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  • Light Years: The Golden Age of the Night Club

    Pleasure January 2021

    Light Years: The Golden Age of the Night Club

    When you think of the seventies, what do you see? How about Bianca Jagger on a white horse at Studio 54, or Grace Jones on a pink Harley-Davidson at le Palace? Originally published in Issue 42 of The Rake, James Medd writes that whilst the seventies was the decade of economic and social unrest, it was also the golden age of the nightclub, when fashion, music and art came together to create a lifestyle so desirable it needed a strict door policy at all times.

  • Beautiful Delirium: the Yves Saint Laurent Opium Launch

    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…

  • Steve Rubell

    Icons March 2016

    Steve Rubell

    Sure, everyone associates the name Steve Rubell with the world’s most legendary discotheque, but let’s not forget that this louche New Yorker revolutionised not one, but two industries in his…

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