principle was, ‘Keep them as classic as possible, as I believe people will be watching Bond films in twenty years’ time … keep noticeable [current fashion] details, such as turnback cuffs, to a minimum. Fred Astaire could walk down the street today in a suit that was made for him in the 1930s and look fabulous. I have always borne that in mind when making clothes for films and I don’t think I have ever done work for a film I am now embarrassed by.’
Royal Navy Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR. Pierce was style personified in uniform.
One of the perks of being the so-called star of a film is that you could legitimately steal – or should I say ‘request’ – items of wardrobe. After all, they are tailor-made for you, so who else can use them? On
The Man With The Golden Gun
I wore a particularly nice suit for what was to be the final scene.
‘Hmmm,’ I thought, ‘must ensure this doesn’t get dirty, I’d like this one.’ So I did my level best to keep the suit smart, un-creased and unblemished.
As the director called ‘Cut!’ I smiled widely, stroked my lapels and … a huge bucket of paste came down from above and completely ruined my lovely suit, not to mention my well-groomed hair. I looked up, and saw Cubby Broccoli wetting himself with laughter. He knew I had been admiring it!
You too could look like Bond – The Daniel Craig Bond look from
Casino Royale
Brioni supplied the formal suits and evening wear
Turnbull and Asser are credited with supplying the formal shirts (handmade) and ties
John Lobb supplied many of the shoes from their ready-to-wear collection
La Perla made the blue ‘Grigoperla’ swimming trunks to costume designer Lindy Hemming’s own designs
Sunspel made most of the casual wear including polo shirts, pullovers, T-shirts and underwear
Omega supplied two styles of wristwatch: the Planet Ocean on a black rubber strap (2900.50.91) and the Seamaster on the stainless-steel strap (2220.80)
Persol made the sunglasses, model nos. 2244 & 2720
Converse Jack Purcell OTR ankle boots worn during the Madagascar crane fight sequence
Armani made the leather jacket.
Gieves & Hawkes supplied the white braces (with gold clips) from the Casino scenes
The Other Fellas and their tuxedos. Latterly, Tom Ford has designed Daniel Craig’s. When asked recently whether he still enjoyed taking home some of the costumes, Daniel said, ‘When I first did Bond, I was given all these amazing suits and suddenly I’ve got this huge wardrobe and I’m thinking, “Oh my God, what am I going to wear?” I’ve kind of flipped the other way now and if I could just wear jeans and T-shirts all the time I would.’
In the early 1980s the
Daily Mail
referred to me as one of Britain’s best-dressed men. How kind. It’s true to say I don’t feel particularly comfortable in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, and I rarely dress down when I’m out and about, except perhaps when on holiday.
If you opened my wardrobe today you’d find shirts made for me by the Swedish company Eton Shirts or perhaps a few from Frank Foster of Pall Mall. For Bond, incidentally, I had my shirts made occasionally by Turnbull and Asser but more often than not by Washington Tremlett. There’s also a variety of blazers – as my weight is sometimes a little erratic I have blazers of many sizes – some made to measure and a few ‘off the peg’. My shoes are always handmade by Ferragamo.
In fact, I introduced Ferragamo to the Bond films. A neighbour of mine in Italy was married to Salvatore Ferragamo’s eldest son, and I took her to a premiere of
Live And Let Die
, where she was horrified to see I was wearing Gucci shoes and belt. From then on Ferragamo supplied shoes, belts and luggage for the films.
THE GOING GOT TOUGH
After I hung up Jimmy’s tuxedo, Timothy Dalton took over, and his interpretation of Bond went back to the books with a more edgy, tougher style. His clothes were largely his own choice from ready-to-wear
Royal Navy Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR. Pierce was style personified in uniform.
One of the perks of being the so-called star of a film is that you could legitimately steal – or should I say ‘request’ – items of wardrobe. After all, they are tailor-made for you, so who else can use them? On
The Man With The Golden Gun
I wore a particularly nice suit for what was to be the final scene.
‘Hmmm,’ I thought, ‘must ensure this doesn’t get dirty, I’d like this one.’ So I did my level best to keep the suit smart, un-creased and unblemished.
As the director called ‘Cut!’ I smiled widely, stroked my lapels and … a huge bucket of paste came down from above and completely ruined my lovely suit, not to mention my well-groomed hair. I looked up, and saw Cubby Broccoli wetting himself with laughter. He knew I had been admiring it!
You too could look like Bond – The Daniel Craig Bond look from
Casino Royale
Brioni supplied the formal suits and evening wear
Turnbull and Asser are credited with supplying the formal shirts (handmade) and ties
John Lobb supplied many of the shoes from their ready-to-wear collection
La Perla made the blue ‘Grigoperla’ swimming trunks to costume designer Lindy Hemming’s own designs
Sunspel made most of the casual wear including polo shirts, pullovers, T-shirts and underwear
Omega supplied two styles of wristwatch: the Planet Ocean on a black rubber strap (2900.50.91) and the Seamaster on the stainless-steel strap (2220.80)
Persol made the sunglasses, model nos. 2244 & 2720
Converse Jack Purcell OTR ankle boots worn during the Madagascar crane fight sequence
Armani made the leather jacket.
Gieves & Hawkes supplied the white braces (with gold clips) from the Casino scenes
The Other Fellas and their tuxedos. Latterly, Tom Ford has designed Daniel Craig’s. When asked recently whether he still enjoyed taking home some of the costumes, Daniel said, ‘When I first did Bond, I was given all these amazing suits and suddenly I’ve got this huge wardrobe and I’m thinking, “Oh my God, what am I going to wear?” I’ve kind of flipped the other way now and if I could just wear jeans and T-shirts all the time I would.’
In the early 1980s the
Daily Mail
referred to me as one of Britain’s best-dressed men. How kind. It’s true to say I don’t feel particularly comfortable in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, and I rarely dress down when I’m out and about, except perhaps when on holiday.
If you opened my wardrobe today you’d find shirts made for me by the Swedish company Eton Shirts or perhaps a few from Frank Foster of Pall Mall. For Bond, incidentally, I had my shirts made occasionally by Turnbull and Asser but more often than not by Washington Tremlett. There’s also a variety of blazers – as my weight is sometimes a little erratic I have blazers of many sizes – some made to measure and a few ‘off the peg’. My shoes are always handmade by Ferragamo.
In fact, I introduced Ferragamo to the Bond films. A neighbour of mine in Italy was married to Salvatore Ferragamo’s eldest son, and I took her to a premiere of
Live And Let Die
, where she was horrified to see I was wearing Gucci shoes and belt. From then on Ferragamo supplied shoes, belts and luggage for the films.
THE GOING GOT TOUGH
After I hung up Jimmy’s tuxedo, Timothy Dalton took over, and his interpretation of Bond went back to the books with a more edgy, tougher style. His clothes were largely his own choice from ready-to-wear
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