The root of the word ‘helmet’ comes from the medieval utterance helm, for protective headgear donned in combat. Helmets used in war
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What To Buy This Week: Vol 21
This week, The Rake’s What To Buy edit focuses on some of the softest contemporary tailoring out there this season, and those pieces best suited to complement it.
American Psycho Analysis
Though the tale was intended as a snapshot of the conformist, consumerist, superficial late-1980s cultural landscape, American Psycho’s vision of modern urbane
Costa Bravo: Manolo Costa New York
Manolo Costa is arguably one of New York’s most stylish inhabitants. The owner of the bespoke tailors’ that bears his name, Costa
The Silva Standard: Brian Silva
Master bartender Brian Silva came up the old fashioned way. “I did basically every restaurant job you could do,” says Silva of
Ranch Dressing: W.H. Ranch Dungarees
There were three brands that spearheaded the evolution of denim in the mid 20th-century; Levi’s, Wrangler and Lee. Levi’s already boasted a
Holy Smokes: The Top Ten New World Cigars
After doing a fair bit of travelling over the last couple of months and actually smoking more New World cigars than Cuban,
Founded in a Gold Rush: Filson
Although geographically the Klondike Gold Rush occurred in Canada, the rush itself began along the West Coast of America; starting in San Francisco,
Absolute Power: Gene Hackman
In the seventies, a cubist decade when the likes of Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson reinterpreted the face of the Hollywood lead,
Project Furious Eagle Pt III: The Collection
In the words of maverick modern design guru Mo Coppoletta, “the handkerchief is by its very definition one of those few accessories

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