You have to hand it to 007; he’s shaking and stirring things up everywhere! All eyes are on the casting. Will Callum Turner or Henry Cavill play the new spy hero or will it be the current Slow Horses eye candy Jack Lowden? And will he fill those luxury Derby shoes that Bond drops swag in? As we wait to see who’s finalised in the new movie, one thing’s certain—the superspy raised the style stakes from the start, whether that was Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball, dressed in dapper three-piece suits, Roger Moore in double-breasted blazers or Daniel Craig looking cool in taupe linen suits a la Skyfall!
James Bond has certainly long been the ultimate blueprint for groom style, moving wedding menswear from basic tradition to high-fashion tailoring and refined dressing. “There are dinner jackets and dinner jackets; this is the latter,” famously said Vesper Lynd referring to Craig in Brioni’s custom-tailored tuxedo in Casino Royale (2006). Well, the wardrobe goes far beyond that. The Bond spy films are a tribute to what menswear should be like.
The Midnight Blue Tuxedo: Grooms are increasingly swapping classic black for midnight blue. Sean Connery and Daniel Craig proved that this hue looks deeper than black under lights and makes for a striking photograph. The suits spell rich luxury. The side? Cufflinks, definitely, and sleek black leather dress shoes!
The Slim Linen Silhouette: Daniel Craig totally owns this taut look with his well-tailored, slim suits that match his silhouette. The look has a nipped-in waist with narrow shirt lapels that looks cool while dropping a suave style statement. We loved the tan corduroy suit by Massimo Alba in the same Matera (Italy) sequence of No Time to Die (2021).
The White Dinner Jacket: Little spells opulence at a resort for a destination wedding than a crisp white or ivory dinner jacket paired with black trousers and a dark red carnation; remember Sean Connery’s ivory dinner jacket in Goldfinger, hailed as one of James Bond’s most iconic looks of the series? Or Daniel Craig’s white dinner jacket in Spectre made by the luxury American designer brand Tom Ford. A tip? You can also don a black silk cummerbund for a clean-lines look.
Luxe Textures: This one’s perfect for the modern minimalist groom. They can embrace textures like maroon or black velvet, subtle herringbone shirt suits all of which make for a premium look in wedding photography.
Take cues from Daniel Craig’s arrival in the Bahamas in Casino Royale or even Pierce Brosnan's sharply-tailored Mediterranean style in GoldenEye (1995) on a yacht near Monaco, where he wore a Brioni double-breasted navy blazer or even his charcoal flannel suit that he teamed with a light blue shirt dress and silk tie in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
Those sharp tuxedos, crisp shirts and perfectly-cut suits worn by James Bond, must have accessories to match. Here’s a checklist of what grooms and the groom squad can carry at a wedding:
Silk pocket square
Black patent leather Derbies
A classic Omega Seamaster or Rolex Chronograph watch.
Tom Ford sunglasses or Aviators.
Mother-of-pearl or silver cufflinks.
Globe-Trotter Riviera Centenary holdall.