- Le Chiffre 25 September 2023 at 18:42 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsA very nice outfit indeed. I agree that a solid dark tie -navy, burgundy- could have worked even better. I think the jacket medium-light color is pretty nice but could have worked better with someone of a different complexion like Moore, Craig or Necros in the movie. Bond’s own gun club check jacket could have worked here.
- Matt Spaiser 25 September 2023 at 15:28 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsI think forward pleats look best on everyone, as long as they fit well.
- Matt Spaiser 25 September 2023 at 15:27 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsThe jacket isn’t draping well on the chest. Otherwise the fit is very good.
- Reid Stapleton 25 September 2023 at 12:57 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsInteresting write up. Do you think double forward pleats or single reverse pleats look best on overweight men?
- Giles 25 September 2023 at 11:47 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsI had a very similar suit many years ago I bought second hand, originally Gieves and Hawkes. When the trousers wore out I paired the jacket with navy slacks. It's a shame it's so difficult to get suits with a nice pattern like this off the peg. Almost every suit I seem to see nowadays is navy blu, which I find a tad monotonous. Although I suppose it would suit You Know Who!
- JNN 25 September 2023 at 10:58 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsWhat an improvement a solid necktie would be with this outfit.
- tredstone 25 September 2023 at 09:39 on The Thomas Crown Affair (1999): The Navy Peaked Lapel SuitI wonder whether the TCA costume designer chose English cloths (taking a page out of Lindy Hemming's approach), or went with Italian mills?
- Sinclair 25 September 2023 at 08:52 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsA suitable outfit on a trustworthy and reliable man. I agree that the jacket may have been made bespoke as it looks good on John Rhys-Davies, who surely is a difficult man to fit. But could you elaborate on why the fit is albeit not perfect? BTW, I also like his appearance in Reilly, Ace of Spies.
- Iconic Film Style 25 September 2023 at 07:30 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsI have a gun club check jacket I brought two years ago in a darker colour way. More dark grey toned with navy, light grey, blue etc. It's a lightweight super 100's wool perfect pretty much all year round in Australia.
- Eddy 25 September 2023 at 05:28 on General Pushkin’s Gun Club Check Jacket in The Living DaylightsThe trousers’ forward pleats look good. I can’t abide by the American reverse pleats (not an anti-American dig, just a reverse pleats dig).
- Le Chiffre 24 September 2023 at 12:37 on The Thomas Crown Affair (1999): The Navy Peaked Lapel SuitYou should try English cloths like Hudderfield fine worsteds for example
- Timothy 24 September 2023 at 06:54 on The Thomas Crown Affair (1999): The Navy Peaked Lapel SuitJay, if you ever happen to see this can you let me know if you find a match for this fabric? I want to find a large pattern herringbone like this for my wedding and it's completely stumping me.
- Greg 22 September 2023 at 23:43 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)Book Bond still wears bespoke suits, although he seems to own two of them and nothing else besides his dinner suit and the old houndstooth suit he golfs in. It's also somewhat mitigated by his other idiosyncrasies like wearing short-sleeved shirts and knitted ties with them.
- Greg 22 September 2023 at 23:41 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)Dalton's Bond, I think, has a different type of innate charm. He's actually pretty sweet when he's dealing with innocents like Kara, and he's clearly devoted to people who've earned his respect like Felix and Q. Dalton was probably right when he said he was too young to do "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," but on an acting level, he would have hit it out of the park.
- Matt Spaiser 22 September 2023 at 12:02 on How James Bond Wears a Suit for Evenings OutIf the herringbone is black and ecru, shirts in ecru, blue, pink and lilac go well. Trousers in dark grey, black, tan, fawn, olive and cream can all be nice. If the herringbone is black and light grey, shirts in the same shirts as above plus white. You could pair the same trousers with it, but I find certain earth tones can be jarring.
- Le Chiffre 22 September 2023 at 11:06 on How James Bond Wears a Suit for Evenings OutThanks. What kind of shirt and trousers would you pair with a black and white/ecru herringbone sports coat ?
- Matt Spaiser 22 September 2023 at 10:51 on How James Bond Wears a Suit for Evenings OutI'm a fan of the grey checked jacket and dark trouser combination that Roger Moore wears in The Man with the Golden Gun. The dark trousers (I prefer charcoal over black) contribute to the dark look for the evening, and the sheen of this outfit helps too. Other dark looks are good, like the herringbone half Norfolk with black trousers in Diamonds Are Forever or the dark gun club check jacket with dark brown trousers in The Living Daylights. In my personal wardrobe, I have a charcoal grey checked flannel jacket that I'll pair with mid-grey flannel trousers (the jacket's flannel has a very fuzzy finish that's much fuzzier than any of my trousers), so I find that the combination looks fairly dressy and appropriate for the evening. I also have a navy windowpane tweed jacket that is nice for the evening, but it behaves similar to a navy blazer. The Goldfinger barleycorn tweed jacket can make do for evening occasions when paired with dark brown flannel trouser or even mid grey flannel trousers.
- Le Chiffre 22 September 2023 at 10:34 on How James Bond Wears a Suit for Evenings OutMatt, what kind of sports coat/trousers combination would you wear for an evening out, excluding a navy blazer ?
- Matt Spaiser 21 September 2023 at 23:02 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)I don't like Lazenby's outfit because the jacket and trousers are a matching suit, and I don't like orange. I prefer Dalton's outfit because the jacket and trousers aren't a perfect match, and the navy polo is nicer than the orange turtleneck. But I do think that Lazenby's jacket is much nicer.
- Rod The Mod 21 September 2023 at 21:48 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)Just one point of order Matt - I seem to remember you being less that complimentary about Lazenby’s caramel brown casual golf suit with the orange turtleneck which he wore when he was abducted to meet Draco in OHMSS, yet you are much more forgiving of the beige on beige casual outfit worn here. Accepting the fact that both outfits were of their time and susceptible to appear dated, my view is that the execution by Lazenby was much the better choice in terms of both fit and colour. I’ve always had a dislike of beige bomber / harrington jackets notwithstanding their history of being worn by Presley, Sinatra, McQueen et al. For me they are far too evocative of geriatric old geezers who have given up on style shuffling in to their doctor’s office with shapeless, baggy faded jeans and taupe orthopaedic shoes with Velcro straps! Something with better contrast from the strides and better fit would have been a simple yet vast improvement.
- Matt Spaiser 21 September 2023 at 10:50 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)That three-piece dinner suit in Remington Steele was only the first one. The Remington Steele dinner suit that was used in the fourth series, which would have been around the time of the Bond screen test, was a double-breasted 6x1 style.
- Sinclair 21 September 2023 at 10:38 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)In anticipation of Review 15, I recently revisited TLD. In the DVD extra material, it is clearly stated that, after Cubby gave the go-ahead, Tim was brought in really late. Directly from doing another production in the US‚ he literary flew in and immediately started shooting the Gibraltar scene, without much preparation. So, there clearly was no time for bespoke tailoring. Still, sloppy details like the tie knot at the office and clip-on braces in Vienna could easily have been avoided. Anyway, I like the 80's films directed by John Glen, and I am old enough to have seen them in cinemas at the time. Imagine a new great Bond film every second year during the whole of the decade! It was with great anticipation I looked forward to a new Bond actor in 1987. I remember being very excited about the dinner jacket with the velcro feature and the Aston Martin with a matching leather car coat. I also really liked the gun club sports coat, and the tan suit in Tanger. Regarding the Coda, I was so occupied with absorbing John Berry's great exit, acting as a conductor in his final Bond movie, and being slightly annoyed by the silly whistling gadget, to even notice that the dinner jacket in the dressing room scene was DB.
- eLuda 21 September 2023 at 05:34 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)Samantha, few time it is mentioned in this blog, the dinner suit in Remington Steele is very similar to one that appeared in Goldeneye. I know in the image of classic movie Bond avoid to wear waist-covering, but the simple waist coat would be approved because book Bond in thunderball or Connery in Diamonds are Forever wear slightly fancy dark red cummerbund. About rest of details, are you gonna hate puffed pocket square for Bond?
- G. B. 20 September 2023 at 23:47 on The Avengers: Steed’s Signature SuitShe wears one of his bowlers in the tag scene of one of the episodes . "A Surfeit of H20" if I recall.
- G. B. 20 September 2023 at 23:45 on The Avengers: Steed’s Signature SuitShe jokingly asked if he was AC or DC because he had accidentally magnetized himself to his car in the episode "The Positive-Negative Man." Like she wouldn't know. Steed was portrayed as a devoted poon hound throughout the series.
- Dent 20 September 2023 at 23:12 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)Book Bond would never wear an off-the peg suit. He certainly prefers not to draw attention to himself, but he also places a lot of emphasis on comfort and sophistication.
- Samantha 20 September 2023 at 17:16 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)The only screentest photos I've seen are in evening dress. Its likely that Brosnan wore his dinner suit from Remington Steele. The pre publicity images are very Remington Steele too. It's hard to imagine Bond dressing like that.
- Matt Spaiser 20 September 2023 at 14:06 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)That must have been Brosnan's own watch. I thought it was part of the Remington Steele costume, since he wore it throughout the fourth series.
- tredstone 20 September 2023 at 13:03 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)He wore a Cartier Panthere watch on the screentest also.
- tredstone 20 September 2023 at 12:55 on Bond Wardrobe Review 15: The Living Daylights (1987)Well said, Keith.
