SECRET AGENT.

A fine detailed description of the suit itself, as well as an exploration of the context for Mr. Bond choosing to wear it

Through the course of his Bond books, Ian Fleming had often stipulated a dark blue suit of tropical weight worsted or serge, worn with a white short-sleeved shirt, black knit tie, and black moccasin slip-ons.

The filmmakers discarded the exact details (like Fleming’s preferred short-sleeve shirts) but adapted the outfit’s simplicity into the agent’s on-screen style.

The most accurate style of our SECRET AGENT is what James Bond wears in Spectre. The simple and elegant combination of a solid navy suit, white shirt, and dark tie is likely Fleming-inspired.

The suit is dark navy wool. The single-breasted navy sharkskin suit jacket has a 3-roll-2 button front as the notch lapels roll over the top button, presenting like a two-button jacket. The lapels themselves are narrow with high gorges and a long, double-stitched buttonhole on the left lapel. The shoulders are narrow with roped sleeve heads.

James Bond would wear a white pocket square in the jacket’s curved “barchetta” breast pocket. The jacket also has Hackett hip pockets, a single back vent, and functioning four-button cuffs that Bond wears with the lowest button undone.