Dr No Dinner Suit
Thomo
ReadingPosts: 964MI6 Agent
I may have missed this in other posts but does anyone know where you can get a good priced version of the Dr No dinner suit? I know that Anthony Sinclair is trading again but he's too expensive for a Bespoke one unfortunately, many thanks 
Comments
Have you looked into the Anthony Sinclair made to measure option? Superb quality.
Thanks
Ross
Check Magnoli's Connery Tux.
http://www.magnoliclothiers.com/connery-tuxedo-tuxedos-p-135.html
That's good thanks. Wonder what the quality is like ?
It's very challenging to order a suit without the tailor measuring you, since the tailor is the only one who knows how his measurements will translate to his garments. Most Savile Row tailors can't even get a suit to fit perfectly the first time.
If you do order this, be sure to get midnight blue in both the wool and in the silk trimmings.
Thanks for that tip. I can get a tailor to measure me, but sure it's not the same by any means as the actual tailor of the suit doing it
Right. Your friend measuring you isn't any different than a tailor measuring you if it's not the tailor making the suit, or at least someone who knows exactly how that tailor cuts.
If you are price conscious, then please believe me when I say that it will cost nearly the same amount of money to:
1. Order a suit thru the internet, even with careful measurements, paying shipping fees, etc. Next, you will need, undoubtedly, to have the suit altered by a tailor who did not make the suit. I guarantee you that bringing a foreign made suit to your local tailor will result in that tailor saying "I could have made you one with better quality for nearly the same money."
Remember: you CANNOT see and touch the quality of the material thru a computer screen.
2. Buy a suit and have it hacked to fit. Tried that also, and I ended up with a suit that looked hacked to fit.
...or....
3. Go to a tailor that you can trust. Interview several if you want to. That's what I did, and the winner of the job not only had embraced my project, but mentioned several other Bond crazy clients, and showed me their photos. Wow!
Ok, what goes on, you ask?
I spoke to him on the phone after looking at his website and blog. Turns out he made his first suit himself at age 15 after seeing the Beatles' trim looking suits. He also grew up a Bond fan. Next, I told him and sold him on my project, and warned that it would be a rush job.
He said he could meet me the next evening, and we texted confirmations during the day.
I showed up "three and a half minutes early," and we ended up trading Bond tales. I was in the hands of a true expert, who made suggestions on the fit and materials of the suit, and we even watched the relevant parts of the film on BluRay together.
I touched material with my own hands, verified the colours, and took part in a very enjoyable EXPERIENCE, which is what you don't get by buying over the net. When restoring the DBS, I had the same wonderful experience choosing the correct leather in person (flew to NY to do it!). Kissed a few mail order frogs on that job too!
I felt just like Connery, Lazenby, or any of the lucky JBs. He not only took my measurements, but had me walk around, to get an idea of my movements, and what would flatter my complexion. Spent 2 1/2 hours this evening, pouring over screen shots, details, choices of buttons, cuffs, etc. You simply cannot miss that experience for all the supposed savings by going cheap!
Again, you cannot do this over the net.
Cost: take a Macy's or Nordstrom (USA) suit. $700. Hack job: $300 (min). Result: $1000 and not even a conduit cut. Material: Grade B.
Internet: Buy a $680 I net suit, have it altered @ $200 (min) and you have spent $880 for really poor quality material that at least looks the part.
Details will be absolutely grade C, at best.
Now, pop for a tailor made, high quality suit....$1400...and you will get Grade A material, a suit that fits and flatters your build, and, most of all, and EXPERIENCE of a lifetime. The extra $400-$500 is completely worth it.
We Bond collectors not only love to collect objects, but also try to recreate the FEELING of the Bond experience.
That's why Dave wears T/Ball trunks and climbs all over Palmyra, or I sweat my a** off on the Lazenby Lamp Post, all trying to recreate an experience.
Do yourself a favour...spend the money wisely on the best suit that you can buy. It will not only look great, it will feel right, and be 1000% film correct, and will fulfill your Bond fantasy 100%. When you take off that jacket, drape it over a chair, and then put it back on, it will hang properly, just like on Connery. That part of the equation they don't tell you on the Inet sites!
Oh, and I put it all on a credit card, and will pay it off over 3 bonuses that I now must go and earn...
Good luck,
Tom
Oh, and listen to Matt S. I finally took his advice, and he is 100% right.
Thanks for that Tom, very interesting
Just FYI, went to the "mall" today to pick up a few items here and there. Haven't been in a couple of years, as I avoid crowds on the weekends. Noticed that Barcelino clothiers, a chain, is now offering a "bespoke" service complete with tailoring.
Went in and looked at pricing and materials, cuts offered, etc.
Looks as if you would spend nearly the same money for one of their bespoke offerings, NOT by a "name" tailor, though.
Production is not on the premises, so you're up against the same old problem of a machine made garment with bespoke pricing.
Confirms what our brethren have been saying all along: if you want a Sinclair look, buy a Sinclair!
Best of luck to you,
Tom
Are the silk trimmings Midnight blue in both the Dr No suit and the Tom Ford one from QofS? Or where they black ?
The trimmings are midnight blue in Dr. No and black in Quantum of Solace.
Many thanks. I thought that was the case so thanks for confirming