tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post3252351424197786793..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Moonraker by Ian Fleming part 2Clothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-56490590804415405942016-12-06T12:22:19.576+00:002016-12-06T12:22:19.576+00:00Thanks, Rana Lel Dey. I like the way James Bond in...Thanks, Rana Lel Dey. I like the way James Bond in the books is nothing like as showy as film JB. But sometimes his shabbiness has been a surprise and disappointment to me...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-69194256797919289402016-12-05T23:53:27.016+00:002016-12-05T23:53:27.016+00:00Old post, but I think it's important. The lite...<br />Old post, but I think it's important. The literary Bond is very "flat" in terms of fashion. The man owns 2 suits throughout the whole series. Dresses in short sleeve shirt with tie and suit... Not exactly Daniel Craig level of swagger. But Fleming intended him to be a simple man that sticks to whatever he liked. The hounds-tooth suit is actually a literary counterpart to Fleming's own golfing jacket. <br /><br />So overall, the 007 in the books is definitely no where near as fashionable as the films seem to suggest. But he still demands quality, just in a very understated way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643069964232117327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-59849593186299239042016-12-05T23:52:15.491+00:002016-12-05T23:52:15.491+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643069964232117327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-64887117725890993352016-03-14T13:14:42.548+00:002016-03-14T13:14:42.548+00:00I hope so - I'd love to read your taken on J B...I hope so - I'd love to read your taken on J Bond, and you could do the films too...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-230753734248687452016-03-14T12:49:31.295+00:002016-03-14T12:49:31.295+00:00One day!One day!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-60686009090450537692016-03-13T10:43:49.834+00:002016-03-13T10:43:49.834+00:00It's amazing what you remember and what you do...It's amazing what you remember and what you don't I think. And I agree - the less-than-exotic setting does make it less memorable. But I could recall the bridge game very clearly - just not much else.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-50740118252282059622016-03-13T10:42:46.833+00:002016-03-13T10:42:46.833+00:00I like your chosen suit so much better I have adde...I like your chosen suit so much better I have added it above - I hope that partly makes up for the shock the original post may have given you! <br /><br />There is also something called puppy-tooth - which means very small squares in the check. I once helped a friend who was translating a French fashion website into English, and we had great fun finding what different people called different patterns. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3737610926048447692016-03-13T09:37:49.348+00:002016-03-13T09:37:49.348+00:00Terrific post Moira - I thought I knew these well ...Terrific post Moira - I thought I knew these well but it has been obviously way too long - along with DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, I think it seems to register the least with me. But perhaps not such a surprise, as it is sandwiched between CASINO ROYALE and LIVE AND LET DIE on the one side and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and GOLDFINGER on the other other, which are four of my favourites!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57617754415354159092016-03-13T05:14:03.120+00:002016-03-13T05:14:03.120+00:00Moira: I am shattered. Bond in a garish tattered s...Moira: I am shattered. Bond in a garish tattered suit. What was Fleming thinking of? And the mind plays trick. I thought it was "hounds-tooth" not "dogtooth". Then I found out they are interchangeable. If Bond is going to wear such a flashy suit then I think this would be the dogtooth suit:<br /><br />http://www.asos.com/Heart-Dagger/Heart-Dagger-Dogtooth-Suit-Jacket-in-Super-Skinny-Fit/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=5720719&istCompanyId=6f061ed0-7427-4b6c-bb90-987c0bd08468&istItemId=qxlplxrlp&istBid=tztx&affid=14070&channelref=google_shopping&mk=abc&r=2&mk=abc&currencyid=3&gclid=CK6bhtzyvMsCFZSEaQodIPsDBw&gclsrc=aw.dsBill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76216346364066447892016-03-12T22:53:42.893+00:002016-03-12T22:53:42.893+00:00Would so like you to review book and film together...Would so like you to review book and film together - it's always so fascinating when Sergio does it. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58022787821581644192016-03-12T22:50:24.305+00:002016-03-12T22:50:24.305+00:00Thanks for illumination Lucy - and I spat out my c...Thanks for illumination Lucy - and I spat out my coffee laughing at the Gerda reference. Yes indeed....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57835636152602985952016-03-12T21:43:10.635+00:002016-03-12T21:43:10.635+00:00Definitely, I would watch the films. In some cases...Definitely, I would watch the films. In some cases there is hardly any similarity but still, I would enjoy it. We have all the Sean Connery films so those would be easy but only one of Roger Moore films.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-27047014014821842342016-03-12T18:10:08.507+00:002016-03-12T18:10:08.507+00:00"...her leather belt is hand-stitched, which ..."...her leather belt is hand-stitched, which doesn’t sound that important, but obviously is." Means it's hand-made and expensive and not mass-produced by one of those nasty machines. The middle classes are still snobbish about that. These days it would be an "artisanal" belt, or "vintage" from the days when people did proper handicrafts. As long as it wasn't hand-crafted by Gerda from The Hollow...Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-8929444630212908252016-03-12T17:14:38.484+00:002016-03-12T17:14:38.484+00:00Oh how charming! My son used to throw in 'worl...Oh how charming! My son used to throw in 'world peace' and 'something for poor people' on his list in a rather transparent attempt to charm Santa. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-69671763122246994492016-03-12T14:49:05.258+00:002016-03-12T14:49:05.258+00:00I'm now going to spend an inordinate length of...I'm now going to spend an inordinate length of time wondering how an airport security gate, a real snake, and a quad bike go together. I actually just read a wonderful piece on line about someone's very young son and his letter to Santa. It runs--<br /><br />"For my gifts of this festive season I do desire a lot of colonial coins from Great Britain. I would prefer for my other gifts to be selections of antiquities. I have no other preferences and leave you with a selection of your own present thoughts".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-80021817173444870102016-03-12T14:13:16.987+00:002016-03-12T14:13:16.987+00:00They would have been some of the more mundane item...They would have been some of the more mundane items on my son's list - he also included requests such as an airport security gate, a real snake, and a quad bike. All of them about as likely as a car or diamonds. Mean parents, what can I say?<br />I think it might be you who's the spy, rather than Chrissie. You know far too much about the finances...<br />Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-72217599874612978072016-03-12T14:07:12.789+00:002016-03-12T14:07:12.789+00:00Yes you are - look forward to your take. Will you ...Yes you are - look forward to your take. Will you watch the films too, I wonder...?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-17838844590652234612016-03-12T14:06:51.643+00:002016-03-12T14:06:51.643+00:00I am really impressed by them Margot - enjoying th...I am really impressed by them Margot - enjoying them all much more than I expected them to.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-63152231617991705592016-03-12T14:06:25.081+00:002016-03-12T14:06:25.081+00:00But were you a spy Chrissie? Well, the truth is yo...But were you a spy Chrissie? Well, the truth is you couldn't tell us if you were, could you? Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-80415914348391267042016-03-12T11:27:18.786+00:002016-03-12T11:27:18.786+00:00If you were buying your eight year old son a Rolls...If you were buying your eight year old son a Rolls-Bentley convertible and some diamonds for his eigth birthday, then you were definitely spoiling him! Actually, I think that Fleming having Bond write 'Top Secret' on the top of the paper was deliberately funny. He was very much up for making fun of his hero at times (and did refer to him more than once as 'That cardboard booby').<br /><br />The stuff about swearing is interesting. Out and out obscenity seems to still have been pretty rare in books of that vintage, even the adult ones. LIVE AND LET DIE has one or two swear words, but they're pretty mild today. I presume that the string of obscenities were really obscene. It would be a little odd to think of him shouting something like "Wee-wee, Donkey Poo and Bum Holes!!!"<br /><br />Gala Brand isn't one of the most memorable of the girls, although Bond falls hard for her (as usual). She's pretty sensible and contributes a lot to 007 completing his mission, but she just isn't exotic enough. She just doesn't have a crazy enough back story for a Bond girl.<br /><br />Christine: It's probably true to say that Bond isn't just any civil servant. It would be a bit sad if he had to ring up M every time he needed a little bit extra dosh. <br />Bond:"I'm chasing Professor Death, do you mind if I get a first class plane ticket?"<br />M: "Long as it doesn't cost more than a tenner.<br />Bond: Thanks...<br />Also, as far as I know the Inland Revenue doesn't have a Double O section in order to deal with people who are late in paying their taxes (which is to say, I hope that they don't....)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-74274156922035737192016-03-11T21:20:06.276+00:002016-03-11T21:20:06.276+00:00I am going to have to catch up ... soon. I am going to have to catch up ... soon. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9573652297105473712016-03-11T12:39:41.943+00:002016-03-11T12:39:41.943+00:00I do love your comparison of Bond to Biggles, Moir...I do love your comparison of Bond to Biggles, Moira - I really do. And Christine's right; this is a really, really witty post, for which thanks. Somehow those Bond books don't have to be down-to-earth to be, well, fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-7435853489954460232016-03-11T11:15:21.587+00:002016-03-11T11:15:21.587+00:00What a fabulous post, Moira. It made me laugh out ...What a fabulous post, Moira. It made me laugh out loud. As you say, bless . . . The idea that any civil servant could spend whatever he wanted when working tells us far more than the cars and diamond clips that this is a world of sheerest fantasy. (Sadly it wasn't at all like that when I worked -briefly - for the Inland Revenue.)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.com