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My favourite Bond femme fatale has always been Honor Blackman but Lea is putting her status in jepourdy!
Let's hope 007 can step up to the sartorial challenge.
I associate suits not mainly with well proportioned men. Many government officials or industry managers are far from being well proportioned, yet thanks to good tayloring they look elegant in their suit. It shouldn´t be too different with a bulked-up guy.
When Cubby was asked what set Bond apart from the general action heros other films, he said, "Bond´s got style." There you have it.
Well that's the thing. It does make a particular person look their best, but it won't elevate a less aesthetically pleasing person over one who is more so.
Not sure why well proportioned men wouldn't register as suit wearers, well turned out people come in all frames. David Gandy is as ardent a suit wearer as any and representative of your modern fashionable set.
Which is exactly my point. Realism is overwhelmingly compromised in favour if style. The Bind movies are supposed to be absurd within reason which is why it's futile to moan about how impractical it is for Bond to be actioning it up in a suit. Like I said, it's part of the charm.
Yep, Gandy is one dapper mofo.
Importantly, they should only be worn when driving or in bright sun or snow!
That said it is important, IVNSHO, that they are tortoise shell and not wire framed.
This is because these frames look dreadful with suits and jackets and completely out of place in an urban environment.
The Oliver Peoples (great brand by the way) but the style chosen just doesn't suit 007 and the TF rip offs that Daniel has sported thus far don't make the grade either. Villiers53 would strongly recommend a change to Persol's 714 as worn by McQueen in TTCA. They are oval so should suit Craig's face shape and are both elegant and sporty thus accommodating every wardrobe option.
Style aficionados — what do you think?
You may get your wish @Villiers53. Apparently Craig has been seen sporting Persol 715 in Austria.
Personally, I liked his glasses in CR. I think one is Persol 2244 and the other is Persol 2720
I hope this lady is not styling Daniel for 'Spectre'.
The suit in illustrated shows all that is wrong. Way too tight, badly cut and he even looks ridiculous running in it. This is fashion, it is NOT style.
Agreed. With glasses, the face size (height and width) in proportion to the glasses are critical. It's such a pain finding a good one when I try to pick one out for myself because they don't all come in the right widths.
He goes very nice with boxier solid frames ala Mastroianni. The 2720 is ideal.
You are 100% correct. I've lusted after these 715s for years — not least of all because they fold — but every time I try them on, they don't fit the bridge of my nose and are too narrow. You'd think Persol would make them in different fittings.
Conversely, I have another pair of Persols that fit me just fine and a great pair of Oliver Peoples that are also a superb fit
Jeans for the mature male are a precarious business and, if worn at all, should be chosen with extreme care.
Craig is now 46 and he should know this and he has got form in this area because he sported a dodgy pair in GWADT.
If he must wear denim jeans (and I'm not sure Bond should - hopefully this was a photo call and they were in mufti) he should check out Dunhill. They do a great engineered fit that are narrow but avoid being too tight. Alternatively he can always try 501s but I've found their fit inconsistent.
Better still, they should try Anderson & Sheppards new habadashery (17 Clifford Street London).
IVNSHO (in Villiers53's not so humble opinion), it is one of the best men's store in the world for sweaters and trousers at the moment.
They do a huge range of alternatives to jeans including beautiful cords and moleskins that are cut slim with button fronts, side fasteners and all the detail of bespoke. Truly elegant and cool alternatives to denim. Much more appropriate for 007!
Hopefully she will up her game but I'm not holding my breath. Frankly it's either something you get or you don't and her efforts to date suggests she doesn't.
Bond's look is so critical and OK, Daniel is not tall and lithe like Connery but he's in good shape and with the right tailor and the right choices, he could look so much more the part.
I watched Dr.No last night for the hundredth time and Connery is just so well styled as 007- from his hair to the shabby chic beach gear at Crab Key - it is quite remarkable and makes a huge contribution to the movie.
Oh well, at least Daniel can act!
I'm optimistic. Ford knows his business so if given free reign I think you will see a much better look. We will know soon in the set photos how it's gonna go.
I would have liked to see Everest do both Bond and M though.
Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your perspective, I'm not a Tom Ford fan and am firmly of the opinion that the right level and tone will be difficult to achieve outside of Saville Row.
I just hope we aren't going to have another 'Pee Wee Herman' moment!
Well, Thom Browne would definitely do the Pee Wee Herman legs, but TF is plenty capable of a Savile Row look, he's intimately aware and versed in the whole scene. He even wrote the forward on James Sherwood's history of the Row.
I don't see paying what he asks for RTW clothing (or accessories for that matter), but he certainly could do it right if given the freedom by the costume department. As I said though, I'd prefer Timothy Everest.
Now we have a costume designer (Ms.Temime), a stylist (Mr.Ford) and presumably somebody making the stuff (probably Zegna) and still they can't get it right.
A lot to be said for one vision n'est-ce pas?
It's definitely taken into account. The suits used for the motorcycle scene had longer legs and arms.
Anyway, Colin Firth looks amazing in his Savile Row suits in the Kingsman movie and I'll leave you with this link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2910461/Colin-Firth-looks-dapper-Saville-Row-suit-joined-beautiful-wife-Livia-Kingsman-Secret-Service-world-premiere.html
And him in action; suited and booted
EoN/Mendes/Costume department...take notes