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The Rake is full of Eastern promise

This stunning 16-page men’s fashion feature from The Rake magazine reflects on how Chinoiserie – Chinese art, crafts, motifs and symbolism – has made a recent return to the European male wardrobe, following spikes in popularity in the 1950s and 1970s.

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It’s a tricky area, fraught with stylistic pitfalls, so The Rake discusses how the raffish gent can best carry off Eastern iconography on his clobber.

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Says writer Nick Scott: “For spring/summer 2016, bomber jackets and MA-1 flight jackets, pyjamas, silk shirts and even suits bearing dragons, tigers, tropical flora, snakes and the like have been hitting the catwalks thanks to Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Gucci, Dries van Noten and Louis Vuitton among others, while a stroll around the menswear floor of Harrods reveals gems such as Alexander McQueen’s floral tree skull shirt and Thom Browne’s Japanese garden kimono fabric jacket.”

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All images shot at Planet Sputnik’s 1950s location.

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Photography: Kalle Gustaffsson
Fashion and art direction: Sarah Ann Murray
Model: Isaac Carew / Nevs

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