When we told people that our latest issue of The Rake features a hustler fashion spread, we got plenty of shocked, contemptuous looks (as well as a couple of excited ones, too). Au contraire, mon frère: we haven't resorted to appealing to the baser of human desires quite just yet; rather, in the name of editorial excellence, our fashion director Esther and her mettlesome team braved the deepest, darkest London snooker-hall dungeons to capture the simultaneously seedy and stylish world of charming con-men and their flexible moral standards. Watch the video below for a peek behind the scenes of a universe where there is a fine line between ball and stick and brawl and slick.