Tag: romance
Icons February 2021
Single Minded: The Women of Warren Beatty
He couldn’t even commit to dinner, Shirley MacLaine once said of her brother, Warren Beatty. Thirteen thousand women — an estimate of the number of Beatty’s sexual conquests — might concur. Originally published in Issue 40 of The Rake, Stuart Husband writes that it’s a wonder he had time to become one of the most important figures in Hollywood, the man who bridged the gap between the old studio system and the freewheeling seventies.
Icons August 2016
The Art of Happiness: Balthus & Setsuko Klossowska
One of the most harmonious love affairs in art history — that between Balthus and Setsuko Klossowska — unfurled despite a cultural gulf, a three-decade age gap, and one of…
Icons July 2016
You Don't Know Me: Ray Charles
They say love is blind: The Rake explores how “little R.C” overcame the adversity of his disability in the racially charged South, to become The Father of Soul.
Icons July 2016
Brotherly Love: Seven Truly Rakish Bromances
How else is the modern rake expected to survive in this world of heartbreak and upheaval?
Code July 2016
Wedding Tails: The Honeymoon
Memories of a wedding are won and lost in the outcome of the honeymoon. You may be surprised to hear, though our Editor has no problem going into detail, that there…
Icons July 2016
"He Never Married" The Case for Staying Single
As these lifelong singletons attest, bachelorhood is no barrier to hitting the bigtime.
Icons July 2016
Manhattan Love Story: Truman Capote & Jack Dunphy
The last in our series of rakish romances features another which broke all the rules, and blossomed all the more for it – Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy.
Icons July 2016
Breaking Muse: Rakish Artists and Their Muses
Where would the world's most respected and admired artists be today had it not been for the inspiration and infatuation of the beautiful women who became their muses?
Icons July 2016
Picasso's Muses
In the wake of a new exhibition exploring Picasso’s relationship with his muses, The Rake asks whether the greatest artist of the 20th century would have achieved such fame and fortune without…
Style July 2016
Wandering Hands: Five Truly Rakish Erotic Watches
Erotic watches are nothing new. The earliest can be traced back to the late 17th century, when the wealthy would commission painted or engraved scenes of a saucy nature
Icons July 2016
Double Act: Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy
How do you sum up a love affair kept secret for three decades? Ed Cripps examines Katharine Hepburn and her clandestine relationship with the moody, mercurial (and married) Spencer Tracy.
Craft July 2016
Post Haste: Reflecting on Tailored Wedding Tails
After eight fittings and many months of anticipation, Editor Tom Chamberlin’s marvelous bespoke morning suit finally gets its big day…
