Suits your six-pack, sir
Oh to be Daniel Craig: great pecs, the kind of six-pack that enhances low-slung swimming trunks . . . and the kind of wallet, the swine, that accommodates bespoke suits. “If I put on an off-the-peg suit now, it doesn’t fit,” says our new Bond.
Having a suit made is a masculine luxury, signifying wealth and stature. Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Tom Cruise have all had their inside legs sensitively measured in the name of looking sartorially distinctive. But Craig is bucking, rather than surfing a trend. Suits on the high street are ever sharper. Also, the high rents of Savile Row are forcing out the old-school practitioners. Soon you’ll need 007’s wits to find a bespoke tailor.