Tom Ford Helped Bond Look Stylish in Quantum of Solace
Posted on November 17, 2008
Tom Ford designed Daniel Craig's sleek wardrobe for the latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace. The film was a blockbuster hit. Daniel Craig looked so polished -- and stylish -- that we think Tom Ford should dress James Bond in all future movies. The L.A. Times has an article about 007's wardrobe in the latest film.
So how do you push that Bond mystique into the 21st century when Savile Row bespoke is a mouse click away and GPS-enabled iPhones make Q's arsenal of gadgetry seem quaint by comparison? For "Quantum of Solace," the 22nd movie in the series and the first in 13 years with a new costume designer, part of the answer lies in the wardrobe -- which includes a collection of razor-sharp, made-to-measure suits by Tom Ford that turn out to be the perfect workaday uniform for Daniel Craig's dapper but deadly take on the Bond character.The L.A. Times says the Bond also had a small button tab inside the cuff of each pant leg to keep them where they should be.
Thus, one of Bond's coolest secret weapons this time around is a small button tab inside the cuff of each trouser leg that never has a second of screen time, and whose sole purpose is to keep 007's pant legs precisely where they should be. Another is the suit jacket sleeves with functioning buttonholes (another hardly noticeable detail that conveys a sense of sartorial high status). And then there are the suit fabrics themselves, which have a soft drape and almost imperceptible iridescence that took six months of fine-tuning to get just right.New York Magazine's blog The Cut says the suits had to be "swishy" and have a "roomy skirt" so they would still look perfect even when 007 was leaping from an exploding building.
Ford's sartorial genius is not merely abstract. To put it concretely, the suits must be cut so that sexy Daniel Craig can run, jump, and blow things up while still looking dashing. Ford's suits have a "roomy skirt" - the part of a suit jacket hanging below the waist - that enables such maneuvers.Trust us. The word "swishy" in no way applies to Daniel Craig's Bond, who looks fabulously manly in every scene. Craig knows how to wear a tuxedo, that's for sure. But on to accessories. Bond's sunglasses were designed by Tom Ford, as well.
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