The WORST Dressed James Bond 007 Style Ranking [0:00:00]
What’s up with Roger Craig? [Sound effect] Daniel Craig. Damn it!
Let’s start things off with the worst dressed James Bond ever. Who owns this title? I’m
giving it to Timothy Dalton. Now, Timothy Dalton we saw on the two movies,
The Living Daylights and A Licensed to Kill. Now, to Dalton’s credit in the movie The
Living Daylights, he actually had some good combinations. We see a nice three-piece suit,
he’s got a tan suit, he even chooses some pretty good sports jackets. But, in the movie,
Licensed to Kill, somebody should have killed the wardrobe department.
What is up with this fit? Now, I get it, Timothy Dalton is a victim of the 1980s. We saw Armani
suits coming in, everything was oversized, everything was loose fit. Come on, we had
history here, and we had some great examples. And this is a perfect example of when an actor
and the costume department fall into the time period.
And, besides the heavy shoulder pads, let’s look at the choice of colors, a lot of pastels.
Apparently, whoever was in the wardrobe department here, they were watching Miami Vice and they
thought, “Oh! That’s great, let’s bring this into James Bond.”
And, I know what you’re thinking, “Okay. What about black tie? Timothy Dalton got that
right.” Not exactly. Again, look at the fit of the jacket and look at how deep down
that V goes. Guys, this is not a classic look. And, overall, I have to give the title of
the worst dressed James Bond to Timothy Dalton. So, coming in at number two on our list of
the worst dressed James Bond, we’ve got George Lazenby. If you’ve never heard of
this guy, that’s okay. He only played in one movie, the shortest tenure ever of a 007.
And, he’s got a really interesting story of how he got the role, but let’s talk about
actually what he did right. He’s got some good outfit combinations.
Look at that three-piece suit. Right there, I thought that was nice. Good choice of tie
with a knitted tie and the fit is spot on. This double-breasted jacket combination in
navy, again, really nice, good-looking tie with a bit of contrast. The fit is spot on.
Let’s look at that cream linen suit. Again, looks really nice. Then, we look at that tuxedo
in midnight blue. That’s a classic choice of color. Midnight blue is actually darker
than black, a perfect choice. But, this is where we start to see some of the mistakes.
The ruffles. The ruffles on that tuxedo and that shirt right there that combination, oh,
my gosh! Now, George really liked the ruffles. Let’s
look at this other combination. Now, I think that’s cool that he’s wearing kilt and
even though it’s a disguise, but what is up with all the ruffles? I get it, but, man,
this just nowadays you look at this and you wonder what was he thinking?
And, let’s talk about that all brown golf suit with an orange turtleneck, an interesting
combination with the women’s bathrobe incident. Guys, this is what put him this high on the
worst dressed list. Next up, we’ve got Roger Moore, the so-called
lover James Bond. Actually, I really enjoyed this guy as James Bond, but he did make some
questionable choices. Now, overall, I love that he brought in a lot of just different
things that we hadn’t seen before such as the safari suit.
This right here is a classic piece of menswear. He brought it back. Some people think it’s
been a bit dated. I actually just like a safari suit. I think it’s a great option as a sports
jacket. You wear this, you’re going to stand out from the crowd.
When it comes to black tie, when it comes to formal attire, Roger Moore did a great
job. When it comes to either wearing a white jacket or a black jacket, he’s got it covered.
And let’s look at his casual wear choices. I really like his safari shirts. And then,
we go over and we look at something like a simple dark colored turtleneck. Or we go over
and we look at some of his other choices bringing in vest, bringing in different combinations.
Again, when we look at his casual choices, his clothing fits him pretty darn well.
Now, the reason that Roger Moore is in higher up on this list is a lot of his fits and a
lot of his suit choices haven’t aged well. Now, the track suit actually, that’s back
in fashion, so you could say he was even a trend setter.
But, let’s look at the Moonraker jumpsuit. Ugh! Okay, free pass on that one. But, this
jean suits? I know, it was the hype of the 1970s and he actually looked pretty good in
it. But, man, just you need to have a – you need to be James Bond to be able to pull this
thing off. And, as I mentioned, fit. Fit is what dates
all of Roger Moore’s outfit. When we look at this, we see the 1970s. Even when he has
some classic combinations, it’s those bell bottoms, it’s those wide pants, it’s just
the whole flair that we have there going. Maybe it will come back, but Roger Moore at
this point, yeah, I had to put him as the third worst dressed James Bond.
Now, this next James Bond is polarizing. I know a lot of you guys think he should be
the best dressed, many of you think he should be the worst dressed. And, if you disagree
with my placement of him, let me know down in the comments. I want to hear from you guys.
I want to see your ranking of the worst to actually the best dressed James Bond.
But, coming in as the fourth worst, I guess we could actually say third best. However
you want to say it is Daniel Craig. Now, from a style perspective, what I most love about
Daniel Craig as James Bond is the wide variety of outfits and situations we’ve been able
to see this actor basically portrayed the character and just bring us from tons of casual
great looks. That polo in navy, yeah, just a great look to casual henleys to leather
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Let’s go over and let’s look he’s over in Madagascar. So, we get to see hot weather.
He’s up in the mountains, he’s over in London, we get to see layered outfits. And
that’s what I love so much about his character. Now, the big issue, a lot of classic style
guys have with this James Bond, the fit of the suits. James Bond is known for the suit.
You’ve got to nail the fit. And they look at this as, yeah, one to two sizes too small.
Look at that dreaded X right there on the front of his suit and I have to agree that
he probably could have gone a bit more with a classic style.
However, I understand why they did this, again, it’s about the time period. In 2007-2008,
we saw the trend of the close-fitted suit. And the designers whoever came out, we know
was working on these outfits here, they decided to go with that for better or worse.
Now, if you want to get a better picture of what Daniel Craig would have looked like with
the more classic fit as James Bond, check out the movie Knives Out. In this movie, what
do we see? Daniel Craig, the same actor wearing clothing that’s got a more casual – a
looser fit. Now, you could say, okay, this isn’t an
exact representation, but it does show that you can have the same guy wear different fits
of clothing that are similar and get a different look. And, it should be noted that Daniel
Craig as James Bond has excellent choice when it comes to watches when it comes to sunglasses,
and always wearing a pocket square. So, at this point we’re transitioning into
the best dressed James Bond. Coming in at number two, the second best ever James Bond,
we’ve got the original James Bond, Sean Connery.
So, the first time we ever see James Bond on the screen is when Sean Connery is playing
him in the movie, Dr. No. We see the character and he is immaculately dressed in black tie.
He’s got shawl lapels with a midnight blue tuxedo just a classic ensemble. I really like
this look. And then, over in Goldfinger, what do we see?
Again, he continues, we’ve got a great glen check three-piece suit and we continue throughout
that movie to actually see him actually pull off a white dinner jacket, the guy undershirt
what classic style was all about and he set the standard for every James Bond after him.
And, Sean Connery, his James Bond knew how to do casual ride. Let’s look at him go
into the beach in Thunderball. What is he wearing? Linen shirt, swim trunks that fit
him appropriately and espadrilles. So, why isn’t Sean Connery number one? Because
he’s had some incidents. Let’s look at the pink tie. What is up with the short pink
tie? Doesn’t really make much sense. Okay. Let’s give him a pass on that, but the terry
cloth playsuit. I mean it sounds cool and I guess you’re James Bond, you could pull
off whatever. But, it just looks dated and, man, he really did like that terry cloth.
So, coming in at the number one spot in my opinion the best dressed James Bond, Pierce
Brosnan. So, when I think of James Bond, I think of the gentleman spy that knows how
to wear a suit. And this is what Pierce Brosnan did perfectly. He knew how to wear a suit,
he knew how to get the fit right. He knew the classic colors; charcoal, navy. He brought
in a few glen plaids. But, overall, this guy just nailed it again and again.
And, we look at his black tie, spot on fit, spot on with the fabric, every detail he paid
attention to. When you see the guy move in the suits, the fit, again, is spot on. And
I’ve talked about the importance of fit. Guys, fit is king above all else. This is
what Pierce Brosnan nailed. And, let’s not forget his casual wear choices
from leather jackets to turtleneck sweaters. They guy again and again nailed the look,
and that’s why he’s got my top spot. Now, gents, I know you’ve got an opinion.
I know you disagree with some of my choices. Let me know down in the comments. I want to
hear from you how would you have actually put out this ranking.
And, what video to watch next? How about how James Bond breaks style rules and still gets
the girl? Guys, find out how he does it, how he always looks good, how he always just bends
the rules to his will in this video right here.
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