Pierce Brosnan was the fifth actor to play James Bond, appearing in four films between 1995 and 2002. He took Moore’s over-the-top, fashion-forward aesthetic and Dalton’s relaxed suiting and flipped the script.
Brosnan’s suit is tailored with straight, wide padded shoulders, a full cut, a slightly long length and medium-width peaked lapels. It adds up to a 1940s look as much as a 1990s look. It’s detailed with straight flap pockets, double vents and four-button cuffs.
The suit trousers have reverse pleats, most likely double reverse pleats. If these trousers follow the suit trousers from the film they have a tapered leg, turn-ups and take a belt.
Brosnan’s white shirt is from Sulka and has a semi-spread collar and double cuffs. His red tie with a small neat pattern is also likely to be from Sulka, and he makes it in a tight four-in-hand knot with a dimple. He wears a white handkerchief puffed in his breast pocket.
]]>Why would someone wear cufflinks? It is mostly a matter of culture and interest. More than three centuries ago, the elite in supposedly the United Kingdom started wearing them as a form of luxurious decoration. Up until today some cufflinks are handcrafted from materials such as gold and gems such as turquoise that cost you a fortune. In general, the wealthier man or those with senior positions in companies wear cufflinks. Someone with a job in construction would find double cuffed shirts to be very unhandy during work times since the tip of the cuff moves away from the wrist and the cufflink might get stuck in some automotive part. A double cuff shirt is perceived as more elegant, it’s not a worker’s shirt. Shirts to wear with a smoking are double cuff, bankers in London and Hong Kong’s financial district prefer to wear double cuff shirts. Double cuff shirts with fancy, yet subtle cufflinks somewhat claim authority and are perceived as sexy by many women.
Italy and the United Kingdom are still regarded as the most influential countries in the men’s formal wear fashion industry. Strangely however, only the English have kept their cufflinks through the centuries. Italians are rarely spotted with cufflinks. London is definitely the Mecca for all cufflinks aficionados. Although in certain social circuits in Milan, Rome, Florence and Naples, many men do buy cufflinks from their boutique store around the corner. In the United States of America you will find an occasional American CEO wearing cufflinks and some well-dressed playboys in nightclubs.
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