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Should the White/Cream Dinner Jacket return?


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#1 British Chap

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 06:22 PM

After back to back Daniel Craig films in a black tux and eight straight films with no white/cream tux, who wants to see the ol' dinner jacket make it's triumphant return? I think Daniel would look excellent in one and I think it could be really trend setting, especially with Tom Ford designing.

Something contemporary but classic would be the perfect little nod for the 50th anniversary film.

ignore the model's douchiness, and I think something cut similar to this would work really well:


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#2 Vauxhall

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 06:47 PM

Brandon Flowers modelling the white dinner jacket there...

As for its use in a Bond movie, I'm not convinced. I know what my reaction is if I see a youngish man wearing a white dinner jacket these days, and it's not particularly complimentary. I'd rather they keep it classic.

#3 Leon

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 07:11 PM

Yea, it wouldn't suit Craig. Connery could pull it off alright, but it still looks more like he should be on stage than a spy in a casino. Particularly as Daniel Craig is blond, it wouldn't look too stylish.

#4 d21089

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 07:14 PM

Brandon Flowers modelling the white dinner jacket there...


That would explain the douchiness then...

Not sure on this one, I think with the blond hair, Craig is better off sticking to darker suits.

Though if this doesn't sell you on white dinner jackets i don't know what will ;)
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#5 marktmurphy

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 09:32 PM

Only if he goes to the tropics; they're not to be worn anywhere else. China might just about do it, but not keen otherwise.

#6 Trevelyan 006

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 09:33 PM


Brandon Flowers modelling the white dinner jacket there...


That would explain the douchiness then...

Not sure on this one, I think with the blond hair, Craig is better off sticking to darker suits.

Though if this doesn't sell you on white dinner jackets i don't know what will ;)
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#7 Jim

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 09:35 PM

Only if he goes to the tropics; they're not to be worn anywhere else. China might just about do it, but not keen otherwise.


Quite. Unless he's undercover as a waiter.

#8 Simon

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 09:43 PM

Is there some sartorial rule to say that white jackets are acceptable in the daytime?

#9 Jim

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 09:47 PM

Is there some sartorial rule to say that white jackets are acceptable in the daytime?


I always understood it to be open air event garb, afternoon to evening, tropics or on a cruise. Or a waiter. Perhaps he gets invited to a garden party.

#10 Jeff007

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 09:52 PM


Only if he goes to the tropics; they're not to be worn anywhere else. China might just about do it, but not keen otherwise.


Quite. Unless he's undercover as a waiter.

Agreed.

#11 AMC Hornet

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 10:11 PM

Aww, doesn't Justin look cute?

Just like a little man
...or a delinquent in juvenile court, hoping to look too young and innocent to prosecute.

Brandon Flowers, on the other hand, might look better if he wore his duds looser, a la Justin Baby.

As for the jacket,

Connery: Central America and Las Vegas;
Moore: Bangkok, India and an outdoor aftertoon reception in France.

If the location and/or occasion demands it, I say sure (who's going to look Craig's Bond in the eye and criticize?).

I'd also like to see DC in uniform - but again, only if the occasion demands.

Edited by AMC Hornet, 07 November 2011 - 10:12 PM.


#12 Messervy

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Posted 08 November 2011 - 09:24 PM

I think the white dinner jacket is now utterly unfashionable. It was very smart up until the 50's (extended to the Connery era, as far as Bond is concerned), then gradually less so as time moved on. Moore's white in AVTAK was really far-fetched, and I guess the last remnant of a now bygone age.
I trust it wouldn't suit (no pun intended?) Craig one bit.

#13 Matt_13

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Posted 08 November 2011 - 10:20 PM

Nah. A tan suit sure, but not a white one. Not exactly fashionable.

#14 TCK

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Posted 08 November 2011 - 10:34 PM

White jacket ? Like in Layer cake ? I do think that would work.

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#15 00Twelve

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 04:24 AM

It's something I'm saddened to have to accept, but the dinner jacket is, for now, passe. Until one fashion designer brings it back, and then out of left field it will totally be chic again. If it can happen with tapered jeans (which are presumably made on Satan's sewing machine), the dinner jacket deserves a comeback.

Probably not this time, though.

#16 delfloria

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 04:48 AM

The picture above proves that it would be a bad idea. No contrast and bit washed out because of DC lighter hair color.

#17 Mr_Wint

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 07:30 PM

I wouldn't mind. I can't think of anything more James Bondish than a white dinner jacket. Bring back the royal navy uniform as well.

#18 Messervy

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Posted 10 November 2011 - 09:44 PM

White jacket ? Like in Layer cake ? I do think that would work.

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Actually, no. We're talking white "dinner" jacket, i.e white tux', not white jacket.

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Posted 22 July 2015 - 03:58 PM

So, with the release of the SPECTRE full trailer today, how do we feel about Bond bringing back the White Dinner jacket?

Pleasantly satisifed?

Still against it?

Do we think it will be trendsetting? Or just a pleasant reference.

It's back!!

#20 Vauxhall

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Posted 22 July 2015 - 04:01 PM

It looks great. Glad they've given it a shot.

#21 AMC Hornet

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Posted 22 July 2015 - 05:33 PM

I knew this thread would reappear.

 

Sucks to anyone who said Craig wouldn't look good.

 

(I wore my white DJ to an evening of the Philharmonic playing 007 themes. I was the only one there dressed that way who wasn't in the orchestra. At least no one asked me to take their drink orders.)



#22 Dustin

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Posted 22 July 2015 - 06:36 PM

Frankly, I'm still not entirely sold on the thing...
No, I guess it's fine. May sound strange but it reminds me of the fantastic Temple of Doom opening in the Obi Wan club.

#23 AMC Hornet

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Posted 22 July 2015 - 06:58 PM

Indy's entrance was supposed to remind us of Goldfinger...



#24 Dustin

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Posted 22 July 2015 - 07:05 PM


I know, it just didn't work that way with me. Probably the whole Obi Wan setup, cabaret act, revolving table, tit-for-tat, poison-antidote, helter-skelter that follows made me forget about Goldfinger.

#25 British Chap

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Posted 23 July 2015 - 01:10 AM

I knew this thread would reappear.
 
Sucks to anyone who said Craig wouldn't look good.
 
(I wore my white DJ to an evening of the Philharmonic playing 007 themes. I was the only one there dressed that way who wasn't in the orchestra. At least no one asked me to take their drink orders.)


Needless to say, I'm so excited to see it back.

I actually wore one myself not too long after that 2011 poster. I did get a few waiter jokes, but also a ton of compliments, even from those that didn't see the Bond connection.

I'll be curious to see the reaction to it as a fashion statement. Especially for those who don't connect I back to Connery as an homage.

Hope we get some publicity stills in it like for the blue one in Skyfall.

#26 jaguar007

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Posted 23 July 2015 - 04:05 PM

Frankly, I'm still not entirely sold on the thing...
No, I guess it's fine. May sound strange but it reminds me of the fantastic Temple of Doom opening in the Obi Wan club.

I also got the Humphrey Bogart "Casablanca" vibe in TOD.

 

It has been 30 years since we last saw Bond in a white dinner jacket.



#27 hoagy

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Posted 23 July 2015 - 07:58 PM

You might want to watch the new, Second Trailer for SPECTRE....and it is not the ONLY jacket which makes a momentous return !!!



#28 sharpshooter

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Posted 24 July 2015 - 02:43 PM

So, with the release of the SPECTRE full trailer today, how do we feel about Bond bringing back the White Dinner jacket?

I'm happy to see the white jacket back. It feels extra special considering how long it's been too. It also means Craig joins my other two favourite Bonds, Connery and Moore, in wearing one.