Tag: aviator

Style April 2017

How Ray-Ban Invented Sunglasses And Framed 20th Century Style

Style January 2017

The Chapal for The Rake USAAF Jacket

There are many fine makers of leather blousons in luxury menswear, but few come with the prestige, precision or the artistry of heritage French manufacturer Chapal, as The Rake’s Founder…

Icons January 2017

Rogue One: Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford is as central to modern cinema as the films he has performed in. The Rake finds out why the force has been with him from the start.

Icons November 2016

The Sky Devil: Howard Hughes

Pilot, petrol-head and womaniser, Howard Hughes’ had an impressive repertoire, but there was a darker side to the director, The Rake discovers.

Style July 2016

Working It: The Romance of Vintage Workwear

Work clothes may have originally been intended for welding sky-scrapers together and herding bovine creatures, but that’s all part of their enduring romance, and their recent renaissance, says The Rake’s resident fashion history expert,…

Style June 2016

Invest: Chapal A2 Bomber Jacket

Still feeling the ‘need for speed’ thirty years after Tom Cruise brought the bomber jacket back with a bang, The Rake proposes the ultimate in leatherwear with Chapal’s A2 for…