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Rolex in the Movies: The Action Timepiece
It’s the most celebrated, the most special, the most significant watch of all time; Rolex is symbolic of many things in the movies: style, wealth, attitude, and perhaps most importantly, taste. That is not to say a Rolex is elitist, but rather that the wearer on screen, anyone from James Bond to Steve McQueen, is someone possessed of the knowledge that there is no better. Rolex is the pinnacle. The history of Rolex on film is not nearly as interesting as the scope of its wearers and how this simple act of either subtle or ostentatious display can define character. Take James Bond, a man whose breeding was forced upon…
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Deo Veritas: Creating the James Bond Cocktail Cuff Shirt
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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George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
George Lazenby’s fashionable Bond is sartorially similar to Daniel Craig in Skyfall.
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All About Bond: A Book of 007 Photographs By Terry O’Neill
A new compilation of sartorially revealing James Bond photographs by Terry O’Neill.
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Designing 007 Exhibition: Costumes Galore
A look at the costumes you can expect to see and enjoy at Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style.
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Video: Designing James Bond’s Suits: Connery to Craig
A new web documentary analysing the look of James Bond.
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Lindy Hemming Talks Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style
Costume designer Lindy Hemming chats exclusively to Clothes on Film about her contribution to Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style.
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Skyfall Teaser Trailer Hits: Provocative
The first trailer for Skyfall hits with several suits, an overcoat, sportswear and a beanie.
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Goldfinger: Sean Connery in a Towelling Playsuit
The blue towelling playsuit in Goldfinger is typically remembered as Bond’s one sartorial disaster. Yet it might be worthy of reconsideration.
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Sean Connery in Dr. No: The Template For 007
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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The First Great Train Robbery: Sean Connery’s Victorian Coat
Sean Connery wore an elegant Victorian coat in The First Great Train Robbery.