What is that wierd beige coat worn by Donald Pleasance and Charles Grey with buttons right up to the neck, and a fold-down collar? It also seems to be a favourite cut amongst evil dictators such as Joseph Stalin and Kim Jong-Il.
Fleming wrote Blofeld as hiding his fat in double-breasted suits and Blofeld wore a lapelled coat in FRWL, as well as a Nehru in OHMSS (not sure about Thunderball). Anyway, I'm wondering what this weird style of suit is, and why Blofeld gave up his sense of fashion when facing Sean Connery in YOLT and DAF (the latter also contains a joke by Blofeld about ripping Bond's coat's shoulder).
Do Blofeld, Stalin, and Kim share the same tailor?
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General Koskov
, May 14 2003 02:57 AM
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Posted 09 June 2003 - 11:50 PM
Originally posted by General Koskov
What is that wierd beige coat worn by Donald Pleasance and Charles Grey with buttons right up to the neck, and a fold-down collar? It also seems to be a favourite cut amongst evil dictators such as Joseph Stalin and Kim Jong-Il.
Dude, they call it the Nehru Jacket & it was big back in the 60's.
http://www.seanparne.....ru Jacket.htm
http://www.badfads.c...hion/nehru.html
Jonathan Pryce wore a variation of the Nehru in TND.
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Posted 09 June 2003 - 11:51 PM
wish i had one, i think they look great
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Posted 09 June 2003 - 11:55 PM
Yeah...Originally posted by BONDFINESSE 007
wish i had one, i think they look great
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Posted 10 June 2003 - 12:01 AM
i think i will just take kim jong's...why does he need one anyway?
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Posted 14 June 2003 - 01:07 AM
Originally posted by BONDFINESSE 007
i think i will just take kim jong's...why does he need one anyway?
C'mon, with his physique:D
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Posted 30 June 2003 - 09:00 PM
No, it's not Nehru. Telly Savales' Blofeld wore Nehru jackets in OHMSS, but I think that was just Blofeld trying to be fashionable. I'm talking of the fold-down collar, rather than the stand-up collar of the Nehru jackets.
To find out what a Nehru collar looks like, take a suit jacket with notched lapels, and turn the collar up and the lapels in. This is the Nehru/'choker' collar which was--and is--used in military uniforms. In fact, the notched-lapel jacket was 'invented' because officers and soldiers would turn down their collars and open up the front of their jackets to be more comfortable.
To find out what a Nehru collar looks like, take a suit jacket with notched lapels, and turn the collar up and the lapels in. This is the Nehru/'choker' collar which was--and is--used in military uniforms. In fact, the notched-lapel jacket was 'invented' because officers and soldiers would turn down their collars and open up the front of their jackets to be more comfortable.
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Posted 22 July 2003 - 08:47 PM
The suits are from the World Domination collection at Villians R Us clothing outlets. No good meglomaniac would embark on a diabolical plot without one!