Bond's 1960s tailor may be back in business

Napoleon Plural

Bond's original tailor, who designed all the Bond suits up to DAF, is back in action, maybe.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/business/business-news/living-twice-bond-suits-back-in-action-7711583.html

Edited, as I completely got the wrong idea when I posted this earlier today. He's not redoing Bond's individual suits from the 1960s films!

Matt S

Wasn't there a thread on this already?

Sinclair didn't "design" the suits, he tailored them. Anthony Sinclair was not a designer. The article mentions Richard Paine, though he's retired now and mostly acts as a consultant. They can make you a bespoke suit just like they made for Connery, but if you want an exact copy of one suit you'll have to provide them with exact details. My blog has covered most of them.

The article speaks in absolutes saying "the tailoring brand that made every suit for Sir Sean Connery" but they didn't make every suit. They didn't do the dinner jacket in Thunderball, and there may be others. "...which made Bond’s suits for all the films from Dr No in 1962 to Diamonds Are Forever in 1971" is also incorrect, since the exception is OHMSS. Those suits were considerably different from Sinclair's.

Donald Grant

Yes, there was a thread. Here it is:

http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/37854/anthony-sinclair-making-connery-suits-again/

Hope to have my Anthony Sinclair suit soon!

DG

grayson5555

David mason is coming stateside in a couple of weeks. He is meeting me in Charlotte to deliver the hacking jacket I ordered from him in Feb. I will post photos of the jacket when I receive it. I would also like to thank Matt for all of the assistance he gave me in this endeavor. Grayson