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[License To Kill]

We all know that Sean and Roger have donned white tuxedos in Goldfinger and Octopussy, respectively. So, my question is: Do you think Pierce will don a white tuxedo for either 21, 22, or 23?


~LTK~

[JackChase007]

It would be a nice touch - heck it would've been perfect for the Ice Palace (as a little homage).

[11 11]

He sure wore one enough in Remington Steele

[Xenobia]

As 11 11 pointed out...Pierce proves he can work the white tux, and JC was right...he should have worn one in the Ice Palace, except I think a white tux is only acceptable during the summer in less formal events like drinks at club or hotel, or at a casino in Vegas (Connery) or the Rivera (where Remington Steele wore it), and Bond would never make a fashion faux pas like that.

My guess is come Bond 21 if he is in a tropical climb, having a drink or something, Bond might wear white again.

-- Xenobia

[rubixcub]

Funny, I was thinking of this topic but kept forgetting about it. Suffice it to say, I'm all for it.

Dave

[kevrichardson]

white Dinner jacket, or tuxedo is a fashion no-no these days. us less you are in the mid-east , think Bogart . and in as far as Connery in Goldfinger , remember the pre-title was set in a Latin American state.

[11 11]

Yes but is Pierce wears one in Bond 21 suddenly it will be back in style.

[JackChase007]

Haha - yes, it certainly will be. Besides, AH-NULD pulled one off in True Lies - why can't the original superspy himself do it?

[taxman2001]

I was thinking of wearing a Bond-esque tux at my wedding in August.

In light of what's been said here I may consider a white one.

But then again Lancashire isn't really a Tropical climate ....

[JackChase007]

Taxman:

GO FOR IT!

[General Koskov]

I expect a sailor--even a chocolate one--would not wear white civies in the winter*. But then Bond's Brioni doesn't have a wing collar, nor is his coat a 'bumfreezer', so I suppose he's not going for the 'Look at me, I'm a Commander!' look.

*It was awfully sunny in Iceland for winter.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

Yeah, I think Brosnan might be able to pull it off. Even if it's just for a few minutes (like Connery in GF), it would still be a nice touch. A relative of mine wore a white tux to his wedding (complete with red flower in his lapel!) and he looked smashing. Of course, this was in California, so it was fitting for the scenery, since they got married on the beach. So if Bond goes somewhere warm and sunny to a casino, then I'd say go for it.

[Vodka Martino]

Originally posted by JackChase007
Taxman:

GO FOR IT!

Yeah, Taxman. Do it. Just turn up the heating to give the night that tropical feel.

Vodka Martino

[JackChase007]

Yeah, and make sure to have your tailor fit you with a PPK - no Bond fan is complete without one.

[gkgyver]

Doesn't Pierce wear some kind of white tux in TWINE?

[taxman2001]

Unfortunately with the band wagon being jumped on by politicians in good ol' blighty at the moment the chances are even a toy PPK would land me in jail for the rest of my life ....

[JackChase007]

Damn the law...

No, Pierce didn't wear a white tux in TWINE - he wore a white coat over a blue shirt - it was a more casual look - no tie in those scenes.

[Vodka Martino]

Originally posted by JackChase007
Yeah, and make sure to have your tailor fit you with a PPK - no Bond fan is complete without one.

Exactly, but make sure the barrel is pointing up, not down. Those things leak water like nothing else!

V.M.

[manitou007]

I think I remember him wearing one in The Thomas Crown affair, a film that really confused me.

I remember coming into the living room half-way through a trailer for it, showing Pierce Brosnan rolling under a closing door in an art gallery while alarm lights were flashing. The first thing I thought was "A Bond movie coming out and me not knowing? How can this be?"

[zencat]

The white tux. Yes, definitely. But the situation needs to be right. Bond needs to be in some exotic locale where a white tux would be appropriate. Like India. Whoops, we already did that. Where else? Jamacia maybe? Wait! Saudi Arabia. Yes. Done.

[Mourning Becomes Electra]

manitou007,

Nope, it was a black tux in TCA, but with a white tie undone because his (then) Bond contract didn't allow him to appear in full tux in a film outside Bond.

For my two cents he looks better in a black (really it's midnight blue) tux than a white one. But if the occasion and the locale fit then sure what the heck. How about Morrocco? Or maybe even Malta. Far more picturesque than say Saudi Arabia, and easier to film in.

[Harmsway]

MBE, are you sure it's a midnight blue tux? Because everything I've read about the tux says it's black. (Personally, if it is really blue, it's a cool tidbit).

[Mourning Becomes Electra]

Harmsway, yes I've read in several articles with the Brioni people and Lindy Hemmings that's it's midnight blue.

http://www.brioni.it...ish/bondrig.htm

"For the perennial James Bond scenes where the character steps out in formal wear, Brioni has turned out an insouciant yet subtle twist on tradition: midnight blue rather that black, an invention of Edward VII, the Prince of Wales, who once maintained that the color was "blacker than black" in the glare of bright evening spotlights."

MBE

[1q2w3e4r]

Im pretty sure you'll find Brosnan only wears a midnight blue tux in Tomorrow Never Dies. It's easily identifiable in the scenes in the sound proof room. That said. I don't think Bond should wear a tux at all in 21. LT was kinda right when he said Bond always now just seems to hang around some where in a tux. When was this requirement established???

[Harmsway]

Thanx, MBE and Iq2w3e4r. Interesting to know.

[Mourning Becomes Electra]

Hmmm, then maybe it's just TND, but actually it does look better than the pure black. I agree with Edward VII.

As for why Bond now has to wear one, well by now he just "does" (same reason he has to have more than one woman), and if he didn't you'd hear the complaints like you did when he didn't say the exact phrase "shaken not stirred" in DAD, more since he's said that far less times than he's worn a tux.

Besides if he's wearing a tux it means he's in some place elegant and expensive and that's one of the pleasures of Bond films. And most importantly, Brosnan looks splendid in one, so why not.

[zencat]

I agree with you MBE. The tux must appear in each film. It's about the only traditional element I require (that and "Bond, James Bond'). Everything else...car, "shaken not stirred", a casino...I could skip a film or two and not miss it. In fact, it would nice to have a carless film. The car thing is WAY overdone.