Screen-worn Skyfall suit for sale

CRB

Apparently going up for auction at Christies soon:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25155879

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/pop-culture/skyfall-2012-15/3024/

"Skyfall, 2012
A two-piece wool suit in Prince of Wales check by Tom Ford, worn by Daniel Craig as James Bond in Skyfall, the single-breasted jacket with pale blue handkerchief folded in the breast pocket, labelled Tom Ford, with further label to interior pocket embroidered Tom Ford, Daniel Craig, Bond 23, the care label with printed details including client name INC DCRAIG and size 48F, the matching trousers with turn-ups, similarly labelled, together with a pale blue cotton shirt, labelled Tom Ford, Made to Measure and a silk tie in navy check, worn by Daniel Craig as James Bond in the 2012 United Artists/EON Productions film Skyfall; accompanied by original costume department paper tag inscribed in an unknown hand DAY 8 Sc52 – Sc55; and a certificate of authenticity from EON Productions"

screename

Proof that the jackets were three button!!! :v

TheNextLeiter

Interesting, What size would 48F translate to US sizes?

CRB

Oh, and they have a gun prop from You Only Live Twice :

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/pop-culture/you-only-live-twice-1967-9/3018/

othertravel

TheNextLeiter wrote:

Interesting, What size would 48F translate to US sizes?

38R. DC looks closer to a 40R/42R. So that explains why everything fit so badly. When they measured him for his suit, they probably used a 38R as the foundation model.

CRB

Actually just seen they have loads of Bond stuff!
Here are the cufflinks from Skyfall:

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/pop-culture/skyfall-2012-16/3025/

"Skyfall, 2012
A pair of black enamel coat-of-arms cufflinks by Tom Ford, each circular plaque with central Bond family coat-of-arms bearing the motto Orbit Non Sufficit [The World Is Not Enough] within a black enamel surround, worn by Daniel Craig as James Bond in the 2012 United Artists/EON Productions film Skyfall; accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from EON Productions"

othertravel

And although the pic of the tie is a little grainy, it does resemble the 3-tone tie that was up on ebay a few months back.

TheNextLeiter

othertravel wrote:

38R. DC looks closer to a 40R/42R. So that explains why everything fit so badly. When they measured him for his suit, they probably used a 38R as the foundation model.

hmm, just my size

Matt S

screename wrote:

Proof that the jackets were three button!!! :v

I didn't know there was ever any doubt. EON sent me this photo to use from Skyfall half a year before it came out that quite clearly shows the top buttonhole:

http://thesuitsofjamesbond.com/?p=831

screename

I remember reading either here or elsewhere (I can't remember) that some still thought it was a three-roll-two suit.

othertravel

But it is a 3r2.

If you look at the pic on Christies, you can see the lapel pulling/rolling over the top button (while it's buttoned up).

MrEddy21

I'm going to the viewing tomorrow, anyone want to meet up and then maybe swing by the new Tom Ford store around the corner?

Matt S

othertravel wrote:

But it is a 3r2.

If you look at the pic on Christies, you can see the lapel pulling/rolling over the top button (while it's buttoned up).

It's not a 3-roll-2. That's what the Quantum of Solace suits are, and there's a big difference. The Sykfall suits are the same as the Brioni suits that Brosnan and Craig wore. The lapel rolls over the top button but not down to the middle button. They look almost like a 3-roll-2 in Skyfall because they are too tight and the chest pulls open. One a 3-roll-2 the top button in completely covered and you can only see the reverse side of the buttonhole. That's definitely not the case with the Skyfall suits.

othertravel

Matt S wrote:

othertravel wrote:

But it is a 3r2.

If you look at the pic on Christies, you can see the lapel pulling/rolling over the top button (while it's buttoned up).

It's not a 3-roll-2. That's what the Quantum of Solace suits are, and there's a big difference. The Sykfall suits are the same as the Brioni suits that Brosnan and Craig wore. The lapel rolls over the top button but not down to the middle button. They look almost like a 3-roll-2 in Skyfall because they are too tight and the chest pulls open. One a 3-roll-2 the top button in completely covered and you can only see the reverse side of the buttonhole. That's definitely not the case with the Skyfall suits.

I see what you're saying. A traditional English 3-button rolls slightly over the top button, which gives you the option of buttoning it up or leaving it open. Prince William wears these types of suits.

But again (and to your point, it could be because it's too tight) it looks like a full 3r2 on DC. And the button stance on the suits doesn't match up with the typical positioning of a hard 3-button suit. Here's another pic:

othertravel

And Matt, I love your website.

Thunderpussy

-{ I agree a brilliant website.

screename

othertravel wrote:

But it is a 3r2.

If you look at the pic on Christies, you can see the lapel pulling/rolling over the top button (while it's buttoned up).

See what I mean?

CRB

Updated photos in first thread now

Matt S

othertravel wrote:

Matt S wrote:

othertravel wrote:

But it is a 3r2.

If you look at the pic on Christies, you can see the lapel pulling/rolling over the top button (while it's buttoned up).

It's not a 3-roll-2. That's what the Quantum of Solace suits are, and there's a big difference. The Sykfall suits are the same as the Brioni suits that Brosnan and Craig wore. The lapel rolls over the top button but not down to the middle button. They look almost like a 3-roll-2 in Skyfall because they are too tight and the chest pulls open. One a 3-roll-2 the top button in completely covered and you can only see the reverse side of the buttonhole. That's definitely not the case with the Skyfall suits.

I see what you're saying. A traditional English 3-button rolls slightly over the top button, which gives you the option of buttoning it up or leaving it open. Prince William wears these types of suits.

But again (and to your point, it could be because it's too tight) it looks like a full 3r2 on DC. And the button stance on the suits doesn't match up with the typical positioning of a hard 3-button suit. Here's another pic:

Here's another photo from behind the scenes that shows how it isn't a 3-roll-2:



It proves my point that the front pulls opens to the middle button because of the tightness. And it shows, as I said before, how the lapel just rolls over the top button and not down to the middle button.

And button stances move up and down over the years, and different tailors do them differently, so that has nothing to do with it. The traditional 3-roll-2 sack suits from Brooks Brothers from which the style is most well know have the buttons higher and much further apart than this suit (or the QoS suit) does. This button stance is actually very similar to the button three suits that Roger Moore wore in The Saint, and those have the lapel just ending at the top button (which is never fastened). You also have to consider what this button stance would look like if this jacket was an inch longer like it should be.

othertravel

I was reading on your blog about Connery's pleated trousers with a high rise. Would the same look still look good on somebody with closer to average height?

Matt S

othertravel wrote:

I was reading on your blog about Connery's pleated trousers with a high rise. Would the same look still look good on somebody with closer to average height?

Yes. A longer trouser rise makes the legs look longer, so a shorter person really benefits from a high trouser rise. Connery's trousers probably have a rise of about 14-15", whilst an average man needs about 13" for the same effect. As an average height man, I prefer a mid rise of 11.5-12".