The most rakish men (per The Rake Japan)?

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Sounds like a marvelous idea to start a thread. I will be eating popcorn
 
2nd and last chinafriend are nice. But what is the weird DB on the 2nd. I've seen it on some the BnT boys and do not like.
 
First it was iGents misunderstanding, or being too illiterate to understand, sprezzatura. Now its Rake.

Jeez - you barely need to be able to read to get to Wiki:

A rake, short for rakehell (analogous to "hellraiser"), is a historic term applied to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanising. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, and incurring lavish debts in the process. Comparable terms are "libertine" and "debauchee."

The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of Charles II. They were typified by the "Merry gang" of courtiers, who included as prominent members the Earl of Rochester; George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; and the Earl of Dorset, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. At this time the rake featured as a stock character in Restoration comedy.[1][2][3]

After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the cultural perception of the rake took a dive into squalor. The rake became the butt of moralistic tales in which his typical fate was debtor's prison, venereal disease, or, in the case of William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress, insanity in Bedlam.[4]

None of the above pictured prissy boys resemble even a faux rake - other than perhaps in sarto's fevered brain -
 
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Am I missing a link/pics? Can't see anything. Which 2nd to last are you talking about?
 
fxh said:
A rake, short for rakehell (analogous to "hellraiser"), is a historic term applied to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanising. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, and incurring lavish debts in the process. Comparable terms are "libertine" and "debauchee."
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This is wrong.

Since when, has spending all your money on gambling, booze, women (or men if you bat for the other or both sides) and song. been wasting it?

Roue, is another comparable word.

None of those pictured above fall under the definition of a Rake, Fake more like.

Crompton's jacket is interesting though.
 
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formby said:
This is wrong.

Since when, has spending all your money on gambling, booze, women (or men if you bat for the other or both sides) and song. been wasting it?

Roue, is another comparable word.

None of those pictured above fall under the definition of a Rake, Fake more like.

Crompton's jacket is interesting though.
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An inheritance is a responsibility, meant to be grown (not just preserved) for future generations. My great grandfather wasted the family fortune by marrying 7 times. In the end he had nothing left, even his house was taken from him. It's a disgrace.

If it's money you earned yourself you can do what you want with it of course.
 
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I will admit this bloke looks rakish
Edit: Do the worlds best trousers come with free cigarette ash and stale smoke smells or do they charge extra for that?
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Extra charge only for smell of burning tyres on streets on Naples. Or that of uncollected garbage and/ or mouldy cheese.
 
fxh said:
I will admit this bloke looks rakish
Edit: Do the worlds best trousers come with free cigarette ash and stale smoke smells or do they charge extra for that?
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Do you mean something like this touching story from Scott Schuman?

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I was talking to a menswear buyer the other day, and he told me something that he had heard while in Italy during a Borrelli appointment. As we all know Borrelli is famous for the handwork on their shirts: hand sewn buttonholes, interior collar band, yoke, etc. Apparently this work really is done by little old Italian ladies at their homes in the nearby countryside surrounding the Borrelli factory. When the ladies send the shirts back to the factory, the shirts have to be vigorously washed because they are covered in cigarette ash, dirt from the natural oil in the women’s hands, tiny drops of blood, and the shirts smell like food.

Of course by the time they reach your Neiman Marcus they are perfectly presentable examples of high-quality craftsmanship, but I love the idea that they begin life in such a humble and human way.
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fxh said:
I will admit this bloke looks rakish
Edit: Do the worlds best trousers come with free cigarette ash and stale smoke smells or do they charge extra for that?
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I received suits from two tailors that regulary smelled like cigar and cigarettes. on one occasion I witnessed one of those tailors drop a huge cigar ash on a flannel suit of mine he was sewing or ironing and then just kind of brushed it off with his hand. The smell and ash never bothered me though, as I too enjoy a smoke on occasion.
 
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viaattovannucci said:
Do you mean something like this touching story from Scott Schuman?
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He is a cokehead and loves to snort Neapolitan shirts because after brushing them, he fills a full line of fresh camorristi coke. The rests of what the sewers left on their cutting table goes straight to his nose.

Sometimes he even finds forgoten grams on the back collar bucket holes, he is lucky.
 
Not very often you see Sal at work or wearing socks and dress shoes.
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