Ford, Tom Ford, will be dressing Bond, James Bond in ‘Quantum of Solace’.
LA Times has reported that Ford confirmed the news yesterday in Italy, where the former creative director of Gucci and YSL is opening a new menswear store in Milan’s ‘Golden Triangle’ shopping district.
“It’s a terrific representation for us,” said Ford. “A lot of people think if you wear conservative clothing your life is dull and uninteresting. But James Bond is this character who is sophisticated yet he sleeps with three girls at once and (has a car) with parachutes coming out of it. His life is very interesting, so I thought it was a good fit.”
Ford teamed up with the film’s costume designer, Louise Frogley, to create made-to-measure suits, shirts, knitwear, ties and his own take on 007’s signature tuxedo, in navy blue.
“We made about 420 pieces for 11 costume changes,” Ford said. “For each scene we made three suits that were perfect, three suits that were bloodied and blown up, three suits that were bloodied, blown up and had been in a pool — and then we had to make most of those different permutations for the stunt men as well.”
“He (Craig) is the best Bond since Sean Connery. He’s a terrific guy to dress and he’s pretty powerful with what he wears,” Ford, 46, added.
So was it a challenge to dress up Daniel Craig as Bond? Apparently it was not.
“Their tastes are very similar,” Ford commented. “Daniel knows himself really well and he likes to keep it very, very, very, very simple. For example, it’s hard to get him to wear diamond studs with a tuxedo. He prefers buttons.”
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