Orlebar Brown have been associated with James Bond for awhile now, this year they have launched a new range of clothing inspired by classic Bond films.

These shorts with contrast waistband are based on the shorts worn by Sean Connery in Thunderball (1965). 

​Despite the fact that my wardrobe creaks and groans at capacity like a plunder filled pirate galleon in a tropical storm, I can’t say no to a good shirt.

Since the day the first humanoid emerged bleary-eyed from their cave and spotted a fur clad animal hopping along the horizon and thought - “The delicate interplay of spots and stripes would really compliment my protruding forehead” we have been on a quest for bespoke tailoring. Skip forward a few millennia and we’ve moved forward from paleo-chic and into a digital age of bespoke garments. 

The question we pose today is – what is it to be a gentleman? To quote the dictionary it is a chivalrous, courteous, or honourable man. This is all fine and dandy, but to me I think a gentleman should also take a little pride in his appearance. So what’s a man to do in this world flooded with a plethora of men’s grooming products? How do we get back to the core gentlemanliness? The Gentle-Man range aims to answer these questions and more.