Thunderball Connery Fred Perry Shirt Available Again

Donald Grant

The blue with with white laurel Fred Perry shirt seems to come in an and out of availability particularly on line. It is presently available again here for you Connery-philes:

http://www.fredperry.us/men/shirts/slim-fit-plain-shirt.html

Now you can say "some men don't like to be taken for a ride".

DG

The Bond Experience

I have this polo and it is great BUT you may want to go a size DOWN from your regular size...so if you are normally a large, go for a medium.

don p

ive got 1 too, as im a huge thunderball fan

im a 42 chest,, got the L and it fits great,,

ide like to say to you Q, i read your Dive article. and i was impressed, and jeleous, so much so, im gonna do a a bit diving on next yrs hols,, so im trawling the internet to find the white jantzen trunks, and the blu pair, ,,, ive contacted sunsel, as they have re created the blue trunks, they have said theres talk of mass producing their version, but ! its not screen acuate, ie no belt loops, .. so ive bought the OB setter, now to be used in skyfall, but a throw back to thunderball, also managed to find a similar "domino " bikini and swimsuit for mywife ,, woohoo,,

Don..

Donald Grant

don p wrote:

ive got 1 too, as im a huge thunderball fan

im a 42 chest,, got the L and it fits great,,

ide like to say to you Q, i read your Dive article. and i was impressed, and jeleous, so much so, im gonna do a a bit diving on next yrs hols,, so im trawling the internet to find the white jantzen trunks, and the blu pair, ,,, ive contacted sunsel, as they have re created the blue trunks, they have said theres talk of mass producing their version, but ! its not screen acuate, ie no belt loops, .. so ive bought the OB setter, now to be used in skyfall, but a throw back to thunderball, also managed to find a similar "domino " bikini and swimsuit for mywife ,, woohoo,,

Don..

Yep, I have several. In fact I just found one un-opened in original packaging along with an un-opened Sunspel blue Riviera shirt purchased around the time of CR. I have so much stuff that I sometimes forget what I have.

Glad you liked my article. The Thunderball wreck dive was one of those things that I wanted to do for a long time and it was fantastic. Glad I did it! I hope you get the opportunity as well. As for the white swim trunks, they were probably Jantzen, but there are no markings from what I can see in Thunderball that confirm that unequivocally. The reddish ones worn by Connery most certainly were.

Lastly, the Fred Perry shirt, as far as I'm concerned, is a classic of Bondiana.

DG.

don p

Donald Grant wrote:

don p wrote:

ive got 1 too, as im a huge thunderball fan

im a 42 chest,, got the L and it fits great,,

ide like to say to you Q, i read your Dive article. and i was impressed, and jeleous, so much so, im gonna do a a bit diving on next yrs hols,, so im trawling the internet to find the white jantzen trunks, and the blu pair, ,,, ive contacted sunsel, as they have re created the blue trunks, they have said theres talk of mass producing their version, but ! its not screen acuate, ie no belt loops, .. so ive bought the OB setter, now to be used in skyfall, but a throw back to thunderball, also managed to find a similar "domino " bikini and swimsuit for mywife ,, woohoo,,

Don..

Yep, I have several. In fact I just found one un-opened in original packaging along with an un-opened Sunspel blue Riviera shirt purchased around the time of CR. I have so much stuff that I sometimes forget what I have.

Glad you liked my article. The Thunderball wreck dive was one of those things that I wanted to do for a long time and it was fantastic. Glad I did it! I hope you get the opportunity as well. As for the white swim trunks, they were probably Jantzen, but there are no markings from what I can see in Thunderball that confirm that unequivocally. The reddish ones worn by Connery most certainly were.

Lastly, the Fred Perry shirt, as far as I'm concerned, is a classic of Bondiana.

DG.

Hi Q.. yes, your article was a good read, and a dream come true, i honestly till then didnt realise a full vulcan was made and sunk,
im sure i have read, on "the suits of james bond" that the white trunks are jantzen too. if you want to part with yours,, im interested,

Donald Grant

don p wrote:

Donald Grant wrote:

don p wrote:

ive got 1 too, as im a huge thunderball fan

im a 42 chest,, got the L and it fits great,,

ide like to say to you Q, i read your Dive article. and i was impressed, and jeleous, so much so, im gonna do a a bit diving on next yrs hols,, so im trawling the internet to find the white jantzen trunks, and the blu pair, ,,, ive contacted sunsel, as they have re created the blue trunks, they have said theres talk of mass producing their version, but ! its not screen acuate, ie no belt loops, .. so ive bought the OB setter, now to be used in skyfall, but a throw back to thunderball, also managed to find a similar "domino " bikini and swimsuit for mywife ,, woohoo,,

Don..

Yep, I have several. In fact I just found one un-opened in original packaging along with an un-opened Sunspel blue Riviera shirt purchased around the time of CR. I have so much stuff that I sometimes forget what I have.

Glad you liked my article. The Thunderball wreck dive was one of those things that I wanted to do for a long time and it was fantastic. Glad I did it! I hope you get the opportunity as well. As for the white swim trunks, they were probably Jantzen, but there are no markings from what I can see in Thunderball that confirm that unequivocally. The reddish ones worn by Connery most certainly were.

Lastly, the Fred Perry shirt, as far as I'm concerned, is a classic of Bondiana.

DG.

Hi Q.. yes, your article was a good read, and a dream come true, i honestly till then didnt realise a full vulcan was made and sunk,
im sure i have read, on "the suits of james bond" that the white trunks are jantzen too. if you want to part with yours,, im interested,

Yes, I confess to being a fan of Matt's website too. Quite right about the white trunks as well. Matt has a screen capture showing the Jantzen logo on the left leg. Can't beat a picture for positive ID. Too cool for school! Now, if Jantzen would only re-make them for the discriminating collector. I for one don't want to have my "franks and beans" where others have tread. Perhaps if they were NOS (New Old Stock), but that's about it.

DG

minigeff

i wish someone would make Q's shirt from the pinder's scenes

SilentSpy

Donald Grant wrote:

The blue with with white laurel Fred Perry shirt seems to come in an and out of availability particularly on line. It is presently available again here for you Connery-philes:

http://www.fredperry.us/men/shirts/slim-fit-plain-shirt.html

Now you can say "some men don't like to be taken for a ride".

DG

I didn't miss this one. Thanks for the info.

Matt S

Donald Grant wrote:

don p wrote:

Donald Grant wrote:

Yep, I have several. In fact I just found one un-opened in original packaging along with an un-opened Sunspel blue Riviera shirt purchased around the time of CR. I have so much stuff that I sometimes forget what I have.

Glad you liked my article. The Thunderball wreck dive was one of those things that I wanted to do for a long time and it was fantastic. Glad I did it! I hope you get the opportunity as well. As for the white swim trunks, they were probably Jantzen, but there are no markings from what I can see in Thunderball that confirm that unequivocally. The reddish ones worn by Connery most certainly were.

Lastly, the Fred Perry shirt, as far as I'm concerned, is a classic of Bondiana.

DG.

Hi Q.. yes, your article was a good read, and a dream come true, i honestly till then didnt realise a full vulcan was made and sunk,
im sure i have read, on "the suits of james bond" that the white trunks are jantzen too. if you want to part with yours,, im interested,

Yes, I confess to being a fan of Matt's website too. Quite right about the white trunks as well. Matt has a screen capture showing the Jantzen logo on the left leg. Can't beat a picture for positive ID. Too cool for school! Now, if Jantzen would only re-make them for the discriminating collector. I for one don't want to have my "franks and beans" where others have tread. Perhaps if they were NOS (New Old Stock), but that's about it.

DG

Thanks all for referencing my site. The blue, white and pink trunks in Thunderball are all from Jantzen. The shorts that Sunspel recreated based on a picture for the Barbican exhibition were not based on anything Connery wore in Thunderball. I think the picture is actually from Dr. No since Connery's body looked to be more in shape and his hair/hairpiece was different.

Donald Grant

Matt S wrote:

Donald Grant wrote:

don p wrote:

Hi Q.. yes, your article was a good read, and a dream come true, i honestly till then didnt realise a full vulcan was made and sunk,
im sure i have read, on "the suits of james bond" that the white trunks are jantzen too. if you want to part with yours,, im interested,

Yes, I confess to being a fan of Matt's website too. Quite right about the white trunks as well. Matt has a screen capture showing the Jantzen logo on the left leg. Can't beat a picture for positive ID. Too cool for school! Now, if Jantzen would only re-make them for the discriminating collector. I for one don't want to have my "franks and beans" where others have tread. Perhaps if they were NOS (New Old Stock), but that's about it.

DG

Thanks all for referencing my site. The blue, white and pink trunks in Thunderball are all from Jantzen. The shorts that Sunspel recreated based on a picture for the Barbican exhibition were not based on anything Connery wore in Thunderball. I think the picture is actually from Dr. No since Connery's body looked to be more in shape and his hair/hairpiece was different.

No problem at all. You have an excellent website. A great resource for information related to sartorial Bond.

DG

David Schofield

Matt S wrote:

Thanks all for referencing my site. The blue, white and pink trunks in Thunderball are all from Jantzen. The shorts that Sunspel recreated based on a picture for the Barbican exhibition were not based on anything Connery wore in Thunderball. I think the picture is actually from Dr. No since Connery's body looked to be more in shape and his hair/hairpiece was different.

Like to chuck in my tuppence worth here on "where these swimming shorts might be from".

For what it's worth, I wonder if the picture if SC is from WOMAN OF STRAW? Much of the film takes place in the Med, with Sean loafing about and swimming with Gina Lolloobrigida....

Matt S

David Schofield wrote:

Matt S wrote:

Thanks all for referencing my site. The blue, white and pink trunks in Thunderball are all from Jantzen. The shorts that Sunspel recreated based on a picture for the Barbican exhibition were not based on anything Connery wore in Thunderball. I think the picture is actually from Dr. No since Connery's body looked to be more in shape and his hair/hairpiece was different.

Like to chuck in my tuppence worth here on "where these swimming shorts might be from".

For what it's worth, I wonder if the picture if SC is from WOMAN OF STRAW? Much of the film takes place in the Med, with Sean loafing about and swimming with Gina Lolloobrigida....

Woman of Straw is definitely possible. I just checked the movie and 30 minutes in Connery is wearing a pair of light blue swimming trunks. But since he is wearing a shirt over them I can't see the front or top of them to see if they are the same. And that's all we see of them. There's one scene of him swimming, but those are different trunks.

David Schofield

Matt S wrote:

David Schofield wrote:

Matt S wrote:

Thanks all for referencing my site. The blue, white and pink trunks in Thunderball are all from Jantzen. The shorts that Sunspel recreated based on a picture for the Barbican exhibition were not based on anything Connery wore in Thunderball. I think the picture is actually from Dr. No since Connery's body looked to be more in shape and his hair/hairpiece was different.

Like to chuck in my tuppence worth here on "where these swimming shorts might be from".

For what it's worth, I wonder if the picture if SC is from WOMAN OF STRAW? Much of the film takes place in the Med, with Sean loafing about and swimming with Gina Lolloobrigida....

Woman of Straw is definitely possible. I just checked the movie and 30 minutes in Connery is wearing a pair of light blue swimming trunks. But since he is wearing a shirt over them I can't see the front or top of them to see if they are the same. And that's all we see of them. There's one scene of him swimming, but those are different trunks.

And doesn't the boat Connery's stood on reading the book look like one from WOMAN OF STRAW? Possibly Ralph Richardson's boat?

Matt S

David Schofield wrote:

Matt S wrote:

David Schofield wrote:

Like to chuck in my tuppence worth here on "where these swimming shorts might be from".

For what it's worth, I wonder if the picture if SC is from WOMAN OF STRAW? Much of the film takes place in the Med, with Sean loafing about and swimming with Gina Lolloobrigida....

Woman of Straw is definitely possible. I just checked the movie and 30 minutes in Connery is wearing a pair of light blue swimming trunks. But since he is wearing a shirt over them I can't see the front or top of them to see if they are the same. And that's all we see of them. There's one scene of him swimming, but those are different trunks.

And doesn't the boat Connery's stood on reading the book look like one from WOMAN OF STRAW? Possibly Ralph Richardson's boat?

I'll look at the yacht in the film closer later and see if the flag is there. Hardly any of the boat can be seen in that photo. It's clear they got the movie wrong when labelling it as from Thunderball. But now it might not even be James Bond? At least the clothes are connected to Bond since all the suits in Woman of Straw went on to be used in Goldfinger.

Matt S

And here's another picture of the trunks:

http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2010/04/sean-connery.html

David Schofield

Matt S wrote:

David Schofield wrote:

Matt S wrote:

Woman of Straw is definitely possible. I just checked the movie and 30 minutes in Connery is wearing a pair of light blue swimming trunks. But since he is wearing a shirt over them I can't see the front or top of them to see if they are the same. And that's all we see of them. There's one scene of him swimming, but those are different trunks.

And doesn't the boat Connery's stood on reading the book look like one from WOMAN OF STRAW? Possibly Ralph Richardson's boat?

I'll look at the yacht in the film closer later and see if the flag is there. Hardly any of the boat can be seen in that photo. It's clear they got the movie wrong when labelling it as from Thunderball. But now it might not even be James Bond? At least the clothes are connected to Bond since all the suits in Woman of Straw went on to be used in Goldfinger.

Identify the flag and I think you'll ID the location.

That flag has a Union Flag in the corner, which suggests to me somewhere under, at that time, an element of British control.

IIRC, WOMAN OF STRAW was set in/around Malta or Cyrprus, British dependancies/protectorats in the mid '60s....

Matt S

David Schofield wrote:

Identify the flag and I think you'll ID the location.

That flag has a Union Flag in the corner, which suggests to me somewhere under, at that time, an element of British control.

IIRC, WOMAN OF STRAW was set in/around Malta or Cyrprus, British dependancies/protectorats in the mid '60s....

You are brilliant. The photo is from Woman of Straw. Here's a screen capture of the boat:



It's now official that they got it wrong since we have the source.

It's a Red Ensign flag, used on civil ships to denote UK nationality.

Crwilsn

Matt S wrote:

David Schofield wrote:

Identify the flag and I think you'll ID the location.

That flag has a Union Flag in the corner, which suggests to me somewhere under, at that time, an element of British control.

IIRC, WOMAN OF STRAW was set in/around Malta or Cyrprus, British dependancies/protectorats in the mid '60s....

You are brilliant. The photo is from Woman of Straw. Here's a screen capture of the boat:



It's now official that they got it wrong since we have the source.

It's a Red Ensign flag, used on civil ships to denote UK nationality.

Except the flag on the picture is red, yellow and, green. Not disagreeing with you about the boat, but the flag is different.

Matt S

Crwilsn wrote:

Matt S wrote:

David Schofield wrote:

Identify the flag and I think you'll ID the location.

That flag has a Union Flag in the corner, which suggests to me somewhere under, at that time, an element of British control.

IIRC, WOMAN OF STRAW was set in/around Malta or Cyrprus, British dependancies/protectorats in the mid '60s....

You are brilliant. The photo is from Woman of Straw. Here's a screen capture of the boat:



It's now official that they got it wrong since we have the source.

It's a Red Ensign flag, used on civil ships to denote UK nationality.

Except the flag on the picture is red, yellow and, green. Not disagreeing with you about the boat, but the flag is different.

I think that postcard was re-coloured. Here's the photo that Sunspel used for the shorts:

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2012-07/05/bond-blue-swimming-shorts-sunspel-sean-connery

It's the same flag.

Crwilsn

You are absolutely right. That is definitely the boat.

David Schofield

Crwilsn wrote:

You are absolutely right. That is definitely the boat.

I also think if you watch WOMAN OF STRAW you see the book too (SC reading it while sun bathing).

That's really what put me on to the location/movie for the photo.

sruzgar

Wow that's kind of a big deal haha

Mr Beech

For all their emphasis on archival history and researching to recreate the swim trunks, its rather silly they missed what movie they were actually recreating wardrobe from. Somebody wasn't very thorough in the examination of the photos... )

But then again, they didn't have the discerning eyes that ajb007 is often known for.

Matt S

Mr Beech wrote:

For all their emphasis on archival history and researching to recreate the swim trunks, its rather silly they missed what movie they were actually recreating wardrobe from. Somebody wasn't very thorough in the examination of the photos... )

But then again, they didn't have the discerning eyes that ajb007 is often known for.

When I first saw those trunks at the exhibition I knew immediately that they weren't from Thunderball, or used in any other Bond film. But it's not the only thing the exhibition got wrong. One example is the Licence to Kill dinner suit. The one there is no the one from that film. It looked identical to the notch-lapel dinner suit in The Living Daylights. Better stop now before I get more off topic...

Donald Grant

Matt S wrote:

Mr Beech wrote:

For all their emphasis on archival history and researching to recreate the swim trunks, its rather silly they missed what movie they were actually recreating wardrobe from. Somebody wasn't very thorough in the examination of the photos... )

But then again, they didn't have the discerning eyes that ajb007 is often known for.

When I first saw those trunks at the exhibition I knew immediately that they weren't from Thunderball, or used in any other Bond film. But it's not the only thing the exhibition got wrong. One example is the Licence to Kill dinner suit. The one there is no the one from that film. It looked identical to the notch-lapel dinner suit in The Living Daylights. Better stop now before I get more off topic...

I don't have a problem with this thread going off topic because of what has been un-covered about those blue trunks. As Mr. Beech said above, that is what we (AJB) are known for. I find the discussion fascinating and most enlightening. Please continue.

Thanks,

Rick

Mr Beech

For good measure to those curious, here is a still of Connery wearing the Fred Perry shirt in Thunderball: http://screenmusings.org/Thunderball/images/Thbll_367.jpg

As for the trunks, perhaps someone forgot to do their homework and was simply remembering these (http://screenmusings.org/Thunderball/images/Thbll_237.jpg, http://screenmusings.org/Thunderball/images/Thbll_290.jpg) without a more thorough look or comparison of the photos they were given, versus the trunks on film.

Either way, well done on the boat and proper film ID.

Shatterhand67

Are you referring to the Hawaiian shirt with the pineapples? I found a shirt that was pretty close a few years ago on ebay. It was made by Reyn Spooner. It was blue and had the monster pineapples all over it. But I agree, it would be great if someone like Magnoli replicated the original pattern. I'd be all over that.

minigeff wrote:

i wish someone would make Q's shirt from the pinder's scenes