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Icons January 2023
Rakish Icon: Jeff Goldblum
Having cultivated an eclectic and playful approach to dressing, Jeff Goldblum is injecting fun into fashion and proving that age is no hindrance to great style.
Icons August 2018
Style Heroes: Andy Warhol
In what would’ve been the year of Andy Warhol’s 90th birthday, we look to the iconic artist for a lesson in balancing understated elegance with avant-garde cool.
Icons March 2018
Gordon Parks: Through the Lens
We examine the work – and exceptional style – of photographer, filmmaker, musician and writer Gordon Parks, whose legacy is being embraced by a new generation of influential artists.
Style September 2017
Pocket Guide: Olof Nithenius
Contributing Editor to Plaza Uomo magazine, Olof Nithenius harnesses an appreciation of Italian tailoring and a playful approach to classic British style.
Icons January 2017
Diamond Gal: Audrey Hepburn
The impact Audrey Hepburn had on pop culture is immeasurable, but to remember her as just an actress or a style icon does little justice to her character or biography. From…
Icons August 2016
Golden Ageing: Sean Connery
In the first of a series of stories charting the lives and looks of those rakish individuals that have aged particularly well over the years, we present Sean Connery, arguably the…
Icons June 2016
Heavyweight Gamechanger: Muhammad Ali
The Rake pays tribute to Muhammad Ali, one of the most influential sportsmen of the century.
Icons April 2016
MARLENE DIETRICH
Her calling-card was an enigmatic sexual ambiguity, and she seemed to hint that, behind a poker face of frosty hauteur, cards of every suit and stripe were waiting to be…
Icons April 2016
The Measure of a (Wo)man
Stubborn in her pursuit of a look that went against the grain, Katharine Hepburn somehow managed to make androgyny — along with grit and toughness — achingly feminine.
Icons March 2016
Pitch Perfect: George Best
Wasteful? To an extent. Self-destructive? Massively. Violent? Occasionally. But to call the life of George Best tragic is wide of the mark. His style, meanwhile, was as deft as his…
Craft November 2015
The Cutting Edge: Dominic Sebag-Montefiore, Edward Sexton
In this second part of ‘The Cutting Edge’, The Rake meets Dominic Sebag-Montefiore, Creative Director & Cutter at esteemed Knightsbridge-based bespoke tailors Edward Sexton, a tailor who is as progressive…
Craft November 2015
The Cutting Edge: Michael Browne, Chittleborough & Morgan
Change is afoot in the hallowed halls of Savile Row, as the British bespoke tailoring industry adapts to the changing nature of menswear. A new generation of talented craftsmen is…
