Tag: society
Icons January 2017
'The Fifty Most Beautiful People' at The Factory
This series has seen The Rake reminiscing about YSL’s Opium Launch and the Surrealist Ball, but as we’re not quite ready to wish the party season farewell, we revisit one more of…
Icons December 2016
Beautiful Delirium: the Yves Saint Laurent Opium Launch
As we continue our exploration of some of the most remarkable parties in jet-set history, Ed Cripps muses on what was quite possibly the most rakish fragrance launch ever seen…
Code May 2016
Faith No More
The wild and lamebrained claims of religion have hijacked human thought and behaviour for almost as long as the Earth has been turning. Enough of this madness! We cannot ban…
Icons April 2016
Jackie Kennedy and Lee Radziwill: Sisters of Providence
The Rake charts the privileged, prominent, marriage-rich lives of the Bouvier sisters — Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield Radziwill Ross.
