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AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2012
WIZZ MAGAZINE
29
PROFILE
James Bond Style
Fashion historian Bronwyn Cosgrave who, with
long-term Bond designer Lindy Hemming, guest
curates Designing 007, an exhibition at London’s
Barbican, covets a different kind of jewellery - the
€176,000 necklace worn by Terri Hatcher in
Tomorrow
Never Dies
. London jeweller David Morris has loaned
it for the exhibition. “It feels like silk against your skin,
it’s so lightweight,” she enthuses. As for outfits, there’s
the ski suit worn by Sophie Marceau in
The World is
Not Enough
, inspired by Sam De Teran’s boutique in
London’s Chelsea, and adapted by Hemming: “It’s a
beautiful shade of claret, both unusual and sporty.”
Third on her wish list would be the black satin jumpsuit
worn by Lois Chiles’s NASA scientist in
Moonraker
.
“It’s by French designer Hubert de Givenchy, who
dressed Audrey Hepburn in
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
,
among others. It’s implausible: why would an
astronaut wear a disco satin jumpsuit at the top of the
Sugar Loaf Mountain in Brazil? But why not, it’s Bond!”
Yet there’s one iconic flourish no Bond fan can
emulate – his famous introduction, “Bond… James
Bond”. Yet it caused Sean Connery all manner of
problems, recalls Eunice Gayson, who appeared
alongside as Sylvia Trench in the very first film,
Dr No
.
“I remember Sean being terribly nervous,” says
Gayson, whose autobiography,
The First Lady of Bond
,
is published this September. “Our famous scene, where
I prompted the reply ‘Bond... James Bond’ did not run
smoothly. Sean kept fluffing it. He knew he was under
pressure to really deliver in this scene. Our director
Terence Young, wary of his producers looking horrified,
called an early lunch and suggested I take Sean to the
bar and buy him a stiff drink to settle his nerves.
“Afterwards he delivered bang on cue: ‘Bond... James
Bond’ and history was made.”
Potter… Harry Potter. Nope, it just doesn’t have the
same ring to it, somehow.
Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style is at London’s
Barbican until 5 September. barbican.org.uk. The First Lady
of Bond by Eunice Gayson (Signum Books, €20.99) is out
18 September. The new film, Skyfall, is released in October.
LEFT:
DANIEL CRAIG IN
CASINO ROYALE.
BOTTOM
LEFT:
ITEMS AT LONDON’S
BARBICAN EXHIBITION