Gracious Heavens, I can't believe that the normally scrumptious Daniel Craig was looking so much less than his best at the premiere of 'Skyfall'.What is wrong? Well, his dinner jacket doesn't fit properly for a start. We expect to see 007 wearing a perfectly tailored tux, but here he is showing far too much shirt cuff - those sleeves aren't long enough! Of course we know there is a fantastically toned chest under there, but the jacket shouldn't be so tight over the torso that it pulls.
If your jacket is too tight and your sleeves are too short, it looks as if you can't afford one that fits properly, and have squeezed yourself into something you wore when you were younger and slimmer. Or, that you are a nightclub bouncer wearing a jacket supplied by the Management......
No more than about half an inch of shirt cuff should protrude beyond the end of your jacket sleeve gentlemen, and you don't want drag lines across the body of your jacket when it is fastened.
I'm also very unimpressed by the shiny midnight blue fabric of Daniel's DJ. Yes, he is a fair man and yes, dark colours like black close to the face are not great for fair people, so perhaps the midnight blue was intended to soften the black/white combination. It's still so dark anyway though, that it doesn't make any difference, and the shiny non-matching material just looks odd and tacky. Is he about to start calling out the numbers for a game of Bingo?
Evening dress for men should be black only with a matt wool fabric for both dinner jacket and trousers. Anything else will make you look like a game show host.And whilst we are about it, what's with the contrasting buttons on Daniel's shirt? No, no, no, your dress shirt (in plain white only please, no frills or strange colours) always looks best with the buttons concealed under a placket, or at least in plain white.
Here on the right is 007 in Casino Royale wearing evening dress as it should be worn and looking truly sharp,classy and elegant.
And here we can see the contrast with how much better his co-star Javier Bardem looks in his classic and properly fitting dinner jacket.Last but not least, what has Daniel done to his hair?
That short slicked back style reminds me uncomfortably of Hannibal Lecter and has put at least 10 years on him.....
I'm looking forward to seeing the film, but come on Daniel, do yourself justice!
Cass
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