anindoorkitty:“And-the coat. The coat is really the kind of full score. I mean I now call
anindoorkitty:“And-the coat. The coat is really the kind of full score. I mean I now call this the ‘the carpet’. OK, so this was my idea to have the red button hole and the red detail around the other button holes as well. But especially on the collar, because I wanted it to sing out. Because it’s a great sort of staticky electric kind of mixture of charcoal and dark, dark blue and black and grey. And I just wanted something to ping with color. And also the thing with opposites - with slightly green eyes - so that brings that out a bit. But beyond vanity, it was really a detail I’d noticed that friends of mine in the ‘magic circle’ were sort of into tailoring, self-stylyizing coats, and there is something of the modern magician about our version of Holmes.” x“Modern sleuth Benedict Cumberbatch tears around London in double-breasted Irish tweed. In lieu of the historic Inverness style worn by the many incarnations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Victorian detective before him, this updated outerwear has been his staple since the BBC’s Sherlock 2009 debut. It’s an off-the-rack “Millford” coat from Belstaff, customized with red buttonhole thread by the pilot’s costume designer. x -- source link
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