Tag: suits

Style December 2019

How to Dress for a Meeting

The economist Thomas Sowell famously hates them, but work meetings are an unavoidable reality. Here’s how to dress for them and spin them to your advantage.
Style November 2019

The 21 Things You Need To Know About Black Tie

The Rake reveals the formalwear intelligence you need to absorb to ensure black-tie success.
Style December 2018

5 Unbreakable Rules of Tailoring

We’re big advocates of swimming against the tide, but when it comes to dressing well, sometimes it’s best to stick to the rules.
Looks May 2018

How To Wear Sneakers With Tailoring

A marriage made in heaven or one destined for the divorce courts? The Rake weighs in on the sneaker and suit trend.
Style September 2017

Vitale Barberis Canonico: A Sartorial Collaboration

The oldest family-run fabric mill in the world, Vitale Barberis Canonico produces the finest fabrics money can buy, as Karl-Edwin Guerre discovered when collaborating with three maestros of tailoring.
Style August 2017

The Men Who Wore Double-Breasted Tailoring Best

These ‘DB’ heroes show that men of all shapes and sizes – and stylistic bents – can sport double-breasted suiting successfully.
Style July 2017

What To Buy This Week: The Wimbledon Edit

Planning an outing to Wimbledon this week but not sure what to wear? Embrace your inner Rake and stand out amongst the sea of red trousers and polo shirts…
Icons May 2017

The Buddha of Mount Street: Doug Hayward

Doug Hayward was the ‘showbiz tailor’, a man who rose from modest surroundings to clothe and befriend stars of the sixties such as Michael Caine, Terence Stamp and Roger Moore.
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.
Craft March 2017

The Golden Shears Awards 2017

Founded in 1974, the Golden Shears Award offers a rare space for young tailors to showcase their talent away from the workbench.
Style February 2017

He Spoke Style: Rakish Resolutions

Brian Sacawa of HeSpokeStyle.com has had enough of sartorial one-hit wonders, and proffers some thoughts on how we can do away with them for good.
Style January 2017

The Collector’s Guide: Clive Collett

Clive Collett, vintage clothing collector and bespoke tailoring connoisseur is a gentleman of exquisite taste – as his association with Savile Row’s Chittleborough & Morgan testifies. But then what else…

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Ettore Bugatti's Motoring Legacy

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Tag: suits

How to Dress for a Meeting

The 21 Things You Need To Know About Black Tie

5 Unbreakable Rules of Tailoring

How To Wear Sneakers With Tailoring

Vitale Barberis Canonico: A Sartorial Collaboration

The Men Who Wore Double-Breasted Tailoring Best

What To Buy This Week: The Wimbledon Edit

The Buddha of Mount Street: Doug Hayward

The Origins of the Single-Breasted Jacket

The Golden Shears Awards 2017

He Spoke Style: Rakish Resolutions

The Collector’s Guide: Clive Collett