Comments on: Bondage by Tom Ford

By: SAA

SAA — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:25:11 +0000

I agree with Will—mohair not top class…? And Craig’s vest being “voluminously cut”…? Bit your tongue twofold, Izzy. I own a bit of Gucci-era Tom Ford as well as a number of pieces from his eponymously named line and “voluminous” simply has never really been in the man’s sartorial vocabulary. James Bond looks better than he ever has.

Do you have any idea what mohair COSTS…? “Never been considered high class”… Mohair…? That’s the equivalent of saying that Shakespeare’s canon of literature is just “meh”.

By: Glinda

Glinda — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:31:54 +0000

Isn’t there a difference between a fabric with “sheen” and “shiny” fabric? I can’t imagine anything made with mohair looking cheap.

Anyhoo, don’t mind me, I’ll just sit here in the corner and drool over Mr. Craig, if you don’t mind.

By: Fashion style of leadership

Fashion style of leadership — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:45:56 +0000

THIS is how it’s done.
And don’t any of you forget it. As it seems no one will ever dress this fashionably again except for me and my employees.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:35:02 +0000

Mohair not top class? It’s worn by the best dressed men in the world, from the late Gianni Agnelli to the current Prince of Wales. And Tonic was some of the best of it but it’s no longer made.

Also, Craig’s vest is a five button model. The unbuttoned button, if you will, is the bottom one on a six button vest which, if present on Craig’s vest, would have been down where it could not have been buttoned in the first place due to the cut.

By: C.S.

C.S. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:17:17 +0000

Note that the costume designer does not say that Bond himself ever wore such shiny fabric, which, whatever its merits, has never been considered high class.

Yes, but also note that Bond himself was not considered high class. My recollection of the books is that part of Bond’s psychology is based on the fact that he’s a striver — he’s got the upper class education but not the upper class breeding. Others see him in this light, and are happy to let him do their dirty work for them, but they don’t really see Bond as one of them.