Ian Fleming's original James Bond was a man who shared a very similar dress sense to his creator. In the James Bond stories he mostly wears navy suits with white or blue shirts while in London, which can be silk or Sea Island cotton. Added to this he wears a black knitted silk tie and slip on shoes. If he visits the golf course he may dress more casually, but that means a hound tooth suit and black windcheater, not something to ever see the light in London.
In the evening he wears a dinner jacket with heavy silk shirt and while on assignment is commonly dressed in a similar way, depending on what the job comprises. Even in the tropics he wears a light navy suit, his compromise to the heat being replacing of the slip on shoes with sandals.
Of course, he may hit the beach or spend some time poolside; or may be called upon to go to the den of some evil scheming villain, in which case cheap black jeans and shirt will suffice. And even in the ease of his own hotel room he'll wear a short-sleeved shirt with trousers.
Nevertheless the films have created a very different character from the one visualized by Fleming and his dress sense and clothing are very different too. While Sean Connery's Bond actually did wear black knitted silk ties at some specific point, his suits have regularly been gray. But that is really a small point compared with some of the most important atrocities committed by James Bond in the name of fashion (if you can excuse Connery his baby blue towelling monstrosity in Goldfinger and his pink tie in Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming would surely have turned in his grave).
The movies of the Roger Moore era were doubtless the most current at the time. But his over enormous collars and massive flares are the most dated of any of the films and are often close to stupid. Other fashion faux pas in this age include him wearing a white vest underneath a denim suit in Live And Let Die, though he does just about get away with the safari suits.
While Pierce Brosnan's Bond appeared to always be in a suit, Daniel Craig's Bond is much more casual. See his extravagantly patterned shirt in Casino Royale for example. And in Quantum of Solace he spends a lot of the time in jeans and a Harrington jacket. With Tom Ford on board again for Skyfall, due later in 2012, you may expect more of the same.
In the evening he wears a dinner jacket with heavy silk shirt and while on assignment is commonly dressed in a similar way, depending on what the job comprises. Even in the tropics he wears a light navy suit, his compromise to the heat being replacing of the slip on shoes with sandals.
Of course, he may hit the beach or spend some time poolside; or may be called upon to go to the den of some evil scheming villain, in which case cheap black jeans and shirt will suffice. And even in the ease of his own hotel room he'll wear a short-sleeved shirt with trousers.
Nevertheless the films have created a very different character from the one visualized by Fleming and his dress sense and clothing are very different too. While Sean Connery's Bond actually did wear black knitted silk ties at some specific point, his suits have regularly been gray. But that is really a small point compared with some of the most important atrocities committed by James Bond in the name of fashion (if you can excuse Connery his baby blue towelling monstrosity in Goldfinger and his pink tie in Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming would surely have turned in his grave).
The movies of the Roger Moore era were doubtless the most current at the time. But his over enormous collars and massive flares are the most dated of any of the films and are often close to stupid. Other fashion faux pas in this age include him wearing a white vest underneath a denim suit in Live And Let Die, though he does just about get away with the safari suits.
While Pierce Brosnan's Bond appeared to always be in a suit, Daniel Craig's Bond is much more casual. See his extravagantly patterned shirt in Casino Royale for example. And in Quantum of Solace he spends a lot of the time in jeans and a Harrington jacket. With Tom Ford on board again for Skyfall, due later in 2012, you may expect more of the same.
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