Did Monocle Magazine Just Fund Its Hong Kong Bureau With Bag Sales? Totes!

Monocle magazine, Tyler Brulé's style magazine is planning to open up a new bureau in Hong Kong, funded by the sale of bags. The three-year-old publication, which totes (ah-hah!) itself as the foppish offspring of Wallpaper* and The Economist, has flogged 8,000 bags from its two media outlets--one in London, the other in Los Angeles--has also bagged itself (oh dear) a weekly 30-minute TV slot on BBC World News.

The magazine, which flogs $1,425 branded BlackBerries alongside $30 CDs on its...