köln, this tradeshow sets the agenda for what’s to come and…

Pitti Uomo 91: day three

As the autumn/winter 2017 edition of Pitti Uomo draws to a close and the fashion pack heads north to Milan, we select our final five finds from the Fortezza da Basso.