I’m in my late 60s….I’m a retired Navy Officer and retired Federal LEO. I’ve worked hard--continuing to do so - to stay active and in shape. I just recently gave my oldest daughter away….her wedding…..she asked that I do so wearing my formal Navy dress blues (I was her “something in blue”….it’s a bridal thing). While I sport more stripes now, more medals….it still fits me as well as it did a quarter century ago! I enjoy your videos….I’m adopting a “minimalist” life style, and want to have just a few quality clothing items that don’t “date me”. You really made me chuckle with your Birkenstock comment! I have a pair….I’ve had them for quite a few years….but rarely wear them. Off to Goodwill they’ll go! Thanks again, for a relaxing video….Bravo Zulu, well done, sir!
Thank you very much for your comment, Sir! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. And welcome to the community here. We have a lot of former Navy and Army Officers who enjoy this channel. Thank you for your service! 🫡
Small correction, Sinclair was situated on Conduit Street not Saville Row and the literary Bond was never clothed by Saville Row as confirmed by Fleming himself. Regardless great vid!
If you're looking for a sleeker watch that still retains the cushion case design of the one Bond is wearing for the 3rd outfit, have a look at the Seiko Turtle or the Doxa Sub 300.
Great suggestion! When I graduated Navy OCS, my late father gifted me a stainless Rolex Submariner. I love the watch….but life on a Navy ship can challenge the longevity and looks of any watch. Rather than put my “Sub” through that, I bought a Seiko “turtle” at the Navy Exchange in Newport. I still have both watches….30 years of service, dependability and classic looks. I would guess…..I’ll have them until I move on to “whatever’s next”….and leave them to my son.
Connery"s tailor Anthony Sinclair was NOT on Savile Row but nearby on Conduit St. He said Savile Row in Dr. No but that was because most people would recognize Savile Row but not Conduit St.
What's funny is that novel Bond was the original slacker on clothes. He wore short sleeve shirts under suits, and loafers with suits because he didnt like to deal with shoelaces, lol. But early film Bond is iconic, and I'm glad he was re-created for film this way.
For outfit 2: You should be able to find an Orient Kamasu (true name Mako III), for about $200 second hand depending on your market. It doesnt look exactly like the sub, but it has some resemblance, and it just cant be beat in this price range.
The 3 piece Anthony Sinclair Goldfinger suit is such an icon. Saving for the replica currently! Problem is, I live in the Sonoran desert so there are very few opportunities to wear it
Great video! Thank you for taking the time to make this and the added details. I really like how you add affordable alternatives. I especially love the watch alternatives. Although I think Bulova's Marine Star is a good watch I think Seiko Prospex King Turtle (thanks Pedro) is a better choice due to not only being an automatic but is a closer match cosmetically.
Ian Fleming may have invented James Bond while Sean Connery defined the character in the eyes of '60s cinemagoers. But the man with the real golden touch in the early days of the James Bond movie franchise was filmmaker Terence Young, who directed three of the first four 007 adventures, including 1962's series-inaugurating Dr. No. Along the way, he established Bond as an iconic screen character by imbuing Connery's agent with many of filmmaker's own attributes and habits. "The style that is associated with James Bond comes from Terence's style," longtime James Bond series producer Michael G. Wilson said in the 2000 documentary Terence Young: Bond Vivant. "The clothes and restaurants and the food and the wine and all those kind of things are Terence Young. He brought that flair." Dr. No was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli. The latter had worked with Young on the 1953 war film The Red Beret and recruited the director to bring Fleming's book to the big screen. Before shooting began, Young went to work on Connery, buying him suits and, when pre-production began in Jamaica, helping teach the actor how to play golf. "I think the most important element in the whole series, apart from Fleming himself... was Terence Young," Connery himself would recall in an interview with Mark Cousins. "I think he was the greatest influence. Terence had really identified very much with being the grand seignior. He took me on the trip to get our clothes and everything and it was an eye-opener. The budget on the clothes was astronomical in relation to the film but he was right, Terence, because there was a look about it. We had shoes handmade at Lobb's (British company John Lobb Bootmaker), and no cufflinks, a special fold-back button, and I used the Windsor knot, very small Windsor knot. Equally, we shared a similar sense of humor." "I was a [Royal] Guards Officer during the war, and I thought I knew how Bond should behave," Young told Rolling Stone. "So I took Sean to my shirtmaker, my tailor and my shoemaker, and we filled him out."
just a little correction, I'm a great 007 fan from Italy and I've to tell you that technically Connery didn't make the first six movies, but the first five plus the seventh, he came back because the sixth movie was with George Lazenby (on her majesty's secret service) and it Hasn't been a great success. by the way you are wearing a great jacket where did you buy it ? great contents
Thanks for the video. You should do one of Roger Moore next he looked like what you think when you think of a modern English Gentleman.. Anyways thanks regards, Paras
Thank you! Funnily enough, Roger Moore is the only Englishman aside from Daniel Craig who has played Bond! (Unless you include David Niven's Casino Royale)
Connery is wearing the same rounded square cufflinks for outfit 2 as he wore in outfit 1. He and/or his costumer/dresser just put them in backwards and they had to go with it.
No, he said screen. The first actor to play Bond on the “screen” was not Connery. There was a presentation of Casino Royale on the small screen, TV, before Dr.No on the big screen.
The real trick to dressing like James Bond is to wear it like you mean it. Don't act like it's your wedding and funeral suit that you bring out every couple of years and don't wear it like a costume like you're going to a CosPlay event. Wear these items like they are your natural daily clothing.
I saw Dr. No in May of 1963, the first week it was released in the U.S. I was a big fan of Connery's. And then the whole facade disintegrated in a matter of minutes, maybe seconds when I watched his infamous interview with Barbara Walters. Who would have imagined that "James Bond" had such a huge chip on his shoulder. For the young guys, a good appearance is important but it's not everything. Maintain balance.
I think there's not much of a difference between a Suit Supply suit made of Cerutti italian fabric, which cost $1.000 bucks, and a Tom Ford of 4k !.. maybe the TF is bespoke but thats all...Im only saying!
Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Daniel C., Pierce B.; for the love of all things holy, when wearing sandals / baring ones feet, have clean feet + get a prof. pedicure! please.
Sorry, incorrigible movie geek here. The first person to play Bond in the cinema was stuntman Bob Simmons. He played Bond in the opening gunbarrel sequence to Dr. No.
The "real" James Bond was the Bond of the books, who was not a fashion-conscious epicurean. He was instead very independent and utility oriented. His personal cars were revved up but generally used Bentleys as much as 20 years old. He wore short sleeved shirts with his limited wardrobe of two old navy blue suits in different weights, and a shabby dogtooth tweed for informal outdoor wear. He only wore black knitted silk ties tied four-in-hand. In the tropics he wore sandals with his lighter weight suit. Director Terence Young's remaking of the character for film, arguably as a way of visually evoking some of Fleming's marvelous life-savoring travelogue narrative, results in a less-admirable and less masculine hero. Luckily Sean Connery's lion-like presence could handle the poodleization.
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I’m in my late 60s….I’m a retired Navy Officer and retired Federal LEO. I’ve worked hard--continuing to do so - to stay active and in shape. I just recently gave my oldest daughter away….her wedding…..she asked that I do so wearing my formal Navy dress blues (I was her “something in blue”….it’s a bridal thing). While I sport more stripes now, more medals….it still fits me as well as it did a quarter century ago! I enjoy your videos….I’m adopting a “minimalist” life style, and want to have just a few quality clothing items that don’t “date me”. You really made me chuckle with your Birkenstock comment! I have a pair….I’ve had them for quite a few years….but rarely wear them. Off to Goodwill they’ll go! Thanks again, for a relaxing video….Bravo Zulu, well done, sir!
Thank you very much for your comment, Sir! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. And welcome to the community here. We have a lot of former Navy and Army Officers who enjoy this channel. Thank you for your service! 🫡
Dang I gotta get my money up
Small correction, Sinclair was situated on Conduit Street not Saville Row and the literary Bond was never clothed by Saville Row as confirmed by Fleming himself. Regardless great vid!
Thank you for letting me know!
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If you're looking for a sleeker watch that still retains the cushion case design of the one Bond is wearing for the 3rd outfit, have a look at the Seiko Turtle or the Doxa Sub 300.
Good suggestions, Pedro! I'm going to link the Seiko Turtle in the description to help people find it too
Great suggestion! When I graduated Navy OCS, my late father gifted me a stainless Rolex Submariner. I love the watch….but life on a Navy ship can challenge the longevity and looks of any watch. Rather than put my “Sub” through that, I bought a Seiko “turtle” at the Navy Exchange in Newport. I still have both watches….30 years of service, dependability and classic looks. I would guess…..I’ll have them until I move on to “whatever’s next”….and leave them to my son.
@@captaincoyote1792 watches are a great item to pass on! I wear my great grandfather’s watch to this day
Connery"s tailor Anthony Sinclair was NOT on Savile Row but nearby on Conduit St. He said Savile Row in Dr. No but that was because most people would recognize Savile Row but not Conduit St.
I really love your Work! Keep going!
Thank you!
If you would want an toolwatch alternativ to the breitling, you also could go for the Seiko Prospex GMT - SPB411J1
Nice, thank you for the suggestion!
Great breakdown and the looks are remarkably similar for all 3
Well done
Thank you, Michael!
What's funny is that novel Bond was the original slacker on clothes. He wore short sleeve shirts under suits, and loafers with suits because he didnt like to deal with shoelaces, lol. But early film Bond is iconic, and I'm glad he was re-created for film this way.
For outfit 2: You should be able to find an Orient Kamasu (true name Mako III), for about $200 second hand depending on your market.
It doesnt look exactly like the sub, but it has some resemblance, and it just cant be beat in this price range.
That magnificent sports jacket makes up for the fashion-crime of the powder-blue play-suit(?) he wears while chatting with Dink.
Can you do a video on the men's mod fashion of the late 60's and the different types?
Perhaps! I want to know I can make something well-informed and valuable and at the moment I don't have a great amount of knowledge on that style
His short sleeve shirt is very reminiscent of a traditional Mexican Guayabera. Another timeless approach to it.
Very good point!
Great insight brother, this is starting to become my favorite channel.
Excellent summary of timeless looks. Thank you for the more affordable recommendations!
The 3 piece Anthony Sinclair Goldfinger suit is such an icon. Saving for the replica currently! Problem is, I live in the Sonoran desert so there are very few opportunities to wear it
Haha yes I can’t imagine that would be too comfortable!
I never wear casual style all I wear suit and blazer and sport coat
Even if you were on a boat in the Bahamas? 😅
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Great video! Thank you for taking the time to make this and the added details. I really like how you add affordable alternatives. I especially love the watch alternatives. Although I think Bulova's Marine Star is a good watch I think Seiko Prospex King Turtle (thanks Pedro) is a better choice due to not only being an automatic but is a closer match cosmetically.
Thank you! I like the Seiko a lot too so I decided to put in the description for anyone who wants one
Hello sir great video seriously i knew you would mention gold finger 3 pieces outfit
It’s a classic! Glad you enjoyed the video
Ian Fleming may have invented James Bond while Sean Connery defined the character in the eyes of '60s cinemagoers. But the man with the real golden touch in the early days of the James Bond movie franchise was filmmaker Terence Young, who directed three of the first four 007 adventures, including 1962's series-inaugurating Dr. No. Along the way, he established Bond as an iconic screen character by imbuing Connery's agent with many of filmmaker's own attributes and habits. "The style that is associated with James Bond comes from Terence's style," longtime James Bond series producer Michael G. Wilson said in the 2000 documentary Terence Young: Bond Vivant. "The clothes and restaurants and the food and the wine and all those kind of things are Terence Young. He brought that flair."
Dr. No was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli. The latter had worked with Young on the 1953 war film The Red Beret and recruited the director to bring Fleming's book to the big screen. Before shooting began, Young went to work on Connery, buying him suits and, when pre-production began in Jamaica, helping teach the actor how to play golf.
"I think the most important element in the whole series, apart from Fleming himself... was Terence Young," Connery himself would recall in an interview with Mark Cousins. "I think he was the greatest influence. Terence had really identified very much with being the grand seignior. He took me on the trip to get our clothes and everything and it was an eye-opener. The budget on the clothes was astronomical in relation to the film but he was right, Terence, because there was a look about it. We had shoes handmade at Lobb's (British company John Lobb Bootmaker), and no cufflinks, a special fold-back button, and I used the Windsor knot, very small Windsor knot. Equally, we shared a similar sense of humor."
"I was a [Royal] Guards Officer during the war, and I thought I knew how Bond should behave," Young told Rolling Stone. "So I took Sean to my shirtmaker, my tailor and my shoemaker, and we filled him out."
Nice video, as for the watch in outfit 3 then i would recommend Pagani Design Model PD1782. This is more like the orginal in its retro style.
You should make a video on how to dress like James Bond in black tie. I would love to see that.🤵🏻
just a little correction, I'm a great 007 fan from Italy and I've to tell you that technically Connery didn't make the first six movies, but the first five plus the seventh, he came back because the sixth movie was with George Lazenby (on her majesty's secret service) and it Hasn't been a great success. by the way you are wearing a great jacket where did you buy it ? great contents
Thanks for the video. You should do one of Roger Moore next he looked like what you think when you think of a modern English Gentleman.. Anyways thanks regards, Paras
Thank you! Funnily enough, Roger Moore is the only Englishman aside from Daniel Craig who has played Bond! (Unless you include David Niven's Casino Royale)
Great video man!
Glad you liked it!
Well done
Thanks, Darby!
Connery is wearing the same rounded square cufflinks for outfit 2 as he wore in outfit 1. He and/or his costumer/dresser just put them in backwards and they had to go with it.
First actor on the big screen was Connery.
He said that¿
No, he said screen. The first actor to play Bond on the “screen” was not Connery. There was a presentation of Casino Royale on the small screen, TV, before Dr.No on the big screen.
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Great video. What blue blazer are you wearing. Sorry if you have discussed in another video. All the best.
I think fisherman sandals would look better even though sandals are not really my thing
The real trick to dressing like James Bond is to wear it like you mean it.
Don't act like it's your wedding and funeral suit that you bring out every couple of years and
don't wear it like a costume like you're going to a CosPlay event.
Wear these items like they are your natural daily clothing.
I saw Dr. No in May of 1963, the first week it was released in the U.S. I was a big fan of Connery's.
And then the whole facade disintegrated in a matter of minutes, maybe seconds when I watched his infamous interview with Barbara Walters.
Who would have imagined that "James Bond" had such a huge chip on his shoulder.
For the young guys, a good appearance is important but it's not everything.
Maintain balance.
I actually like suits the classic way more than modern
Daniel definitely best 007
And plays most realistic look
Plus best dressed
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Thank you, sir!
I think there's not much of a difference between a Suit Supply suit made of Cerutti italian fabric, which cost $1.000 bucks, and a Tom Ford of 4k !.. maybe the TF is bespoke but thats all...Im only saying!
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Men should dress like that more. Today’s style is not it.
Agreed!
Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Daniel C., Pierce B.; for the love of all things holy, when wearing sandals / baring ones feet, have clean feet + get a prof. pedicure! please.
Sorry, incorrigible movie geek here. The first person to play Bond in the cinema was stuntman Bob Simmons. He played Bond in the opening gunbarrel sequence to Dr. No.
James Bond is overrated - I much prefer the Laurel & Hardy aesthetic!
The "real" James Bond was the Bond of the books, who was not a fashion-conscious epicurean. He was instead very independent and utility oriented. His personal cars were revved up but generally used Bentleys as much as 20 years old. He wore short sleeved shirts with his limited wardrobe of two old navy blue suits in different weights, and a shabby dogtooth tweed for informal outdoor wear. He only wore black knitted silk ties tied four-in-hand. In the tropics he wore sandals with his lighter weight suit. Director Terence Young's remaking of the character for film, arguably as a way of visually evoking some of Fleming's marvelous life-savoring travelogue narrative, results in a less-admirable and less masculine hero. Luckily Sean Connery's lion-like presence could handle the poodleization.