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Poll: Should Bond have worn a tweed jacket for Skyfall’s climax?
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Skyfall gives a few nods to past James Bond films to commemorate the series’ 50th...
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Woman of Straw: A Brown Houndstooth Suit and Donegal Tweed Overcoat
Most of Sean Connery’s tailored clothing in Goldfinger was first featured in the 1964 film Woman of Straw, which was made just before Goldfinger. Some of the suits fit the Woman of Straw setting much...
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James Bond’s Many Brown Suits
Roger Moore is often criticised for succumbing to 1970s fashion and causing him to wear uncharacteristic brown suits in his James Bond films. However, Bond has worn brown suits spanning five decades,...
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James Bond Shows How a Suit Should Fit
James Bond has often set a good example for how a suit should fit. I’ve previously written about classic proportions and different parts of the suit, but not about overall fit. There is no one way a...
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Is the Casino Royale Three-Piece Suit a Copy of the Goldfinger Suit?
I don’t know who started this, but the following quote ended up in Casino Royale‘s trivia section on IMDB: “The three-piece suit worn by James Bond at the end of the film is a navy version of the gray...
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James Bond’s Warm-Weather Black Tie Etiquette
Daniel Craig’s ivory dinner jacket in Spectre After 30 years, James Bond will once again be wearing an ivory dinner jacket in Spectre. Bond started a tradition of often wearing an ivory dinner jacket...
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Goldfinger’s Golfing Suit and Cardigan
For golf with James Bond in Goldfinger, Auric Goldfinger wears a traditional English country sports outfit in colours that both flatter his warm autumn complexion and reflect his love for gold....
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James Bond and Double Cuffs
Rounded double cuffs in Goldfinger The double cuff, also known as the French cuff, is a type of shirt cuff that folds back on itself and fastens with cufflinks. The double cuff is the most formal type...
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Suede Derby Shoes in Goldfinger and Thunderball
The brown suede shoes that Sean Connery wears with his hacking jacket and cavalry twill trousers in Goldfinger and Thunderball are something people often ask me about. Thy are two-eyelet derby shoes...
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Q’s Town and Country Style
Who is wearing the trendier suit in Goldfinger, James Bond or Q? Except for narrow lapels and covered buttons, Bond’s blue suit is classic in every way. Q’s (Desmond Llewelyn) solid brown tweed suit,...
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Could it be herringbone flannel?
The exact cloth of Sean Connery’s blue suit in Goldfinger and Woman of Straw is a difficult one to make out. It’s a heavy cloth and has a mottled appearance, so it’s certainly a woollen. But is it...
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Auric Goldfinger: The Brown and Gold Silk Dinner Jacket
Goldfinger may just as well have said in this scene, “No Mr. Bond, I expect you to dye my dinner jacket a shade of gold.” All of Goldfinger’s clothes are gold in colour, or close to it in yellow or...
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The “Legend” Jumper by Slazenger Heritage Gold
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Goldfinger‘s release on 17 September 1964, Slazenger collaborated with Anthony Sinclair to reissue the Slazenger jumper that Sean Connery wears when playing golf...
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Sean Connery’s Unique Shirts in Goldfinger
Anthony Sinclair’s release of a Goldfinger-inspired shirt with rounded double cuffs motivated me to take a closer look at the actual shirts that Sean Connery wears in Goldfinger. Terence Young, the...
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