Thursday 2 April 2009

James Bond style guide

Licence to dress to kill: the sartorial highs and lows of 007

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For many, nobody does it better than Connery, and sartorially at least it's hard to disagree. His effortlessly stylish suits were done by Anthony Sinclair, who was based not at Savile Row, as the actor erroneously claimed in Dr No, but on nearby Conduit Street - hence the style became known as the "Conduit cut". The notable exception was his white tuxedo in Goldfinger, which was the handiwork of tailor-turned- High Street chain Burton.

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