'Bond should buy British'

James Bond actor, Daniel Craig

published 13 November 2008

Ozwald Boateng, the bespoke Savile Row tailor, has said that James Bond should be wearing suits made by a British tailor in the latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace.

Mr Boateng told The Independent newspaper that although American Tom Ford, who designed the James Bond suits for the latest film, is 'great', they should have been designed by a British tailor.

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