All Bond fans will be very excited to know like I am that the Babican in London are as the Golden Anniversary of James Bond is coming up putting on an exhibition in collaboration with EON Productions to give an open all access look at everything Bond, this includes the tailoring and costumes worn by both the actors that have played James Bond over all the films and by the actors that have played the villains, the gadgets and weapons that were designed by special effects wizards Jon Stears and Chris Corbould, storyboards for each James Bond movie, set designs, automobiles, special effects, graphic design, motion graphics, the craft behind the stunts and the props used in each film.
EON Productions have for this approached Anthony Sinclair,-one of the fashion designers that was involved in creating the lavishly designed costumes worn in these films, which you might already know tailored the first ever James Bond suit for Sean Connery-, has requested that they faithfully reproduce the midnight blue evening suit that Sean Connery wore in the 1962 'Dr.No', as well as the infamous three piece suit worn in 'Goldfinger' and five other suits that were worn by Sean Connery in the film.
But there is one wrinkle in doing this...the clothes made for Sean Connery by Anthony Sinclair have long since disappeared and the records of the production of these clothes have also disappeared, so these 'faithful reproductions' specifications are having to be put together piece by piece with a little help from the curators of the exhibit and it's guest exhibit curator Oscar Winning costume designer Lindy Hemming who was one of the many names who were involved in designing the costumes for these James Bond films...and this starts with the fabric that was used.
As you already may know from a previous blog post that the fabric used for the midnight blue evening suit is a Barathea fabric which is a mixture of Mohair that's taken from the Angora goat and Merino sheep's wool...this makes the perfect tailor made evening suit as Merino New Zealand sheep create the finest fleece whereas the Mohair is a resistant, light weight fiber that is much more crease resistant than any other fabric that is used for suits.
The other day I was on Twitter and I saw on Mr. Porter.com that because of this it looks like midnight blue Tuxedo's and Evening Wear is coming back into fashion.
If you want to have a wander over to Mr.Porter.com to see the range of midnight blue suits and other wears here is the link:
http://www.mrporter.com/Shop/Search?keywords=midnight+blue+tuxedo&x=0&y=0
And here's a stylish fashion tip if you really want to make the suit look as dapper as Mr.James Bond himself, why not get a white linen handkerchief and fold it and have it just peeping out of the jacket pocket.
If your really excited like me about this exhibition at the Barbican, London and your thinking like me that you might pencil into your diary the dates for this, then make sure you keep the 6th July to 5th September 2012 free!
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