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Winter's coming, so here are some new items to take away the chill...while you chill. These high-quality 60/40 Cotton blend beanies will protect your head stylishly with our insignia embroidered on the front. How you wear it is up to you. (Pictured L to R) NYC Away / NYC Home (White) / Stockholm / København / Oslo / Helsinki / Varg (Grey) / Militär (Green)
$22.00
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After the success of their 2015 Lisbon symposium, Monocle has announced their 2016 conference, more details will be forthcoming. Here is the rundown on what to expect in April.
"Our intimate gathering returns in 2016 and this time it will take place in the Austrian capital, a city that provides the perfect backdrop with its humming ateliers, fresh new hotels and mixture of modernity and tradition.
Monocle invites you to a weekend of great debates, good conversations, peerless hospitality and some fun nights too. It’s a weekend where contacts can be made, ideas nurtured and horizons expanded. Join our editors, correspondents and key thinkers in discussing topics ranging from architecture to independent retail, transport to healthy living." - Monocle
Tickets: €1,850.
Subscribers and founders receive a 10% discount.
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We're celebrating the winding down of summer and looking forward to the cool, crisp weather of fall with two new colorways added to our paracord collection. New designs feature Bright Yellow and a USA themed Red, White and Blue. All come with polished 316L stainless steel shackle and are fully adjustable.
$25.00
A handbook for making a home that will stand the text of time, take knocks and scuffs in its stride—and where lives can unfold, children grow up, and dogs run wild. --Monocle
About This Book
This Monocle book tells us how to turn a house into a home. Both a practical guide and a great source of inspiration, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes presents the interiors, furniture, and locations you need to know about along with portraits of the people who can make it happen.
The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes celebrates the durable and the meaningful through a collection of homes that tell a story. Most architecture and interior books show houses polished to perfection, manicured to the extent that it is hard to imagine anybody actually lives there: they seem to miss the point that homes are meant to be inhabited. They should be able to take scuffs and knocks and to be part of a community, whether in a Chicago skyscraper or on Australia’s sunshine coast.
Available Soon in the USA
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As the Tour de France begins its second week of competition, there may be those who ask the question; "why the yellow jersey?"
In the very early 20th Century (1903), Henri Desgrange, founder of the French newspaper L'Auto (predecessor to today's L'Equipe) devised the race as publicity to increase newspaper sales, which happened to be published on yellow newsprint. The press had asked the Tour Director of the time to come up with a way for them to easily spot the race leader, ergo the Yellow Jersey was born.
But it would not be until 1919 when Eugéne Christophe (right) would become the first ever rider to wear the Maillot Jaune during the grueling race. He would only finish as high as 8th overall.
Eddy Merckx (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974) ©Getty Images
As the race grew more and more popular (and much larger) over the years and now generations, there have been more variations of such jerseys that recognize the best of the best of the Tour with jerseys recognizing the "King of the Mountain" (Polka Dot), Most Sprint Points (Green / Maillot Vert) Best U25 Rider (White / Maillot Blanc) as well as other lesser awards and classifications.
Bernard Hinault (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985) ©James Andanson/Sygma/Corbis
While this year's Tour is a world away in terms of bicycle technology, athletic capability and commercial attention, the yellow jersey bears no less importance, certainly a lot more now as the famous garment is looked upon globally as its own brand and a crucial vehicle in television and media.
Current Tour leader Chris Froome is fighting hard to keep back the challengers as the second Pyrenean stage goes through Tarbes / La Pierre-St. Martin.
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Eugéne Christophe, first man to wear 'Maillot Jaune" in the TdF
Greg LeMond (1986, 1989, 1990) ©ESPN Films
Chris Froome (2013) ©Reuters
We've just released a new line to celebrate not only our official store launch, but the the 4th of July as well. Each iteration is made of combed cotton for optimum fit, breathability and comfort and emblazoned with our popular crown and star insignia.
Krona o Stjärna Brand Intro Line
$24.00-$26.00
Pitti Uomo kicks off this week with color and texture as the narrative for this summer. Reintroduced patterns, weights and classic palettes rule the day at the what is arguably the most important platform for men's fashion and accessories. Held twice a year at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy, new and established design talents exhibit and launch new projects for international buyers to peruse and hopefully select for many of the world's leading retail companies. Pitti is the most widely known segment of the Pitti Immagine collection of fashion industry events.
Pitti Uomo 16-19 June, 2015
Visit: Fortezza da Basso, Viale Filippo Strozzi 1, 50129 Florence
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Photos ©Enrico Labriola / Vanni Bassetti / AKA Studio Collective
