Casino Royale on a Budget

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• Donald Grant U.S.A.Posts: 2,241Quartermasters

  January 2007

  Double Oh Mantis at your service.
  
  DG

  So, what sharp little eyes you've got...wait till you get to my teeth.
  
  "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.
• Nightshooter In bed with SolitairePosts: 2,917MI6 Agent

  January 2007

  That undershirt doesn't look right. I'd go with the J Crew grey t-shirt, for about $20. More expensive, but looks better.
• The Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters

  January 2007

  Agreed Nightshooter! I have the light grey Sunspel but I tried, for this article, to pair more affordable options....certainly the J Crew one fits in perfectly withis econo Bond!

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• Nightshooter In bed with SolitairePosts: 2,917MI6 Agent

  January 2007

  Mantis, the light grey Sunspel tee isn't on their website. How would I go about acquiring one?
• ohm5s Posts: 52MI6 Agent

  January 2007

  thats some detective work you have done there, budget clothes and now all you need is the $25,000 for the facial reconstructive surgery and you are Daniel Craig!! :v
• The Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters

  January 2007

  The face I am not worried about, its a few more years in the gym that I need to concentrate on...:)

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• texas007 Houston, Texas 77041Posts: 2,347MI6 Agent

  January 2007

  Not another blond Bond ....:))
• Cdr_James_Bond Somewhere in the warm south ofPosts: 37MI6 Agent

  January 2007

  Awsome outfit Mantis!!
  Shame that Old Navy doesn't ship out of US (i live in Spain), so I'll have to search over my local stores to see if I can get a similar one.
  I have a grey sunspel tee too, I bought it at an outlet in Gibraltar for 35$.
• The Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters

  January 2007

  Found my T on ebay as well...see if you can find a sueded polo but rather than NAVY blue try to get it in a lighter shade....The Old Navy one is a great cut but the color is a little too dark.

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• Bill Tanner "Spending the money quickly" iPosts: 261MI6 Agent

  January 2007 edited January 2007

  The Mantis wrote:

  ...Lobbs chukka shoes for $1500...
  
  In addition I am wearing Tobacco colored Hush Puppy ankle chukka boots VERY similiar to the Lobb ones you see Craig wearing in several scenes. Except unlike the Lobb ones these were only $28 at DSW Shoe Outlet.

  
  Great effort, Mantis. I'm all for sourcing cheaper alternatives to the original items, but just want to be wary of adding comments that mis-inform and later become gospel.
  
  I thought Lobb only supplied two styles of shoes that are known for sure. Both are formal from their ready-to-wear range: 'Luffield' and 'Becketts'. In addition they may have supplied the 'Romsey' ankle boots (M's appartment scene), which are again a very formal style - but they haven't confirmed this.
  
  The suede chukka boots seen in the bathroom fight and all of the other casual style shoes and boots seen during the film weren't made by Lobbs (they don't have suede boots in their ready-to-wear range) and the original brands might still be available off-the-shelf if anyone can identify them - at relatively bargain prices (next to the Lobbs, anything is a bargain).
• Sharpe Posts: 84MI6 Agent

  January 2007

  What about the pants?
  And is that a real or fake seamaster?
• The Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters

  January 2007

  The Seamaster is real. As far as the Sueded Chukka boot according to Joe Brizzi this was a custom piece made by Lobb for production that also had rubberized soles added. One of our members inquired about this boot and it can also be custom ordered but the tobacco raises the waterline up that much higher.
  
  I try to keep misinformation to a minimum when I can...;)

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• Nightshooter In bed with SolitairePosts: 2,917MI6 Agent

  January 2007

  Lobb does have suede boots in their ready to wear line. Go to their website, many of their boots have a dark brown suede color option.
• Bill Tanner "Spending the money quickly" iPosts: 261MI6 Agent

  January 2007 edited January 2007

  Always happy to stand corrected by new information.
  
  Apologies Nightshooter, I just looked at the colour options on the Lobb site and they do indeed list Tobacco suede, oddly, as a colour choice.
  
  Mantis, have you had written confirmation that Lobb supplied the chukka boots? (I don't know who Joe Brizzi is - is he connected with the firm in the U.S.?). Are the Tobacco Suede Romsey's the same as those used by Craig, but with a rubber sole added? I know that Churches did the same for Brosnan’s Presleys.
  
  A member also suggested the boots in the 'M's apartment' scene were Romseys, but I haven't been able to confirm this with Lobbs - anyone know for sure?