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Refinement & Artistry: Berluti’s Gaspard shoes and accessories collection
One of the most surprising and counterintuitive realities of these economic times has been the market-defying success of luxury fashion houses. It’s as if many of us have purchased our Hermès silk...
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An Experience To Be Spoken For
Coutours offers an gawp-a-minute tour of Mayfair — the style capital of the English capital. Coutours, London Any seasoned reader of The Rake has his favoured tailor on The Row, and can reel off a list...
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Bristling With Courage
Maybe we should blame the Romans. Okay, the notion of slicing through one’s facial follicles (and taking a layer of skin off in the process) dates from long before them — obsidian razors from as far...
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The Berluti Custom Coloured Hiking Boot
It is former Fiat chairman and immortal Rake Gianni Agnelli that popularized that seemingly disparate yet ultimately spectacular paring of rugged boots with elegant suiting, reconciling his unwavering...
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Harrolds welcomes back Tom Ford Master Tailor
Ah, Tom Ford – is there anything the man can’t do. A sartorial favorite of The Rake’s, from fashion visionary to acclaimed filmmaker, Ford has firmly cemented himself as the era-defining tastemaker....
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The golden age of style and vice
The Best Dressed Man in the Room, a book by Dan Flores, brings together images some of the most stylish Irish-Americans of the 1920s and 1930s. And they’re all hoodlums. With the recent critical...
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Roztayger: all those bags in one place
We have noted on The Rake before how many leather-goods companies are springing up all over the place. Roztayger manages to bring many of those brands together Founded by fashion industry veteran...
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The Rake at London Collections: Men at Claridge’s
Held in the stunning penthouse suite of Claridge’s Hotel, The Rake hosted the first party for London Collections: Men, in association with the British Fashion Council. With a stunning view...
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The Path of The Righteous Man
The elegant black man walked up to the edge of the fire. Had this been a screenplay — say, the one written by Quentin Tarantino that he was here, in Telluride, Colorado, to shoot — the description of...
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I’ll Be There Forever, The Sense of Classic Exhibition by Acqua di Parma
The first contemporary art exhibition to be produced by Acqua di Parma is due to open on May 15th and plays host to a number of acclaimed Italian artists, celebrating contemporary artistic values...
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