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“Card Sense” Jimmy Bond
The first on-screen appearance of James Bond came with the “Casino Royale” television play on CBS’s Climax! in 1954, with Bond played by American actor Barry Nelson. In this production James Bond is...
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Remington Steele: White Dinner Jacket
I’m almost a week late, but last Thursday Pierce Brosnan celebrated his 60th birthday. In honour of that let’s look at one of his off-white dinner jackets from Remington Steele. This one is featured...
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The Sea Wolves: Black and White Dinner Jackets
Roger Moore’s sartorial highlight in The Sea Wolves is a pair of dinner jackets, in black and white. Both have the authentic 1940’s cut the film requires: a full chest and slightly wider shoulders...
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Poll: What is your favourite type of lapel on a dinner jacket?
James Bond’s dinner jackets—or tuxedos—have featured the three basic types of lapels: Peaked/Pointed/Double-Breasted Lapel: The most formal type of lapel, the peaked lapel is the standard on the...
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Valentin Zukovsky: The Warm Grey Dinner Jacket
Valentin Zukovsky, played by Robbie Coltrane, wears one of the more flamboyant warm-weather dinner jackets of the Bond series in The World Is Not Enough. White and other light-coloured dinner jackets...
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A Mostly Classic Ivory Dinner Jacket
Whilst an ivory dinner jacket is appropriate in a Monte Carlo casino, it’s not so appropriate in a Las Vegas casino unless you’re James Bond. Bond wears one in Diamonds Are Forever at a Las Vegas...
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Peter Lorre’s Le Chiffre
In the 1954 “Casino Royale” television play on CBS’s Climax!, the legendary Peter Lorre became the first actor to play Le Chiffre. Lorre wears a warm-weather dinner jacket like the dinner jacket Barry...
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50 Years of James Bond in Black Tie Infographic
I’ve created an infographic that breaks down James Bond’s 28 black tie outfits by every part of the outfit. All illustrations are based on examples from the James Bond films. For instance, the first...
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