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    ‘SUITS ARE SO COMFORTABLE — FUCK YOU, GUYS, YOU’VE BEEN WEARING THEM ALL THIS TIME AND YOU DIDN’T TELL US’

    by tom chamberlin Dec 12, 2017 7 minutes
    Source: Grey pinstripe blazer and white cotton pleat front shirt, both Conolly; grey cotton drawstring trousers, Brunello Cucinelli; Tahitian pearl and diamond earings, William & Son.White gabardine, doublebreasted, two-piece bespoke suit, Edward Sexton; The London Collection white-gold and diamond bracelet, William & Son.

    photography nick kelly

    fashion direction jo grzeszczuk

    Publicists are an interesting breed. They are the gatekeepers of popular culture, guarding the people we want to get to know. Avaricious periodicals seek access to tell a good, saucy story, and the publicist is the alkaline to that acidic form of journalism. We at The Rake like to think our mould is different. We want to celebrate people rather than destroy their reputations, and the Rake-in- Progress feature was always intended to pick out younger men who personify the nuances of style and substance.

    A few months ago a publicist contacted me with an idea — to feature women in this column. Ah, I thought, this magazine was built on the notion of making certain men relevant, empowering the XY sex and giving the reader confidence that his classical tastes are not antediluvian. With that in mind, if we were to feature a woman, we realised she would have to have something extra special, a bar that, depending on her identity, might be insurmountable. “Natalie Dormer” was the response I got. Bar cleared.

    Dormer’s work could have appeared on your radar from a number of places. It could have been

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