The Rakish Gent: Issue 8 — Winter 2025

The Rakish Gent closes the year with a powerful Winter 2025 edition, fronted by two exclusive covers — Erik van Gils photographed by Daniel Sars in Bally and Calum Harper photographed by Jack Chipper in Dior. Together, they capture the essence of modern masculinity — sophisticated, international, and unapologetically rakish.

This issue brings together a stellar line-up of photographers — including Nicholas Andrews, Leonardo Bornati, Hamish Brown, Stew Bryden, Alexander J Collins, Matthew Eades, Sander Gabriel, Matt Hind, Bella Howard, Dean Ryan McDaid, Landon McMahon, Will Milligan and more — whose work continues to define the publication’s visual signature: striking, stylish and distinctively male.

Among the issue’s standout long reads, The Rakish Gent sits down with actor Ben Radcliffe at The Mandarin Oriental to talk about his new film Fackham Hall, and acclaimed fashion photographer Bruce Weber offers a world exclusive on his new campaign for Blauer and his unrivalled perspective on the industry. Mario Carbone discusses bringing his iconic restaurant to London, while Dr Barbara Sturm talks men’s skincare and innovation in beauty.

Elsewhere, Kieron Moore delves into the making of Netflix’s Boots, Jacob Dudman reflects on life in the spotlight, and Mathias le Fèvre — the model turned actor — explores the parallels between tailoring and performance.

The issue also ventures into lifestyle and travel, from a journey through Cyprus’s most luxurious hotels, to Sam White on the craft of caviar at 45 Jermyn Street, Ladislav Edr on the poetry of pairing at Murano, and Tom Barber on how Original Travel has redefined exploration for the modern gentleman. In design, Studio Costa Molinos share their philosophy of love and balance, while in Cornwall, Rick and Katie Toogood of Prawn on the Lawn reflect on community and creativity.

Further features celebrate craftsmanship in all its forms — from The Dalmore Red Wine Cask Edition, to Peter Steltzner’s artisanal skis crafted in a 17th-century sawmill beneath Mont Blanc.

Visually compelling and editorially rich, The Rakish Gent: Issue 8 continues to champion the very best in men’s fashion, culture, and lifestyle — an ode to modern refinement, creativity, and enduring style.