Tag: 60s
Style October 2022
The Rake Style Guide: The Mods of Japan
The Mods shot to fame in the Swinging London of the sixties, characterised by their scooters and parka coats, and influencing music artists like The Beatles, The Jam, and The Who, and later Oasis and Miles Kane. But their aesthetic has found a home outside of Britain: briefly to the US in the mid-1960s and more unusually, but more deeply entrenched, in Tokyo some time after their peak.
Icons September 2022
Rakish Icons: Malick Sidibé
Malick Sidibé is an icon because of the art he made—the black-and-white photographic studies of swinging sixties Bamako. Since then, his work has become renowned on a global scale, inspiring creatives in Los Angeles and London and earning him numerous awards, like the Golden Lion at Venice Biennale.
Icons May 2022
The Ballad of Justin and Twiggy
7 Minute Read Great rake and sixties face Justin de Villeneuve recounts how he met, invented, loved and lost the world’s first supermodel, Twiggy.
Icons October 2017
Strike a Pose: 9 Iconic British Supermodels
What defines a supermodel? Someone who could rival the brands they front in renown, personality and wealth – and these British women are some of the most notable in the world.
