One of the most famous scenes in the James Bond series is the golf match in Goldfinger. The wine-coloured V-neck jumper is the main piece here, with its gold Slazenger panther logo on the chest. The jumper has a full fit, since people generally wore their knits looser in the 1960s than they do now. Connery wears the heavy-ribbed cuffs turned back. The heavy-ribbed hem sits over the top of the trouser pockets. Underneath the jumper Bond wears a light grey long-sleeve polo shirt. Bond’s black wool flannel trousers have frogmouth pockets, narrow straight legs and a plain hem.
Bond has a red and white glove for his left hand, and when he isn’t golfing he sticks it in his left pocket. The shoes are brown kiltie Norwegian derbies with metal cleats on the sole.
Bond’s hat is a grey straw trilby with a narrow brim, C-crown and front pinch. The large hat ribbon is black with 2 bands of white and red stripes.
great close-up of his shoes i've only seen them that well in promotional shots.
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Matt,
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And people say logo sweaters and polos are a recent thing!
Ha ha ! Nope…most of the brands that are still there today and considered luxury brands have been created some decades ago…just some examples :
_the origins of German fashion house BOSS Hugo Boss : since the 1920s (though the current logo was only launched in the early 1980s)
_French brand Lacoste (that was mostly specialized in tennis and golf) : since 1927 (and the crocodile logo was already there…)
_French brand Façonnable : since 1950…and it already had a logo
_Polo Ralph Lauren : since 1967…and the polo player logo already existed
…So : no; as you put ot so well, logos on polos and sweaters are not so recent
Don’t forget Fred Perry who followed in the footsteps of Rene Lacoste and created his version of the iconic polo with the laurel wreath crest in 1952, as worn by 007 in ‘Thunderball’.
The light gray polo shirt that bond wears under the Slazenger jumper is long-sleeved. You can see the end of the sleeves when Bond is in the pro-shop at the golf course, and then again right after he steps outside the shop.
I just rewatched the film and you’re most definitely correct, the sleeves are poking out of his jumper in that scene.
Probably is long sleeved, even though Connery has worn short sleeve polo’s under jumpers. It would make sense as it looks like a mild day on the links. I myself wear short sleeve polo’s under jumpers, with fine merino wool or cashmere it works very well. Especially on unpredictable days.
Aren’t brown shoes with black trousers inappropriate or is it fine since he’s wearing the shoes to play golf?
Yes, brown shoes don’t go with black trousers. The black trousers are the outlier here. Everything else is a good choice for golf except the colour of the trousers. These trousers were reused for the scenes with the black jumper, which is probably why he’s wearing them in this scene.
What should have he worn?
I think dark brown trousers would have been ideal, but dark grey or dark blue would also work.