Tag: inspiration
Style May 2019
5 Instagram Accounts to Follow - Part 2
Instagram is relished as a frequently incumbent routine by a large section of the population, but if you know who to follow, there is a whole enclave of style inspiration lurking within its hindquarters.
Style May 2019
5 Instagram Accounts to Inspire your Style
A narcissistic echo chamber for the selfie generation? Don’t hate on Instagram just yet – it can provide great style inspiration if you know who to follow.
Style July 2017
Style Heroes: Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly’s two-toned loafer-clad feet are some of the most celebrated in early cinema, but it wasn’t just his shoes that tapped into a new era of style.
Style July 2017
Cote d’Allure: A Guide to Men's Riviera Style
A salute to what is surely one of the most rakish approaches to dressing at the modern man’s disposal; Riviera style.
Pleasure July 2017
The Yeatman Hotel: Porto's Best Cellar
For lovers of exceptional port, there is no finer destination than The Yeatman Hotel, whose vast cellars and beautiful surroundings are an ode to the Douro Valley’s greatest export.
Icons July 2017
Celluloid Style: La Dolce Vita
In the first of a series celebrating the wonderful wardrobes of iconic movies, we raise a glass of Chianti to La Dolce Vita’s enduring contribution to menswear’s cultural canon.
Pleasure July 2017
Hotel Byblos: St Tropez's Grande Dame
The lively Hotel Byblos is both a tribute to and an authentic representation of St Tropez’s heyday, when social codes were broken down and an anything-goes attitude prevailed.
Speed April 2017
Ducati’s New Café Racer: From Rebellion to Respectability
The café racer motorbike underlines a powerful evolution from trendy subculture to cult classic.
Pleasure April 2017
An Ode To Quo Vadis Soho, London
How does Quo Vadis measure up to Soho’s saturated streets of eateries? Max Olesker recalls why this is a place that has him returning time after time.
Style April 2017
The Style Guide by Permanent Style and Jamie Ferguson
The Rake speaks to Jamie Ferguson who discusses his favourite shots from The Style Guide. A collaboration between himself and Simon Crompton, of Permanent Style, the beautifully curated book is a unique way of celebrating men’s style.
Icons February 2017
The View From The Mountaintop: The Rat Pack
‘You look like a goddamn rat pack,’ an exasperated Lauren Bacall once said. And after a time, they were. Frank, Dean, Joey, Sammy and ‘Brother-in-Lawford’… just the neighbourhood guys hanging…
Icons February 2017
The Readiness Is All: Porfirio Rubirosa
Playboy, businessmen, powerhouse and apparently ferocious lover, Porifiro Rubirosa is the next of The Rake’s founding inspirers…
