our enemies think we are gentle men
it's time to remind the world what gentlemen are
the kingsman films are so heightened it's fast it's furious it's funny at times it's
deadly serious at times i mean beautifully choreographed and really well considered
you're going to need a suit come on
i first heard about the kingsman film when matthew called me because he really liked
my work on the crown michelle i gave her the brief that even though it's a period
of drama i didn't want it to feel like a period drama i love the fact that it was
set in a taylor shop obviously huntsman in savile row i mean that appeals to me i met
with matthew and i went along with a few mood boards and things about what i felt we could
do within the period to give it that kingsman look that ariana established so much so on the
kingsman films and yeah we obviously hit it off and he invited me to be part of the journey i
know you want to fight but there are other ways of doing your duty welcome to the club very clever
so the king's man is a prequel to the kingsman films and it's set in just pre-first world war
and going into the war it's centered around the kingsman world famous taylor so there's a sort of
gentleman-like quality to the backbone of the film obviously different period whole new set
of characters and it's based around a series of true events but it's following the oxford
family and how the kingsman was formed while governments wait for orders our people take action
so when i first start a show or a film such as kingsman i research into the period
try and find as many references as i can look at fabrics at the time look at the weight of fabrics
look at characters as well and put it on board so that we're surrounding us
and so that we can really start thinking about the period and start creating palettes for each
person for instance a duke of oxford played by ray fines oxford's very traditional so we put lots of
traditional tweed there's also warmth to him and a sadness so we sort of try and choose colours
which are slightly muted and you try and find these characters that you can sort of
hook them onto and the way they might wear their costume and the way they might
treat their clothes and their attention to detail i think because most people's references are from
paintings or photographs they don't allow for the quirks in society so i think if you dig
deep enough you often find what you want to find to say something individual about a character
and the work room i think on kingsman i probably had five tailors so we experiment we cut shapes
the actors will come in we'll see what's working proportionally it's the sort of requirement to
honour the kingsman gesture of beautiful beautiful men's tailoring and of course
each person's body is different and so how a particular cloth a particular period how it sits
on the body and how to look elegant and effortless and part of that person that's a real skill
it was never really mooted about it becoming a collection but as we saw the clothes develop i
think that idea grew with matthew as well you know we've got the kingsman fashion label and
the two things interweave a lot so how do we make these suits accessible which
you or i would actually wear he was very concerned that it shouldn't look
too period but at the same time he didn't want it to be wrong and removed from the period so it
was really interesting exploring elements like the height of the collar the main thing we had
to change to make it look more contemporary was the shoulder seam because in early 19th century
the shoulder scene was really raked back and i think we just brought it forward by an inch or
so and maybe some of the jackets weren't quite as long and you'd make minor tweaks and it becomes
something that everyone actually all the actors love their suits they all wanted to wear them
harris who we first dressed within a week or so went i love this i want to wear suits like this we
looked obviously little uniforms leather jackets as well even his motorcycle jacket we researched
into it and then we found a couple of references so it gave us the right to sort of explore that
each actor has a very different take on how important costume is to them and how it helps
them find the character rafe in particular is fascinated by costume is knowledgeable about
costume and is really involved in how it should fit how it expresses him the aviator's jacket
that rafe wears when he's flying was taken from the jackets that pilots would wear at the time
it has this big map pocket on the front it buckles right up to the neck it's got a really high collar
at the back and it's an amazing piece of kit and so we took the originals which were actually quite
tough and heavy and we managed to find a beautiful leather which had the look of weight and is heavy
but it has a suppleness because knowing that rafe has to do all these stunts meant that he can't be
restricted by the costume but the costume still has to look as though it's protecting him from the
wind and the cold but ultimately i wanted him to look dashing and to feel great in it which shows
and then with harris you know he's a young boy who we imagine maybe he sort of follows american
fashion sort of counterbalance to oxford who's so traditional so we thought we'd be right on point
with his costumes i wanted him to really sort of be looking to he's the hope of the future when
he's first taken to london with his father to buy a suit i wanted this cricket jumper
casual jacket with slacks and it just it shows you instantly who he is he's a sportsman comfortable
in himself and he's not so formal i obviously watched kingsman one and two because i had to
make the king's man fit in with it to feel like it was part of the same story everything is really
beautifully cut really well presented i mean right down to the socks the shoes so i think it was that
attention to detail which was really important i get to wear a lot of beautiful suits michelle
she has an extraordinary knowledge about how clothes sit and fold in the cut of a lapel or the
length of a leg in incredible detail this is a suit that matthew was most keen to get right
it had to be perfect because it represents the whole kingsman series as it's double-breasted
he really wore double-breasted until this point in the film everything about it is the
kingsman it's the moment we go from a historic film into the franchise and we see the link
i think we were very lucky with the period that the film is setting
because i think it was a particularly elegant time there were so many pieces that could shift
very easily to contemporary so the collection ended up being pretty thorough it encompassed
the suits of course they're really key but the shirts the ties the knitwear the casual wear
it embraced everything we had done you can look at each piece and look back into the british history
and you'll find it fabrics are beautifully sourced and it is beautifully made so there's this sort of
tradition there which i think is really exciting it's the colors it's the weights it's the style
i'm offering you the opportunity to become a kingsman agent like a spy of sorts
since 1849 kingsman taylors have clothed the world's most powerful individuals by 1919 a
great number of them had the desire to preserve peace and protect life
our founders realized that they could channel wealth and influence for the greater good
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kingsman agency welcome to the club very clever
this movie really is an origin story
this is the foundation of the kingsman franchise manas maker man spectacular eh
oh yes very nice we see you in this film the formation of the kingsmen
get to the lift the styles very matthew born
matthew is an amazing storyteller and he's written something quite powerful at the center of this
particular kingsman film is the first world war but it still has its recognizable kingsman element
forget your manners oh
it's got a taylor shop it's got complicated fight sequences there's gadgetry of humor
and action and fantastical villains it's time to pour fuel on the fire
you're going to need a suit come on
what an awesome look behind the scenes of the king's man a prequel to kingsman and i was a
big fan of the kingsmen movie and the golden circle as well so i'm excited to see this one
let me know if you're looking to see this one as well down in the comments down below and in
the description down below i have imdb links for this film so you can check out matthew vaughn's
filmography which is the director of this film and the first two films
as well and i also heard they're planning to maybe do a third for the trilogy of the first
two kingsmen let me know down in the comments down below your thoughts on that and are you looking to
dress like the kingsman as well did you like all the really cool stuff that you learned from
the designer the costume designer of uh the king's man uh prequel of the
kingsman uh franchise so let me know down in the comments down below your thoughts and uh don't
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