Tag: tailoring
Style January 2022
The characteristics of the Double-Breasted Jacket
The double-breasted jacket has fallen in and out of favour over the last century, yet today its position amongst the menswear greats is permanently cemented. The Rake explores…
Style January 2022
How to Wear Brown
Whilst not the most obvious choice, the colour brown is an underrated sartorial weapon, and you’d be foolish not to add it to your arsenal.
Style September 2021
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.
Craft September 2021
Neapolitan Pride: House of Rubinacci
With the exclusive Luca Rubinacci for The Rake collection available to order now, Nick Foulkes finds out how Rubinacci has preserved the sophistication and character of the city’s distinct sartorial culture.
Craft August 2021
'Young Man - Go To Cifonelli'
With the Lorenzo Cifonelli for The Rake collection available to order now, we reflect upon just what makes the iconic Parisian tailoring house, Cifonelli, such an extraordinary bespoke institution.
Craft October 2020
Cifonelli celebrates 140 years in the bespoke business
We pay tribute to one of the world’s most illustrious tailoring establishments and the distinguished fourth-generation cousins whose vision is laying the groundwork for a prosperous future.
Style September 2020
Hallmark of the Sartorial Rebel: The 6x1 Double-Breasted Jacket
Some of the 20th century’s most celebrated tailors mastered the rules, only to break them; the 6×1 double-breasted suit being one of The Rake‘s personal favourite transgressions.
Style March 2020
Spring Tailoring Guide
The weather, dictated by the elements of climate change, throws up some barmy and broad events in spring, blighting one’s wardrobe predilections, but here, Aleks Cvetkovic expertly advises what to wear, to reduce your chances of getting caught out, whilst remaining impeccably stylish.
Style March 2020
Guide to Milanese Tailoring
Fabio Attanasio, commentator and prominent attorney on sartorial menswear, visits four of Milan’s famed tailoring houses to adroitly analyse the distinctive facets of Milanese tailoring, which is his first port of call in a series of appraisals in other notable tailoring meccas.
Style March 2020
New Season Caruso: A Universal Sartorial Elixir
Additions to the Caruso range show that the house’s alchemic approach to menswear is an ongoing mission.
Craft February 2020
Canvassing Opinions
Exploring the ins and outs of canvassed tailoring – and why the received wisdom on fusing may be out of date.
Style January 2020
In Praise of the Drape
The Rake talks to Anderson & Sheppard’s head cutter Danny Hall about its revered English Drape Cut house style – and why the younger generation is falling for a style made famous by Fred Astaire.
