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Killer threads: suiting Mr Connery October 4, 2012 IF you were being bold, you might argue that the 5 October 1962 – 50 years ago today – was the most important date in the history of Hollywood’s love affair with men’s style. It was the day Dr No opened in cinemas, giving the first glimpse of 007 as he sat at the baccarat [...]
Four other blockbusting suits from the movies October 4, 2012 Cary Grant: North by Northwest (1962) A clean-cut classic, cut by Kilgour French & Stanbury of Savile Row, makes this Grant’s most stylish appearance. Robert Redford: The Great Gatsby (1974) Redford sports a series of sublime suits in the film, of which this dandified pink number with lavish waistcoat, is the best. Steve McQueen: The Thomas [...]
Bond remains as cool as ever in latest outing October 4, 2012 Since Daniel Craig’s tenure as Bond his wardrobe has been the domain of Tom Ford, working with the films’ costume designers. From the few Skyfall snippets we’ve seen, Ford is keeping things strictly on the straight and narrow, with slim, light-grey suits lifted by a mere hint of white pocket square. Maybe even Bond watches [...]
London’s other sartorial street October 4, 2012 I LIKE to get round London by Boris Bike because it’s quick. simple and cheap – but it brings me an additional pleasure. Given the distribution and popularity of bike stops, when I come west from the City I always park in St James’s Square and walk up along Jermyn Street. And it’s such a joy. [...]
The Mayfair maestros behind Becks’s Olympic suit October 4, 2012 DANIEL Craig looked dashing enough in his tux while tripping over the Queen’s corgis, but cutting by far the suaver dash at the Olympic Opening Ceremony was David Beckham, powering up the Thames in a speedboat, torch in hand. In a dark blue suit and white shirt, he was a paragon of paired back English [...]
Gallic style that’s perfect for an English gent October 4, 2012 ITS name may sound as English as fish’n’chips, but JM Weston is one of France’s great luxury marques, producing hand-crafted shoes since 1891. It has just opened a fabulously chi-chi boutique – think super-sleek gents’ club – on Jermyn Street. City A.M. asked the company’s artistic director, Michel Perry, if there was room for Gallic va va [...]
Autumn tones October 4, 2012 iPad case in mulberry leather Leather-bound in the UK by Aukward. £149.99 from Aukward. www.aukward.com Pilot watch on leather strap The El Primero Pilot Big Date Special by Zenith. £4,700 from the Watch Gallery. www.watchgallery.com Camel-brown gloves Leather gloves lined with cashmere by Want Les Essentiels de la Vie. £205 from Mr Porter. www.mrporter.com Document [...]
Fleet Street’s historic temple of bespoke October 4, 2012 Thresher & Glenny isn’t the kind of place you are likely to just stumble across, tucked away as it is on Middle Temple Lane, just off Fleet Street. But this inauspicious little store could just be the oldest remaining tailor in the world: one that has survived through word of mouth, as it has since [...]
Few perks in this soppy teen melodrama October 4, 2012 FILM THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Cert 12A ** THE PERKS of Being a Wallflower promises to be that rare thing: a high school movie with weight; a coming of age story about characters you recognise. It follows the archetypal bunch of High School Misfits (TM); a group so socially hideous that they can [...]
Our Boys is a brave look at post-war trauma October 4, 2012 THEATRE OUR BOYS The Duchess Theatre **** It’s press night at Our Boys, and I’m sandwiched between London’s new theatrical glitterati – Billie Piper, Jemima Rooper and several generations of Dr Who. They were there to support their boys: a group of 20 somethings including Laurence Fox (of THAT acting dynasty) portraying the shattered lives [...]
