The inimitable Ray Charles, clad in immaculate electric-blue suits and wrap around glasses, embodied the most rakish qualities; a life of sex,
You Don’t Know Me: Ray Charles
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Brotherly Love: Seven Truly Rakish Bromances
How else is the modern rake expected to survive in this world of heartbreak and upheaval?
Wedding Tails: The Honeymoon
Like a wedding needs a dress, it also needs a honeymoon. The word ‘honeymoon’ has been repurposed in our cultural parlance. It
Rake Commends: The Turnbull & Asser ‘Mega-Square’
Following on from the house’s recent creative accessories collections, which have included everything from pocket hankies on which you can render an
The Simple Beauty of the Boutonniere
There is something about a boutonniere that can’t help but be fantastical, can’t help but be romantic. Perhaps it is the unexpected
Chester Barrie for The Rake: The Lightweight Double-Breasted Travel Blazer
Savile Row’s Chester Barrie has been making real waves in the sartorial sphere of late. Known as ‘tailors of the unexpected’ the
“He Never Married” The Case for Staying Single
Until quite recently, obituary writers had a habit of concluding with the euphemism “He never married” to subtly indicate that the subject
What To Buy This Week: Vol. 8
It seems that the warm weather has arrived to stay at last, so allow The Rake to open your week with some particularly summery investment suggestions.
Manhattan Love Story: Truman Capote & Jack Dunphy
It wasn’t the most auspicious of romantic first encounters, the evening that a man born Truman Streckfus Persons from New Orleans met
Breaking Muse: Rakish Artists and Their Muses
Where would the world’s most respected and admired artists be today had it not been for the inspiration and infatuation of the beautiful women who became their muses?
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