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Dress Like James Bond New Years Eve - 007 Style Tips - Men's Fashion Style Advice
Hi, guys! This is Antonio Centeno with Real Men Real Style. Today, we're going to be talking
about how to dress like James Bond for New Year's.
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black tie, and everything you need to know so that you can dress like James Bond this
New Year's.
Okay, let's jump in to this one. I'm excited about this one. I think it's a little bit
-- I'm having a little bit of fun. Usually, I just get straight to the information and
try to give you guys the how-to's, but this one, yeah, I enjoy talking about James Bond
because really for years, I grew up with the movies. I've loved the movies and I think
they've done a great job helping men and bringing a good sense of masculinity to dressing sharp.
Throughout the world, there seems to have been this swing of the pendulum that dressing
sharp or paying attention to how you dress is for women, and James Bond has always paid
attention to every little aspect. Well, not him probably, but his stylist whether it'd
be Sean Connery and the latest, Daniel Craig, the latest interpretation of James Bond.
So when it comes down to it, what makes James Bond look so good besides having a great physique
and being in shape and being very masculine? Really, a lot of it has to do with his clothing
and the quality of the clothing and how it fits on his body, so those two things right
there. He always chooses a very good quality. You've had companies. Tom Ford is now styling
him. We've had Brioni. There have been a number of companies who have come in and spent a
lot of money and a lot of time and effort to make sure that these men who are being
put in front of you always look their best.
So how can you replicate that? How can you look great this New Year's Eve? Well, first,
you've got to have confidence because wearing a tuxedo is not something that you do every
day. In fact, I've got a few of my clients who they wear black tie, tuxedo -- I'm going
to use those terms interchangeably -- but they wear tuxedos multiple times a month for
charity events. It's part of their job description.
I have another client. He is in New York City and he moves around in parts of society where
black tie is expected. He wears it almost every single weekend, believe it or not, but
for the majority of us, it's not something we put on. Maybe a handful of times in our
lives are we going to wear black tie, a few weddings, maybe an awards ceremony, a lifetime
award ceremony that we're going to be honored. Maybe we got tickets to a big opera when we're
visiting Vienna or New York City. In any case, it's something that a lot of us are not familiar
with and you're probably wondering, "Where am I going to get one?" if you don't own one.
So I do in this circumstance, if you have access, to consider renting. Another option
is picking up something used. You can often talk to places that rent tuxedos. They've
often got ones which they haven't been moving or that they're willing to sell at a very
discounted price. But the big thing that you're going to want to focus on with this black
tie ensemble that you're putting together is you want to follow the rules. Rules are
very important when it comes to black tie and it makes it incredibly simple.
It's like building. My son loves Legos. For Christmas, he got a set that had 1200 pieces.
The kid is seven years old. He gets up, he opens it up, and within four hours, he has
assembled it because he likes to follow the rules, follow the set of instructions, and
that's what I put forth in the article down below. I'll talk about it briefly here in
the video, but if you follow these rules, you can be guaranteed that you are going to
look as good as you can look when it comes to dressing sharp and wearing what I think
to be one of the ultimate pieces of menswear.
The reason black tie is the ultimate piece of menswear is over a hundred years, we've
been perfecting it. It started off from a military uniform and many of the military
still have a variation of it. But what you've seen is black tie really it's come down to
two colors and they focused on the lines and the silhouette, which really bring out the
masculinity of a V-shaped chest, and in my opinion, make almost any man -- even if you're
got a little bit of a midsection or quite a bit of a midsection, the right tuxedo cut
that fits you can look really good.
So the other thing is keep it simple. You're allowed in black tie, I think, to do one thing
creative. There are certain things I'm going to say do not even think about doing creative,
but you're allowed to play with the details just a bit, so introduce a bit of a red pocket
square or bring in a cummerbund with a little bit of pattern, or perhaps even your black
tie. Keep it black, but go with a very, very small pattern in there, so things like that
are where you can introduce a bit of creativity, but be very careful. I see this ruined all
the time.
Okay, so black tie the James Bond way. We're just going to go straight down the list. Again,
the article is down below. I'll go into a lot more detail, but let's talk about the
fabric first. Keep it black or keep it midnight navy. Now, I'm going to recommend black for
99% of you guys out there. Midnight navy if, let's say, you already own a black tie or
already own a tuxedo and you want to change it up a bit, so keep it black. You'll see
-- and I see people ruin this -- they go out and they think that -- what is it, Dumb and
Dumber? Do not think that just because the silhouette and the style of the suit is great
that you can go do anything on the color. Just watch Dumb and Dumber and you'll see
what I mean.
The other one is keep it single breasted. You can pull off a double breasted perhaps
if you're going to go meet the queen of England, but I would keep it single breasted. Double
breasted is harder to pull off. It's harder to find. You're going to have issues getting
the fit just right. I just don't feel this is versatile. The single breasted, single
button with peak or shawl lapels is perfect. Make sure also the pockets can be tucked in
and they can give you a little jetted look. The vents, go with no vents if you can find
it. Otherwise, go with the double vent. If you find something with a single vent, be
very careful. That's just wrong.
Your waist covering, this is the biggest mistake I see most men making, is they get a great
pair of trousers. They get a great dinner jacket and the perfect shirt, black tie, and
then they don't button their jacket. You can clearly see that their shirt is coming out.
You want the transition from your trousers to your shirt to be seamless and you either
want to wear a cummerbund or a waistcoat. Now, the cummerbund is nice because it's less
expensive, easier to find, and you can have a little bit of fun with it. Don't go with
an outlandish color, but you can go with a little bit of a pattern in the black there.
That one dates back -- I believe it came out of India. The British military brought it
back with them. It's got a very storied history. I like it simple.
Now, the waistcoat is a bit harder. They're harder to find and they're harder to even
get fitted perfectly. Usually, a black tie waistcoat is going to not fit you like a vest
does. It actually has a deeper V and it's usually going to have around three buttons
right here, and you've got to make sure those are long enough. I see oftentimes, they're
too short. The whole thing is that you want to cover the transition from your trousers
to your shirt. Hand tie the bow tie. Don't ruin the whole thing with a clip-on. You can
spend $2000 on a custom black tie ensemble. And if you throw on a clip-on tie, yeah, you've
just ruined the whole thing.
Your shoes, your footwear, technically you could go with opera pumps. I'm saying pumps
here and you're a man. In James Bond, I haven't seen him in opera pumps. Maybe somebody can
correct me if they've seen them in a film. He usually wears polished Oxfords. The great
thing there is you can still wear those with some of your suits as well. Just make sure
you've got a great polish on the shoes, that they are Oxfords, not Bluchers. I talk about
the difference in the article, but yeah, go with a nice pair of classic Oxfords, well-polished.
You'll look great.
Let's see. The last thing is the pocket square. I love wearing a pocket square because it
sends the signal that you know what you're doing, that you're not afraid to go out there.
I mean, come on, you're wearing a tux on New Year's. It's like a sundae without putting
a cherry on top. You've got to have that.
All right, the things to never do, if this is new to you and you're surprised about this,
then you may want to even skip wearing the tux. We've got some deeper issues here, but
avoid bright colored suits. I was talking about Dumb and Dumber. Anything in mint, anything
in baby blue, pink, all of that was created I think in the 1970s for the wedding industry.
And unfortunately, when you go to most American weddings, you still kind of see these colors
matching and it looks horrible. You will not look like James Bond. You're going to look
like -- if you've seen the man -- never mind. You're going to be a very poor imitation.
It just isn’t going to look right.
The other one is make sure keep the shirt simple, white. Don't think that you can pull
off a light blue or really don't try to pull off a pattern. Again, if you're going to look
like James Bond, make sure that you keep it simple, elegant, and you follow the rules
of black tie. By doing that, you're going to look awesome.
Okay. This has been Antonio Centeno with Real Men Real Style. Make sure to go check out
the article down below. I go into a lot more detail. I'll see you in the next video. Bye-bye.