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  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from 1970s,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films,  Interviews

    From Tailors with Love Podcast: Discussing the Tom Ford Look

    24 Jan ’20 /

    We chat about why James Bond wearing a Tom Ford suit is almost a waste of time for the From Tailors with Love podcast.

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    The Big Lebowski: Jeff Bridges in a Pendleton Cardigan

    31 Aug ’10

    Two For the Road: Audrey Hepburn’s outfits – Part 2

    30 Jun ’09

    Deena Appel on the Costume Design of Austin Powers: Goldmember

    9 Oct ’18
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    Costume Stories, This Week: Dallas and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

    8 Mar ’14 /

    So what’s been happening this week then? Blue Jasmine ‘In costuming the past we lose the present.’ Wonder Woman Michael Wilkinson has basically said nothing about Wonder Woman’s outfit, yet we’re still hanging on his every word. Mad Men Jessica Paré chats about the show’s costumes and her own ‘French with a rock edge’ style. Dallas Costume designer Rachel Sage talks about her work on the TNT reboot. The Oscars Catherine Martin wins and wins BIG. Kudos. Red carpet fashion Tyranny of Style casts his educated gaze over the winners and losers. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D More Tyranny of Style, this time revisiting Ann Foley’s stylish contribution to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…

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    Costume Stories, This Week: Piero Tosi and Veep

    23 Nov ’13

    Costume Stories, This Week: Masters of Sex and TED Talk

    5 Oct ’13

    Costume Round Up: Flights of Fantasy

    10 Mar ’13
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Clothes from now,  Guys in Films

    Deo Veritas: Creating the James Bond Cocktail Cuff Shirt

    25 Oct ’13 /

    This is a personal post about designing my custom made James Bond shirt. It is not an advertorial and wasn’t paid for. All photographs are of the final finished shirt(s) and taken by David Wade of Vogue Shot photography. There are now ample custom shirt makers online, but as a pre-existing customer of Deo Veritas what made this company stand out for me was a steadfast, almost stubborn desire to get everything ‘just so’. Seemingly no query or request is too much trouble. Bearing this in mind I tasked Deo Veritas with recreating a shirt I have always sought yet been unable to find off the peg or in my…

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    Quadrophenia: Cream & Brown Print Shift Dress

    22 Jul ’09

    Diana Rigg in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: To Die For

    24 Jun ’11

    Art of Rosemary’s Baby

    7 Mar ’11
  • Clothes from 1960s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

    12 Oct ’12 /

    George Lazenby’s fashionable Bond is sartorially similar to Daniel Craig in Skyfall.

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    Review: Norwegian Wood

    27 May ’11

    Costume Designer Theadora Van Runkle Dies Aged 83

    8 Nov ’11

    The Suits of Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967)

    2 Sep ’19
  • Bond on film,  Clothes from 1960s,  Guys in Films,  Premium

    Sean Connery in Dr. No: The Template For 007

    10 Dec ’10 /

    Matt Spaiser, creator of The Suits of James Bond blog, analyses the style of 007 in the film that started it all - Dr. No.

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    Live and Let Die: Yaphet Kotto’s Brown Suede Trench Coat

    26 Feb ’10

    Oscars 2020: Red Carpet Livestream

    8 Feb ’20

    Roger Moore’s Plaid Jacket in The Man with the Golden Gun

    5 Oct ’11