Tag: jackets
Style September 2020
Hallmark of the Sartorial Rebel: The 6x1 Double-Breasted Jacket
Some of the 20th century’s most celebrated tailors mastered the rules, only to break them; the 6×1 double-breasted suit being one of The Rake‘s personal favourite transgressions.
Style February 2018
Style 101: The Motorcycle Jacket
We explore how the form-follows-function origins and rebel DNA of this classic menswear essential have remained relevant.
Style July 2017
5 of the Best Neapolitan Blazers
Originally created with the heat of its eponymous city in mind, a Neapolitan blazer is the sartorial weapon of choice against the rising temperatures.
Style April 2017
Grenfell's Trans-Seasonal Trench Coat and Shooter Jacket
If our Despatch Rider kept you cosy through winter, allow us to introduce two trans-seasonal staples made in collaboration with British design house Grenfell.
Style April 2017
The Origins of the Single-Breasted Jacket
The Rake speaks to some of Savile Row’s leading lights to discover what makes the most fundamental jacket style of them all so enduring.
