Tag: the-rake
Icons August 2022
Tailoring for Summer: The Armani Guide
Apart from the low-rise jeans and questionable chunky knitwear, the ‘90s was all about Giorgio Armani’s soft-power suiting. Like the looser fits we’re seeing today, the aesthetic was a response…
Stories July 2022
The Greatest Watches in Motoring
The worlds of watches and motorsports have often overlapped, whether it is on the wrists of daredevil F1 drivers, swerving at blistering pace through Silverstone, or the classic utility timepieces that accompany us on our Sunday drive in the Range Rover.
Style July 2022
The Rake x Bamford x Bishops Heritage
Introducing The Most Beautiful Car In The World, The Rake x Bamford x Bishops Heritage Range Rover.
Icons May 2022
Ralph Lauren
4 Minute Read
Rakes of principal and Rakes of conscience that stood up for what they felt was right despite the imposition of will by powers moral, civil, governmental and conventional. And in so doing irreversibly altered the very course of human culture.
Style February 2022
Unbuttoning the History of the Shirt
How a modest undergarment became the most elegant, versatile and fundamental of men’s wardrobe staples – and an ensemble’s focal point in its own right.
Style February 2022
The History of the Chukka Boot
From mods to McQueen, the chukka boot has made the rounds in menswear throughout history, and is still going strong today; The Rake discovers how.
Style February 2022
How to Combine Tailoring and Workwear
The details and designs may have evolved, but tailoring and workwear have always been inextricably linked.
Icons September 2021
Magnetic Imaging: Marlon Brando
He got his physicality from a hard-drinking, abusive father, and his poet’s soul from an alcoholic, artistic mother. The synthesis endowed Marlon Brando with a unique presence and intensity he channelled through acting — exactly the kind of truth-telling, one of his friends noted, for which he could lay down his life.
Style June 2021
Mrs Rake Boutique: Fari Islands
We’re extremely proud to present a selection of high-calibre women’s brands who in many ways represent a new face of sustainable luxury. They have their own home in one of our island-chic brick-and-mortar shops.
Style March 2021
LORENZO CIFONELLI FOR THE RAKE LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION
A Cifonelli jacket for under $USD 1,000? You’re not seeing things: with this new collaboration, the legendary Lorenzo Cifonelli has applied his bespoke signature to a spring-summer collection that oozes Riviera style and groundbreaking value.
Style February 2021
Danse Macabre
While we have been kept apart for too long, our yearning to be together is perhaps what has sustained us — and there is light at the end of the tunnel. But if we must go it alone, we must do it in style.
Icons June 2020
Style Heroes: 1960s Alain Delon
French actor Alain Delon’s rebellious youth and disregard towards Hollywood speak volumes about his laissez-faire disposition – which was reflected, too, in how he dressed himself.
