sdsdsdsdsdMonth: September 2016

What to Buy This Week: Dandified Design

The Rake, Ralph Lauren, Camel Coat, Luxury Menswear

This week we continue our autumnal exploration of all things indulgent with five pieces of dandyish design destined to put a spring in your step.

Laced and Ready: Norman Vilalta

The Rake, Norman Vilalta, Pocket Guide

The Norman Vilalta of some years ago was a fundamentally different dresser to the man you see before you today. He was

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The Director’s Cut: Vittorio De Sica

The Rake, Vittorio De Sica, Mens Icons, Rakish Men, Actor

The Italian Vittorio De Sica was a cinematic split personality, a debonair player of froth on-camera, an incomparable chronicler of political injustice behind it. As

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Jean Genius: Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau, The Rake, Artist, Director

“Style is a simple way of saying complicated things,” wrote the film maker, poet, novelist, playwright, artist, designer, all-round dandy and aesthete

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In The White Chair: David Hockney

The Rake, David Hockney, RA, 82 Portraits

Despite the onslaught of teenage mortification it caused, my mother has three ‘artworks’ of mine hanging on the kitchen wall of our

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Michael Hill and Drake’s

The Rake, Drake's, Ties, Menswear, Accessories

As an outsider to Drake’s, it’s difficult to describe Michael Hill in a way that does him justice. Many readers will of

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