Daniel Craig's pink velvet tuxedo on the No Time To Die premiere: An evaluation
Earlier than we start I want to stress that I’m completely not right here at hand out any commendations to males for being “courageous” sufficient to put on pink.
Lengthy since previous are the times when masculine wardrobes have been restricted to muted tones of greys, browns, blues and blacks; and the very notion {that a} former XY chromosome must be congratulated for sporting a shade that isn’t solely eminently flattering but additionally splendidly straightforward to put on (and, primarily, ungendered) is nothing in need of barmy.
The reality is, nevertheless, that I’m right here to commend Daniel Craig, the sixth James Bond, who final evening wore a deep fuchsia pink velvet tuxedo – double-breasted, no much less! – to the much-delayed premiere of No Time To Die, his closing flip as 007, at London’s Royal Albert Corridor.
Not solely did the jacket, a bespoke quantity from storied Savile Row tailor Anderson & Sheppard, match Craig like a strangler’s glove, however the particulars have been as impeccable as one would hope from the human vector for essentially the most fastidious spy to have ever been dedicated to web page and display screen.
From the pink velvet-clad buttons (appropriately fixed – take observe, Prince Charles) to the artfully matted pocket sq., the superbly hand-tied bow tie, the pristine gown shirt (all from Budd), the eye-popping polish of his patent Crockett & Jones sneakers, and the elegant glint of his Sedna gold Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra wristwatch, 53-year-old Craig appeared the very image of recent masculine composure.
The broad peak lapels of his swimsuit, an Anderson & Sheppard signature, lengthened the majority of his body and, one way or the other, labored effectively in tandem together with his quasi-elven ears, whereas the shoulder of the jacket sat completely above his bothersomely honed bicep.
All that fantastic prissiness apart, nevertheless, it’s actually for the truth that Craig, like a rough-hewn Iris Apfel of his technology, knowingly selected to put on a brilliant pink jacket towards the backdrop of a daring scarlet carpet, that I consider he deserves essentially the most reward.
It has lengthy been decreed by a few of the much less progressive quarters of the menswear fraternity that pink and pink ought to by no means be worn collectively. As outmoded a notion because the one which suggests shades of navy blue and black can’t be sported in tandem (a pile of Blofeld, in case you ask me), if worn within the right method the mixture of salmon and scarlet, or of maroon and millennial pink, can look, effectively, as elegant as Craig did final evening.
One factor I’ll say, nevertheless, is that the minimize of his jacket sleeve could possibly be a smidge longer. Simply by an inch. However that’s a matter of non-public style, Mr Bond.
