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THE REAL MCKAY

The issue of Life magazine that hit the newsstands on July 6, 1959 bore the image of an almost excruciatingly handsome man,

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IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE

There’s a photograph taken in Palm Beach in 1955 that seems to encapsulate the breezy allure of post-war America. The Vogue model

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Fari Islands: Menswear Compilation

The Rake’s journey began fourteen years ago at the publication of our first Issue. Recapturing the codes of classic men’s style in

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ENGLAND, OUR ENGLAND

The dandy, a silk scarf wound around his top hat and trailing like a pennant in the wind, lolling against a barouche,

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RIVIERA DAYS

We at The Rake have always had a soft spot for Plein Soleil, the 1960 French film by René Clément that starred

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The Tudor Oyster Story

The world of horology would be a lot poorer were it not for one man: Mr. Hans Wilsdorf. He was the founder

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