Anthony Sinclair Making Connery Suits Again
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Mentions on his posts that he can now re-create all of them that Sinclair originally designed! Road trip?
http://www.anthonysinclair.com/
Mentions on his posts that he can now re-create all of them that Sinclair originally designed! Road trip?
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Better pop out and fill my wardrobe then
Unless you really want the bespoke experience.
Looks good though.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Can't wait. Bring it! ASAP!!
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
They are bespoke tailors, so what is this a full list of?
Of course if they can re-create one suit they can recreate any since they all have the same cut in the first five films. It changed a bit in Diamonds Are Forever. Connery wore a total of 27 suits, 7 dinner jackets, 3 blazers and 3 sports coats. Not all were by Sinclair. They just need to find a comparable fabric, which should be quite easy. Some of the fabrics were heavier than what is common now.
Given the price, I guess their Special Order is a Made to Order program, not Made to Measure. Wonder if they're full canvas?
Sean Connery's patterns are irrelevant unless your body is the same exact shape that his was at the time the pattern was last altered. A bespoke tailor makes a pattern for each customer. The cutter for Anthony Sinclair would need to cut the suit for you the same way that Sinclair would have himself. Some methods can be learned from Sinclair's patterns but new patterns still need to be drafted for each customer. It's applying that cut to your body that's the difficult part. For made-to-measure, a pattern would still need to be drafted especially for that, unless Sinclair himself did made-to-measure too. It's not true that any bespoke tailor can eye up a suit and recreate it. Magnoli's examples prove that it's not that simple, unless he purposely didn't try to copy Sinclair's cut. Different tailors are taught different methods of cutting a suit. The internal structure of a suit can also vary quite a lot. I know they have some of Connery's old suits to copy, so if they examine those suits closely it should help.
Asking for an exact copy of one of Connery's suits might be insulting to the tailor. Even if the tailor was trained by Sinclair he would still probably do a few things his own way. Bespoke tailors typically don't take well to very specific requests, like saying "the chest needs a little more drape" or the "shoulders have too much padding", so be careful. The obvious details are the ones that will be the same. The most important thing is to accept that the cutter at Anthony Sinclair is not Sinclair but can still make a wonderful suit.
The "special order" line appears to be his made to measure line. But, as SouthernBond said above, it's more like a made to order line. So the suit is made according to your general size and then fitted to you once made. A little different than a truly bespoke suit, but still very nice nevertheless. I'll keep you all posted.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Not sure yet. I like the Dr. No Jamaica hotel suit. I also like the Goldfinger/Catch Me If You Can suit. However, those are both light colors. Since I sometimes have to appear in court, darker would be the better choice. It conveys a better image. But we will see. I will be reviewing the Connery Bond DVD's and I'll let you know once I've decided. Thanks again big guy you made my week!
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Yes SilenSpy, those were the suits that Terrence Young told Connery to sleep in. Anthony Sinclair was Terrence Young's tailor. Young took Connery to Sinclair for Dr. No and remained Connery's tailor through the early Bond films.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Sinclair was with Connery all the way to the end, in Diamonds Are Forever. There were some other tailors that made suits for Connery as well, like the dinner suit in Thunderball was not by Sinclair (though other suits in Thunderball were). Does anyone know if Connery wore other tailored clothing not by Sinclair. I suspect that the 3-button sports coats in Diamonds Are Forever were provided by another tailor, since the shoulders have more roping, but they still could have been made by Sinclair.
And truly, I think this is an excellent discussion!
http://www.batak-housecut.jp/housecut/conduit.html
But the fact that Anthony Sinclair is back in business with one of his original apprentices behind the scenes is big. I've wanted an real Anthony Sinclair Conduit Cut suit ever since I can remember.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of the store front somewhere on his website. But sure, please do post a picture. Perhaps yours will be closer/clearer. Better yet, go inside the store and capture some intelligence photos for all of us. That would be cool!
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.