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Wasn't he in a social event before? He can wear a full suit to blend in before he gets into an operation.
Yes, not every man out there knows how to wear a suit unfortunately.
This film is shaping up nicely in the sartorial dept so far.
I think it's because we haven't seen a white dinner jacket in a Bond film in a very long time :-). Last time Roger Moore wore it in his last outing. So we associate this ivory dinner jacket with "old". So it's about time that Daniel sets the standard again.
Like early this year "Kingsman" set a new standard with double-breasted suits, Daniel Craig now does the same thing for ivory-white tuxedo's ;-). In 5 years from now everyone will wear them hehe.
According to Tom Ford, it's single breasted. (and the lack of buttons on the side makes it obvious)
Thanks man ;-). One other piece of fashion I have spotted. And that's a newcomer to the Bond franchise:
The piece of equipment originally was purely for practical reasons. In the past, especially the 1920's shirts had button-less collars, though they had two holes. A tie pin could be used by sticking through these holes, so the collars would stay in place. Michael Douglas is perhaps one of the last actors who made use of it in films like "Wallstreet". But before that they were actually very common in the 'roaring 20-ies':
Actually the collar/tie pin is making a comeback in fashion, as you can see here. It looks quite 'dandy'. On top of that, certain designers, like James Bond's own Tom Ford, are daring enough to wear a slightly more loose-fit suit with larger 70's esque suit collars as opposed to the 1960's shawl- and small-shaped collars we've seen in the past years.:
True. Nowadays they are more like juwelry :-). Like this 18 karat gold one:
Those pinned collars are bloody awful too, far too dandyish for Bond. Be glad when this Tom Ford phase is done.
This morning on BBC 5Live they interviewed a Saville Row tailor who talked about the influence of Bond on the DJs he makes. After Skyfall there was a big demand for the midnight blue DJ and his demand went from 2-3 up to over 50. He is expecting exactly the same for the white (his word not mine) DJ from Spectre.
Point this out based on two scenes of 3 seconds each plus a bunch of Images is a little pretentious, isn't it?
And, maybe there is a reason why he has that watch with that nato?
(Believe me, there is a reason)
Why are people even complaining about Bond's watch...if you really want to get snobby, then since Dr.No Bond has "failed" when it comes to his pairing his time piece with his formal outfits. Bond has never ever worn a "dress watch".
Plus, that nato is an homage to a similar Nato with a similar Tux.
It's really good
The NATO is a different matter however. SC wore it with a dinner jacket in GF, but he'd just come out of the water. Same in TB I think.
So, hopefully there is some reason for DC to be wearing a NATO with his watch and a suit, if that's what he's doing in SP. Just doing it for the sake of doing it does smack of carelessness imho.
I noticed SC is wearing a dress watch in this clip from GF (A Gruen I believe):
How is it pretentious to comment on pictures of what Bond is wearing in a thread about the wardrobe choices in SPECTRE? It isn't. I'm entirely entitled to express my opinion about the clothes in the film.
As to the watch on the NATO, whatever reason there is for him to wear it (and I assume you're meaning it is an homage to GF), it still looks out of place with what he's wearing. The NATO is far less discreet that the one worn in GF.
You may well say that no one wears dress watches anymore, and I'd agree to an extent. But I think a NATO with formal wear looks wrong.
It's pretentious to me to express how it fits based on images or two seconds of movie.
Regarding the reasons you are assuming wrong, the reason isn't the homage.
I don't see it wrong, it's not so different to me to wear a jubilee or a nato.
And it is practicaly the same compared to the GF one, even more elegant