Described as "The Modern Voice of Classic Elegance", The Rake is a bimonthly men's style and artisanal luxury publication that is launched in December 2008 and published by Revolution Press International.
The magazine takes an educational, in-depth, behind-the-scenes approach to luxury goods and classic men's style. Its approach to menswear is inspired by classic male style icons like Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...

, Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....

, and Gianni Agnelli

Gianni Agnelli

Giovanni Agnelli , better known as Gianni Agnelli , was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research...

 (whose nickname, “The Rake of the Riviera,” lends the title its moniker).

Among the magazine's contributors are G. Bruce Boyer

G. Bruce Boyer

G. Bruce Boyer is an journalist who is the fashion editor for Town & Country. Often cited as an authority on men's fashion., he was formerly fashion editor for GQ and Esquire.- Bibliography :...

 and the British tailor Timothy Everest

Timothy Everest

Timothy Everest, MBE is a Welsh bespoke tailor and designer who has, according to Vogue, "dressed some of the world's most famous people". Born in Haverfordwest, Wales, he moved to London in his early twenties to work with innovative Savile Row tailor Tommy Nutter, where he learned the art of...

.

Circulation and Editions

The Rake is available globally via subscription, and on newsstands in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 and Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It has a circulation quantity of 50,000.

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