Ten Bond-Inspired Outfits I Wore Spring 2026

I thought it was time to write about some of my own outfits again, demonstrating how I wear clothes, showing off some newer acquisitions, and providing updates on how some of the clothes I wrote about years ago are holding up in my wardrobe. I’m focusing on ten outfits I wore this spring, which I wore in both my home of New York City and throughout my travels around the United States. Springtime is one of the best times of year for dressing, with weather that’s usually perfect for layering but without the need for cumbersome winter coats. I’m stretching the ‘spring’ timeline by a month before spring started to include days when I dressed for spring weather.

Dressing down a blue blazer

For a busy Bond-filled day in Newtown, PA in March, I wore a vintage navy cavalry twill blazer from Turnbull & Asser, in a style that’s not so different than the blazer Roger Moore wears in The Spy Who Loved Me. I wanted to wear a blazer because I knew I’d be speaking in front of a large group of people, but my goal was to dress it down in a way that felt appropriate for such a sharp blazer as well as for a fairly relaxed event. The primary way I dressed down the outfit is by wearing a dark blue cotton jersey made-to-measure shirt from Pope & Bradley, one of Anthony Sinclair’s sister brands from Mason & Sons. The shirt has the structure of a formal shirt, with a high two-button point collar and three-button cuffs, which is why it works better than a polo under tailoring. The shirt’s buttons are smoke mother of pearl, which coordinate with the grey trousers and the jacket’s silver-toned buttons. It has quickly become one of my favourite shirts, as it dresses down tailoring well, while it also works equally well as an alternative to a long-sleeved polo when I want to dress more casually.

I’m also wearing a pair of black-and-grey houndstooth check worsted trousers from Tom Ford. The trousers were chosen because the day was celebrating Quantum of Solace, and I wanted to wear a piece of Tom Ford clothing. The check helps the trousers look more casual compared with plain grey. The shoes are black single-monks from Brooks Brothers Peal & Co., made by Crockett & Jones and resoled by Crockett & Jones with single Dainite soles. I bought these shoes in 2005, a purchase inspired by Pierce Brosnan’s monk shoes in The World Is Not Enough. I should have chosen a more playful pocket square, since the white linen handkerchief is rather staid and stark for this outfit.

A double-breasted blazer with a pale tie

A few years ago, Alan David Custom approached me about making me a suit, and they ended up making my favourite blazer for spring and autumn. It’s made of a dark blue wool mesh from Reda. The style is a cross between a few different blazers from Roger Moore’s Bond films. I’m wearing it with a sky blue poplin shirt made by Frank Foster in a similar style to Moore’s New York shirt from Live and Let Die, with the same style of cocktail cuffs and fly front, but my shirt has a wider collar spread that Frank himself chose for me. I’m pictured at the Frick Collection (the reason for the tag around my right wrist), which is just a few blocks from where the voodoo shop was filmed. I’m again wearing the pair of black-and-grey houndstooth check trousers from Tom Ford, as they’re perfect for spring weather.

The silver silk knit tie from Polo Ralph Lauren is something different for me, because I don’t usually wear light-coloured ties, especially if I’m not wearing a white shirt. Combining this tie with a blue shirt was inspired by Never Say Never Again, and I liked how the tie matches the blazer’s silver-toned buttons and the light grey in the trousers’ check. I believe I used a half Windsor knot for this tie. I often tie my knitted ties in a half-Windsor because asymmetric knots tend to look lumpy with a knitted tie. I chose a pocket square that matches the silver tie with a navy pattern to match the blazer. The same pocket square could have enhanced the outfit above. The shoes are the same black single-monk shoes as above.

A summer outfit in early spring

On a scorching day in mid-April, I prematurely dressed for summer. With the jacket and trousers from Live and Let Die‘s crocodile farm in mind, I’m wearing a tan linen windowpane hacking jacket from Polo Ralph Lauren (which I’ve had for about 20 years) and a pair of bespoke brown linen trousers from Niven Tailors. The trousers are inspired by Sean Connery’s ecru trousers from Thunderball and have vents at the sides. These have been wonderful both with tailoring and with casual outfits. These trousers are made of a weightier Irish linen, so they have a very crisp drape. The actual shirt from Live and Let Die clashes with the colour of this jacket, so I chose a summery pink shirt instead in cotton voile. The shirt is from Turnbull & Asser and is made with the spread collar from The World Is Not Enough and the button-down cocktail cuffs from Never Say Never Again, using the original patterns. My shoes are the Crockett & Jones Merton in Beechnut burnished calf, a mid brown shade.

Blending two Bonds

My thought here was to mix the Anthony Sinclair brown barleycorn tweed jacket from Goldfinger with an ecru shirt, a cravat and pale beige trousers like Bond does with his checked hacking jacket at the bull fight in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. I put my own twist on it, with a day cravat under a regular shirt from rather than a pinned cravat around a stand-up collar shirt. I don’t wear cravats frequently, but this outfit felt incomplete without some sort of neckwear, and a tie was a bit too formal for my activities of the day. My wool trousers from Alan David Custom (gifted) are wider than Bond’s, the ecru royal oxford shirt with cocktail cuffs is from Frank Foster, and I am wearing brown calf chukka boots from Crockett & Jones instead of riding boots.

A night at the opera

I was excited when Ryan Holt from Analyze This, Mr Bond organised a Bond fan night at the opera in May. It was the perfect occasion to take out the dinner suit. I’ve owned this bespoke dinner suit from Anthony Sinclair since my wedding in 2019. (My wedding took place in the evening). This dinner suit is made of a midnight blue wool-mohair blend from Holland & Sherry. The style of the dinner jacket is based on what Sean Connery wore in Dr. No and From Russia with Love, but I chose peaked lapels instead of the shawl collar. I’m wearing it with the same pleated-front white cotton voile shirt from Frank Foster that I wore to my wedding.

The bow tie is a new acquisition from Le Noeud Papillon, who developed a slim diamond-point bow tie inspired by the one that Sean Connery wears in Dr. No. They made one for me with an interlining and one without. I’m wearing the version with the interlining because I like a bow tie knot with more body, but the version without a lining is closer to the Dr. No version.

Layering with a safari shirt

I ended up visiting Florida during a cold week and had to layer more than I planned to when I packed. The only way I could wear the green safari shirt I packed was to wear it layered as an overshirt. This safari shirt was beautifully made by L&S Custom Tailors in New York, based on the safari shirt from The Man with the Golden Gun with all the same details. I chose linen so it would be sturdier than a cotton shirt and work better as a shirt-jacket. A wool overshirt would have been better for the trip, but I had to make do with the linen shirt-jacket. I’m wearing it over the blue jersey shirt from Pope & Bradley and a navy merino wool crew-neck jumper from Bloomingdale’s. The trousers are stone chinos. My sunglasses are the Vuarnet Legend 06 from No Time to Die.

Layering with a blazer

I chose to layer similarly with a blue blazer when in Florida. This blazer is from Proper Cloth (gifted) and made of navy wool hopsack from Reda. It is a summer blazer, so layering it with knitwear helped me wear it in spring-like weather. James Bond does not wear his tailoring over knitwear, and I usually don’t either, but I think layering can look very stylish. It dresses down the look. The navy crew-neck merino jumper is from Bloomingdale’s, and I’m wearing it over a blue glen-check cotton zephyr shirt from Proper Cloth (gifted), pulling some inspiration from the similar look in GoldenEye. A heavy cable-knit jumper like Pierce Brosnan’s in GoldenEye would not layer well under a blazer, but a finer knit like mine does very well. My stone-coloured chinos are from J.Crew. The pocket square is light blue with navy pindots. The sunglasses are the black Cool-Ray reissue from Anthony Sinclair, based on the sunglasses from Thunderball.

Pink at the beach

I had one day in Florida that was just warm enough to take the new Thunderball swimwear from Anthony Sinclair for a spin. I donned the full pink outfit from the film, with the pink gingham camp shirt, the pink Jantzen swim trunks and the black Cool-Ray sunglasses. I also wore a baseball cap from watch seller Analog:Shift, because the Thunderball hairpiece is missing from my collection and I needed something to cover my head. Beachwear is not my thing in the way that tailoring is, but being able to dress like Bond to the beach elevates the experience considerably.

A decade of wearing my blue sharkskin suit

I’ve had this made-to-measure blue sharkskin suit from Anthony Sinclair for almost a decade, and it still feels fresh to me. It’s a testament to the quality and style of this suit, but it also shows how little my personal style has changed over the past decade. My style has become more particular, but the essence of what I like to wear has remained the same. This suit was inspired by the blue suits in You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun and Spectre. It’s still my favourite suit for wearing to evening occasions because the colour looks superb at night. Having learned more about choosing cloths since I got this suit, I find that the shade is too light and the 240-gram weight is too light. It’s Super 110s wool from Vitale Barberis Canonico, so it has a very nice hand and sheen but still has some body, despite its light weight.

Here I’m wearing the suit in a manner inspired by Spectre, with a white shirt and a blue tie in a shade that’s very close to the suit. I often wear the suit this way for evening occasions when I want to dress it up the most, while I’ll wear it with blue, pink and lilac shirts for daytime occasions. The white poplin shirt is from Frank Foster and has double cuffs. The grenadine tie is from Sam Hober in the lighter navy ‘Prometeo’ grenadine from Seteria Bianci, and I purchased this colour specifically because of how close it is to the colour of this suit. I tied it in an Old Bertie knot, which I have been wearing more often over the past year. It has the asymmetry of a four-in-hand knot but is the size of a half-Windsor knot. It goes well with the larger shirt collars that I like, but I feel that its slight asymmetry gives it more character than a half Windsor knot.

The shoes are black quarter-brogue oxfords from Brooks Brothers Peal & Co., made by Crockett & Jones.

What a view…

I’ve had this safari jacket from Anthony Sinclair for 9 years, and it has been my go-to travel jacket ever since, due to its six convenient pockets (I stuff the pockets full of everything I need for a flight) and being a tough synthetic material that doesn’t wrinkle. As pictured above, it is susceptible to getting blown around in heavy winds. Being made of synthetics, I don’t think of it as the most stylish garment, but it is more attractive than the average synthetic jacket. The synthetic fabric also means it has held up well to tough use over 9 years. I found it to be the perfect weight for San Francisco Bay Area weather in early June, where the temperatures vary considerably in different parts of the Bay Area, and I often found myself in very different places within the same day. I’m wearing a navy striped cotton-linen oxford shirt from Proper Cloth (gifted) with their two-button Milano Spread collar, along with Brooks Brothers 100% cotton chinos. The black Cool-Ray sunglasses make another appearance.

Most photos here were taken by Janna Levin Spaiser.

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